• RACIAL JUSTICE MEETUP – March

    Racial Justice Advocates, It’s time to march into another RACIAL JUSTICE MEETUP! Tony White will join us again this year and lead a presentation entitled "Ensuring Equitable Access to Treatment and Recovery: The Role of Public Defenders in Connecting Clients […]

    Investigator Supervisor Meetup: 3-12-2025 – Open Chat

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    Supervisors and lead investigators it's the second Wednesday of the month so let's chat about how things are in your offices, with your cases and clients. Join us!    

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    Social Work Meetup: Social Worker Supervisor Discussion

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    This meetup is for social work supervisors who supervise other social workers, mitigation specialists, dispositional advocates, sentencing advocates, and social work interns in defense-based offices. This week's discussion will focus on what is your supervisory style. Whether you have it […]

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    Social Work Meetup: Open Chat

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    This week's meetup will be an open chat - open to discuss anything! If you want to highlight one of the great sessions you caught last week at NAPD's Rise. Resist. Represent. Conference, this is the space for that! If […]

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    Racial Justice Meetup – April edition

    Racial Justice Meetup - It's time for the April edition of the RACIAL JUSTICE MEETUP! Corey Smith, NAPD's new Wellness Resource Coordinator, will lead this month's meetup presentation - Income Inequality and Access to Justice! In this meetup, we will […]

    Investigator Meetup: Uncovering and challenging patterns of police misconduct

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    Investigators play a crucial role in uncovering and challenging patterns of police misconduct. We will discuss strategies for finding police misconduct data, the impact of misconduct data on defense cases, and how investigators can leverage new technologies to uncover misconduct. […]

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    Social Work Supervisor Discussion: Supporting Your Team

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    This meetup is for supervisors of social workers, mitigation specialists, sentencing advocates, dispositional advocates, social work interns, and others to come together and discuss topics relevant to supervision in defense-based offices. Kevin Bishop, LCSW, is the Social Worker Coordinator with […]

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    Strategic Mitigation: Condensed and Abbreviated Versions of Mitigation

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    On a Monday - Special Monday-Meetup! When a case has a tight turnaround or in-depth mitigation development hasn't been requested, how do you create a condensed or abbreviated version of mitigation? How do you structure your mitigation writing, or do […]

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    DEIJ Meetup – April Edition

    DEIJ Meetup - We’re back! It's time for the April edition of the DEIJ MEETUP! Joyce Akhahenda, Esq. (she/her) will lead this month's meetup presentation - TOUGH CONVERSATIONS. In this DEIJ meetup, we will cover why we avoid having tough […]

    Social Work Meetup: What Trainings Do You Provide In-House?

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    Social workers, mitigation specialists, dispositional advocates, alternative sentencing specialists, and others are familiar with providing information and education on our roles. This meetup will focus specifically on the organized/structured education/information/training that you offer or facilitate or participate in your offices. […]

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