Join us at the NAPD Leadership Institute in Indianapolis, April 14-17, 2025, where public defense leaders will collaborate to address real-world leadership challenges and build practical strategies for success.
Presenters: Jerrod Brown, Ph.D., M.A., M.S., M.S., M.S., and Amy Guillot, Ph.D., M.A. Dyslexia is defined by the International Dyslexia Association as a neurological learning disability characterized by poor spelling and word recognition abilities. Consequences of these deficits often include […]
Kintsukuroi, the Japanese art of "golden repair," involves mending broken pottery with gold, silver, or platinum, embracing the flaws as part of the object's history rather than concealing them. This philosophy can be a powerful tool in federal criminal defense. […]
In this presentation we will discuss the way to approach developing a defense from the beginning of your representation of your client. You will learn how to move past the Discovery and expand the information you have to lay the […]
In this program I will walk through the process of designing and implementing a formalized mentorship program that is tailored for your agency. We will talk about the goals and benefits of the program, and how to generate buy-in. We […]
Join us in Baltimore for NAPD's groundbreaking gathering of public defense thought leaders to tackle the issues challenging us in doing this work.
In The People v. White (1979), Dan White’s legal team employed a legal strategy that has since become widely known as the “Twinkie Defense.” Specifically, his lawyers argued that White’s diet, which included an over-reliance on unhealthy foods, contributed to […]
The Clarence Darrow/David Baldus Death Penalty College is an annual training program for capital defense attorneys, mitigation specialists, and capital investigators held in downtown Iowa City at the University of Iowa College of Law, located in the heart of the campus.
Anosognosia is a complex condition where a person genuinely lacks awareness or insight of the fact that they suffer from a disability, disease, or disorder. This lack of insight or awareness can extend to deficits that involve executive function, emotions, […]
Shaken Baby Syndrome has led to a number of wrongful convictions throughout the years. SBS cases were heavily litigated in the 1990s and early 2000s before they seemed to trail off. However, over the past five or so years we […]
This bring-your-own-case institute is designed for defense teams to work on the mitigation for a non-capital client. The institute is a mix of presentations followed up by small group work facilitated by experienced faculty.