• Metabolic Syndrome among Justice-Involved Individuals: Implications for Mood, Behavior, Cognition, and Physical Health

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    A modern-day epidemic and daunting public health challenge, metabolic syndrome is a constellation of cardio-metabolic risk factors, including high blood pressure, low high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, high triglycerides, central obesity, impaired glucose tolerance, and insulin dysfunction. The presence of metabolic […]

    Free – $50.00

    Social Work Meetup: New Things to Share About!

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    Similar to our past "brag fest" meetups, this meetup is your opportunity to share new mitigation strategies you've tried, new work products, interesting client meeting questions, innovative ways you have advocated, manuals or guides you have created, new initiatives, and […]

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    The Defender Wellness Collective: Monthly Meetup for Public Defense Wellness

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    The Defender Wellness Collective is a monthly gathering designed to support public defenders and others in the public defense community in maintaining their well-being. This meetup provides a space for reflection, connection, and practical strategies to help mitigate burnout, manage […]

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    Social Worker Supervisor Discussion: Hiring & Coaching

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    When the team works well together and is a good fit, the work gets done effectively and successfully, fulfilling all team members. How do we hire the right staff and coach to their strengths and to the strengths of the […]

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    July 2025 edition of the DEIJ MEETUP

    DEIJ Advocates, JOIN US our July 2025 edition of the DEIJ MEETUP! Charles Fox, Jr., M.A.P.P. (he/his/him) will lead us with his presentation - Bending the Arc: Navigating DEIJ in Public Defense Amidst Hostility & Misinformation. A timely presentation indeed! […]

    Defending a Shaken Baby Case

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    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 […]

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    A Conversation Between Lori James and Cessie Alfonso

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    Lori James is the Executive Director of the National Association for Public Defense, a social worker and mitigation specialist, who started her career as a social work intern under Cessie Alfonso's supervision. Lori has served as mitigation specialist in many […]

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    The Power of Stories in Justice

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    This webinar is an introduction to the techniques Michael Ahn uses in his work consulting litigants on the use for story in our cases. Humans use stories to make choices and justify actions. This is especially true in criminal justice […]

    Free – $50.00

    Investigator Meetup for Supervisors – Work/Life balance

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    While we have our usual grind of caseload, managing others and a home life, let's talk about the balancing of these parts of our lives.  Come join us for finding how best to accomplish this daily feat for ourselves and […]

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