• Social Work Meetup: Addressing Scarcity as a Mitigation Theme

    Virtual Event Virtual Event

    This week's meetup will focus on scarcity (poverty) as a mitigation theme. This topic can include so many approaches from how scarcity relates to social determinants of health, to lack of access and opportunity, to intergenerational lack of assets (and […]

    Free

    Investigator Supervisors Meetup: Open chat July

    Virtual Event Virtual Event

    Supervisors, leaders and senior investigators, Please join us, this Wednesday for our July monthly meetup, bring your concerns, issues and successes! See you then! Jon If you want to join our listserv(s) please email me:  jlyon@publicdefenders.us  

    Free

    Investigator Meetup: Open chat

    Virtual Event Virtual Event

    Hey Investigators, We understand how things can get stressful, and we’re here to make it better. Our meetup? It’s more of an open conversation—no strict agenda. It’s Friday, a perfect day to let off steam! Bring your complaints, quirks, and […]

    Free

    Social Worker Supervisor Discussion

    Virtual Event Virtual Event

    Last month we continued talking about training and then moved into caseload standards and the topic became a jumping off point to talk about social work roles in the office, how to manage time and bandwidth when caseloads are crushing, […]

    Free

    Investigator Meetup: Body Worn Cameras: Are We Really Seeing Everything?

    Virtual Event Virtual Event

    Across the country, police departments are increasingly using body-worn cameras to better monitor what officers are doing in the field. Reliance on this technology requires knowing exactly what this technology can and cannot do. This session will provide an overview […]

    Free

    Investigator Meetup: Audio /Video review & Body worn cameras

    Virtual Event Virtual Event

    There has been a massive increase in the volume of audio/video evidence that public defense teams have to scrutinize in the digital age. There aren’t enough hours to review it all, and traditional transcription services are slow and costly. Thankfully, […]

    Free

    Social Work Meetup on Working With Older Adults

    Virtual Event Virtual Event

    This social worker meetup will discuss how we advocate for older adults intersecting with the criminal legal system. Whether it is through case management, mitigation, or other advocacy, this population requires a different approach and cognizance of neurocognitive disease and […]

    Free

    We the Defenders (for all but the social work track)

    Wayne State University 471 W Palmer Ave, Detroit, MI, United States

    “We the Defenders” is the essential conference for public defense investigators, mitigation specialists, social workers, paralegals, and other core staff - all roles except attorneys – who play a critical role in defense-based work. Development opportunities, networking, collaboration, and sustainability are woven into the various workshops, small groups, plenaries, and sessions at We the Defenders.

    $645.00 – $745.00