Events
Data Collection in Social Work – Webinar
Click the “Log In” button at the top of this page before registering. Need help with this registration process? Watch this video. For several decades, public defender offices and other indigent defense providers have incorporated social workers, mitigation specialists, and […]
Defending Noncitizens in a Time of Crisis
This webinar will provide defenders with an update on the rapidly changing landscape of immigration law. We will focus on those changes that may directly impact your clients and give you information and tools you can use in advising and […]
How The Destruction of DNA Evidence Might Keep An Innocent Person Behind Bars w/Erica Nichols Cook
Today, Hunter is joined by Erica Nichols Cook, an Iowa State Public Defender and Director of the Iowa State Public Defense Wrongful Conviction Unit. On today’s episode, we are discussing the case of Mr. Bill Beeman, a client of Erica’s. […]
In From the Margins: Recognizing and Appreciating Clients Narratives within the Family Policing System
Stories matter – within every life, there is an existing narrative of resilience and survival. Acknowledging the life experiences of the clients as they navigate systems of oppression and racism is salient to zealous advocacy. The presentation will address the […]
Kintsukuroi Sentencing
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. […]
Metabolic Syndrome among Justice-Involved Individuals: Implications for Mood, Behavior, Cognition, and Physical Health
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 […]
Social Work Meetup TUESDAY Edition on Beginnings and Endings
Beginnings and endings of client meetings are a critical part of the relationship building process and help provide supportive closure to the end of the relationship when a case concludes. This intentionality is critical in our work but we do […]
Social Worker Meetup, The Client Meeting: How To Get Ready, What To Ask
This meetup will explore how we get ready for the client meeting (the first and subsequent), how we prepare, what we bring, how many meetings we schedule and the content of those meetings. This is a space for us to […]
Social Worker Meetup: Being Trauma-Informed and Trauma Sensitive In Our Work
As we develop mitigation and begin to build rapport and a relationship with our clients, we are constantly aware of the harms that have been done to them, whether individually or on a macro level by communities or oppressive systems. […]
Where is the Ethical Limit for Zealous Criminal Defense Advocacy? w/Martín Sabelli
Today, Hunter is once again joined by former NACDL President, Martin Sabelli. This time, Hunter and Martin are discussing a memo he put out while President about the Ahmaud Arbery murder trial. In that trial, Martin felt that the defense […]