Program Chair:
Adam P. Nero
Nelson Defense Group LLC
Hudson Presenters:
Lisa Andreas MSW, LCSW
Andreas Associates
Madison
Guy J. Cardamone
State Public Defenders Office
Madison
Jessa Nicholson Goetz
Nicholson, Gansner & Otis, S.C.
Madison
Aviva Meridian Kaiser
State Bar of Wisconsin
Madison
Cecelia M. Klingele
University of Wisconsin Law School
Madison
Liesl E. Nelson
State Public Defenders Office
Hudson
8:30 a.m. : Sentencing Advocacy - As if Their Lives Depended on It
- When to consider using an independent sentencing consultant
- Actuary and storytelling tools
- Importance of record review and inclusion at sentencing
Lisa Andreas
9:20 a.m. : Writing a Better Sentence
- Fundamental components of storytelling
- How to better humanize the client
- The power of rhetorical tools for giving words greater impact in the courtroom
Guy J. Cardamone
10:10 a.m. : Break
10:25 a.m. : COMPAS Issues
Cecelia M. Klingele
11:15 a.m. : Treatment Courts and Evidence-Based Decision-Making
Liesl E. Nelson
12:05 p.m. : Lunch
1:05 p.m. : Representing High Profile Clients
Jessa Nicholson Goetz
1:55 p.m. : Ethics
Aviva Meridian Kaiser
2:45 p.m. : Program Concludes
- Use storytelling to achieve a more favorable sentence
- Implement new approaches and techniques in your defense practice
- Review the latest critiques of COMPAS
- Learn how to humanize the client in contrast to narratives advanced by the press
- Discuss ethical situations unique to criminal defense attorneys
- Criminal law practitioners
- General practitioners
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