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NAPD Darrow Baldus College 2025
Below is the current draft of the schedule.  There will be some small changes as we work to finalize the sessions.  

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Tuesday June 3, 2025 10:45am - 12:15pm CDT
Telling a good story isn’t easy. But to ensure a proper understanding and appreciation, of our clients’ lives, there are core competencies: understanding mitigation, report writing, interviewing, understanding the importance of collateral information, testimony, and working as an agent and team member of defense counsel. Reports are core tools need to help the rest of the world understand the lives of our clients in a way that was never told before. The session will cover:
  • Ways to develop a powerful story 
  • How to connect the dots for the reader 
  • Review material needed for powerful reports 
  • The importance of explaining the process, while humanizing your client through words
Speakers
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Lori James-Townes

Executive Director, National Association for Public Defense
Lori James-Townes is the Executive Director of the National Association of Public Defense. Lori assumed this leadership position after three years of working as Assistant Training Director for NAPD and more than 25 years of working on defense teams representing indigent defendants... Read More →
Tuesday June 3, 2025 10:45am - 12:15pm CDT
Room 225

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