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NAPD Darrow Baldus College 2025
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Tuesday, June 3
 

10:00am CDT

Welcome
Tuesday June 3, 2025 10:00am - 10:30am CDT


Speakers
avatar for Lori James Townes

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 →
avatar for Emily Hughes

Emily Hughes

Senior Assiciate Dean for Academic Affairs, Professor of Law, University of Iowa
Professor Hughes joined the faculty at the University of Iowa College of Law in 2011. Before coming to the College, she was a professor at Washington University in St. Louis School of Law, where she co-directed the Criminal Justice Clinic, supervising law students representing indigent... Read More →
Tuesday June 3, 2025 10:00am - 10:30am CDT
Room 295

10:30am CDT

Break
Tuesday June 3, 2025 10:30am - 10:45am CDT
Tuesday June 3, 2025 10:30am - 10:45am CDT
Main Lobby Boyd Law Building

10:45am CDT

Storytelling: The Heart & Soul of a Winning ID Claim
Tuesday June 3, 2025 10:45am - 12:15pm CDT
Speakers
avatar for Juliet Yackel

Juliet Yackel

Attorney & Capital Mitigation Specialist, Law Offices of Juliet Yackel, Evanston, IL
Juliet has devoted her entire 30-year career to the defense of death penalty cases. She started working as a capital lawyer in 1992 before shifting her focus to capital mitigation. She has worked on over 85 capital cases in 19 states.Juliet regularly serves as invited faculty at national... Read More →
Tuesday June 3, 2025 10:45am - 12:15pm CDT
Room 235

10:45am CDT

The Story That Was Never Told
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
avatar for Lori James Townes

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

12:15pm CDT

Lunch
Tuesday June 3, 2025 12:15pm - 1:15pm CDT
Tuesday June 3, 2025 12:15pm - 1:15pm CDT
Main Lobby Boyd Law Building

1:15pm CDT

Stereotypes and Misconceptions
Tuesday June 3, 2025 1:15pm - 2:45pm CDT
Tuesday June 3, 2025 1:15pm - 2:45pm CDT
Room 235
  ID Track
  • Subject ID

1:15pm CDT

Small Groups: Telling Our Clients’ Stories
Tuesday June 3, 2025 1:15pm - 2:45pm CDT
Tuesday June 3, 2025 1:15pm - 2:45pm CDT
Break out rooms

2:45pm CDT

Break
Tuesday June 3, 2025 2:45pm - 3:00pm CDT
Tuesday June 3, 2025 2:45pm - 3:00pm CDT
Main Lobby Boyd Law Building

3:00pm CDT

ID Small Groups
Tuesday June 3, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm CDT
Tuesday June 3, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm CDT
Break out rooms

3:00pm CDT

WhyStorming
Tuesday June 3, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm CDT
Whystorming is brainstorming technique that explores potential questions jurors may need answers to come to a life verdict.   We will all participate in an interactive workshop simulating jury deliberations.  
Speakers
avatar for Jeff Sherr

Jeff Sherr

Training Director, National Association for Public Defense
Jeff Sherr​ is the Training Director for the National Association for Public Defense producing hundreds of webinars for public defense professionals across the nation. Prior to that he was the Manager of the Education and Strategic Planning Branch of the Kentucky Department of Public... Read More →
Tuesday June 3, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm CDT
4th Floor Student Lounge

4:00pm CDT

Break
Tuesday June 3, 2025 4:00pm - 4:15pm CDT
Tuesday June 3, 2025 4:00pm - 4:15pm CDT
Main Lobby Boyd Law Building

4:15pm CDT

Legal Strategy in ID Cases
Tuesday June 3, 2025 4:15pm - 5:15pm CDT
Tuesday June 3, 2025 4:15pm - 5:15pm CDT
Room 235

4:15pm CDT

Death is Different: Integrated Theory and Frontloading
Tuesday June 3, 2025 4:15pm - 5:15pm CDT
Tuesday June 3, 2025 4:15pm - 5:15pm CDT
Room 225

5:30pm CDT

Faculty Meeting
Tuesday June 3, 2025 5:30pm - 6:00pm CDT


Tuesday June 3, 2025 5:30pm - 6:00pm CDT
4th Floor Faculty Lounge
 
Wednesday, June 4
 

8:00am CDT

Coffee & Snacks
Wednesday June 4, 2025 8:00am - 9:00am CDT


Wednesday June 4, 2025 8:00am - 9:00am CDT
Main Lobby Boyd Law Building

9:00am CDT

Small Groups
Wednesday June 4, 2025 9:00am - 11:00am CDT
Wednesday June 4, 2025 9:00am - 11:00am CDT
Break out rooms

11:00am CDT

Break
Wednesday June 4, 2025 11:00am - 11:15am CDT
Wednesday June 4, 2025 11:00am - 11:15am CDT
Main Lobby Boyd Law Building

11:15am CDT

Deficits in Adaptive functioning: Part 1
Wednesday June 4, 2025 11:15am - 12:15pm CDT
Wednesday June 4, 2025 11:15am - 12:15pm CDT
Room 235
  ID Track
  • Subject ID

11:15am CDT

Mitigation Mapping
Wednesday June 4, 2025 11:15am - 12:15pm CDT
We'll be doing a short live census map demo if you want to follow along with your laptops.
Speakers
avatar for Amy Nguyen

Amy Nguyen

GIS Analyst, Capital Maps, LLC
Amy Nguyen is a Researcher, GIS Analyst and owner of Capital Maps, LLC in the Dallas, Texas area. Her specialty is mapping Department of Justice community risk factors and performing demographic analysis. She holds master’s level certification in Geographic Information Systems (GIS... Read More →
Wednesday June 4, 2025 11:15am - 12:15pm CDT
Room 225

12:15pm CDT

Lunch
Wednesday June 4, 2025 12:15pm - 1:15pm CDT
Wednesday June 4, 2025 12:15pm - 1:15pm CDT
Main Lobby Boyd Law Building

1:15pm CDT

Deficits In Adaptive Functioning: The Social and Practical Domains
Wednesday June 4, 2025 1:15pm - 2:30pm CDT
Wednesday June 4, 2025 1:15pm - 2:30pm CDT
Room 235
  ID Track
  • Subject ID

1:15pm CDT

Working with Experts
Wednesday June 4, 2025 1:15pm - 2:30pm CDT
Wednesday June 4, 2025 1:15pm - 2:30pm CDT
Room 225
  Traditional
  • Subject ID

2:30pm CDT

Break
Wednesday June 4, 2025 2:30pm - 2:45pm CDT
Wednesday June 4, 2025 2:30pm - 2:45pm CDT
Main Lobby Boyd Law Building

2:45pm CDT

Small Groups
Wednesday June 4, 2025 2:45pm - 4:00pm CDT
Wednesday June 4, 2025 2:45pm - 4:00pm CDT
Break out rooms

4:00pm CDT

Break
Wednesday June 4, 2025 4:00pm - 4:15pm CDT
Wednesday June 4, 2025 4:00pm - 4:15pm CDT
Main Lobby Boyd Law Building

4:15pm CDT

Race and Culture in Capital Cases
Wednesday June 4, 2025 4:15pm - 5:30pm CDT
Speakers
avatar for Lori James Townes

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 →
Wednesday June 4, 2025 4:15pm - 5:30pm CDT
Room 295

5:30pm CDT

Faculty Meeting
Wednesday June 4, 2025 5:30pm - 6:00pm CDT


Wednesday June 4, 2025 5:30pm - 6:00pm CDT
4th Floor Faculty Lounge
 
Thursday, June 5
 

8:00am CDT

Main Lobby, Law Building - Coffee and Snacks
Thursday June 5, 2025 8:00am - 9:00am CDT
Coffee and Light Breakfast
Thursday June 5, 2025 8:00am - 9:00am CDT
Main Lobby Boyd Law Building

9:00am CDT

Can you feel it? Telling the story of intellectual disability.
Thursday June 5, 2025 9:00am - 10:15am CDT
Speakers
avatar for Betsy Wilson

Betsy Wilson

Founder, Sentencing Advocacy Group of Evanston
Betsy Wilson is a founder of the Sentencing Advocacy Group of Evanston, where she leads a multidisciplinary team of sentencing advocates and record specialists.  SAGE conducts mitigation investigations in federal and state and capital, juvenile-life-sentence, and non-capital cases... Read More →
Thursday June 5, 2025 9:00am - 10:15am CDT
Room 235

9:00am CDT

Aggravating Evidence
Thursday June 5, 2025 9:00am - 10:15am CDT
Thursday June 5, 2025 9:00am - 10:15am CDT
Room 225

10:15am CDT

Break
Thursday June 5, 2025 10:15am - 10:30am CDT
Thursday June 5, 2025 10:15am - 10:30am CDT
Main Lobby Boyd Law Building

10:30am CDT

Small Groups
Thursday June 5, 2025 10:30am - 12:00pm CDT
Thursday June 5, 2025 10:30am - 12:00pm CDT
Break out rooms

12:00pm CDT

Lunch
Thursday June 5, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm CDT
Thursday June 5, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm CDT
Main Lobby Boyd Law Building

1:00pm CDT

Best Practices & Understanding IQ Scores
Thursday June 5, 2025 1:00pm - 2:15pm CDT
Thursday June 5, 2025 1:00pm - 2:15pm CDT
Room 235

1:00pm CDT

Negotiation
Thursday June 5, 2025 1:00pm - 2:15pm CDT
Thursday June 5, 2025 1:00pm - 2:15pm CDT
Room 225

2:30pm CDT

Small Groups
Thursday June 5, 2025 2:30pm - 3:45pm CDT
Thursday June 5, 2025 2:30pm - 3:45pm CDT
Break out rooms

3:45pm CDT

Break
Thursday June 5, 2025 3:45pm - 4:00pm CDT
Thursday June 5, 2025 3:45pm - 4:00pm CDT
Main Lobby Boyd Law Building

4:00pm CDT

Break out sessions
Thursday June 5, 2025 4:00pm - 5:00pm CDT
Thursday June 5, 2025 4:00pm - 5:00pm CDT

4:00pm CDT

Intellectual Disability in Capital Cases
Thursday June 5, 2025 4:00pm - 5:00pm CDT
Speakers
avatar for Juliet Yackel

Juliet Yackel

Attorney & Capital Mitigation Specialist, Law Offices of Juliet Yackel, Evanston, IL
Juliet has devoted her entire 30-year career to the defense of death penalty cases. She started working as a capital lawyer in 1992 before shifting her focus to capital mitigation. She has worked on over 85 capital cases in 19 states.Juliet regularly serves as invited faculty at national... Read More →
Thursday June 5, 2025 4:00pm - 5:00pm CDT
Room 225
 
Friday, June 6
 

8:00am CDT

Coffee and Snacks
Friday June 6, 2025 8:00am - 9:00am CDT


Friday June 6, 2025 8:00am - 9:00am CDT
Main Lobby Boyd Law Building

9:00am CDT

Break out sessions
Friday June 6, 2025 9:00am - 10:00am CDT
Friday June 6, 2025 9:00am - 10:00am CDT

10:00am CDT

Break
Friday June 6, 2025 10:00am - 10:15am CDT
Friday June 6, 2025 10:00am - 10:15am CDT
Main Lobby Boyd Law Building

10:15am CDT

Small Groups
Friday June 6, 2025 10:15am - 11:15am CDT


Friday June 6, 2025 10:15am - 11:15am CDT
Break out rooms

11:15am CDT

Break
Friday June 6, 2025 11:15am - 11:30am CDT
Friday June 6, 2025 11:15am - 11:30am CDT
Main Lobby Boyd Law Building

11:30am CDT

Closing
Friday June 6, 2025 11:30am - 12:15pm CDT
Speakers
avatar for Jeff Sherr

Jeff Sherr

Training Director, National Association for Public Defense
Jeff Sherr​ is the Training Director for the National Association for Public Defense producing hundreds of webinars for public defense professionals across the nation. Prior to that he was the Manager of the Education and Strategic Planning Branch of the Kentucky Department of Public... Read More →
avatar for Emily Hughes

Emily Hughes

Senior Assiciate Dean for Academic Affairs, Professor of Law, University of Iowa
Professor Hughes joined the faculty at the University of Iowa College of Law in 2011. Before coming to the College, she was a professor at Washington University in St. Louis School of Law, where she co-directed the Criminal Justice Clinic, supervising law students representing indigent... Read More →
Friday June 6, 2025 11:30am - 12:15pm CDT
Room 295
 
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