August 9th and 10th Criminal Defense CLE - Register Now

There is still time to register for the MONTANA ASSOCIATION OF CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYERS and the Federal Defenders of Montana at Fairmont Hot Springs on August 9th and August 10th.

The topic is Media Misconceptions and Misnomers and the training has been approved for 12.5 Continuing Legal Education Credits.Registrants should make their own arrangements for lodging. A block of rooms has been set aside at Fairmont Hot Springs in Fairmont, MT. For reservations call Fairmont Hot Springs at 1-406-797-3241 or toll free at 1-800-332-3272.

Tuition is $150 for MTACDL members who are also CJA panel members, $225.00 for members of the CJA panel who are not MTACDL members, $225.00 for MTACDL members who are not members of the CJA panel, $300.00 for attorneys who are not MTACDL members nor members of the CJA panel and $75.00 for attorneys who are CJA panel members attending on Friday only.

Tuition includes cost of all materials, refreshments, lunch on Thursday and Friday, and dinner and entertainment on Thursday evening. Submit your registration and a check in the appropriate amount, payable to Federal Defenders of Montana, to:

Gail Brown, Seminar Coordinator

Federal Defenders of Montana

P.O. Box 250

Helena, MT 59624-250

[Telephone 1-406-449-8381]

PROGRAM SCHEDULE

THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 2007

8:15 a.m. LATE REGISTRATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF SEMINAR MATERIALS

OPENING REMARKS

Dan Donovan, President, MTACDL

8:45 a.m. “WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO . . . AND HOW TO MAINTAIN MENTAL HEALTH WHILE WE DO IT.” Louis Allen, Federal Defender

10:15 a.m. BREAK

10:30 a.m. THE MEDIA – ALLY OR ENEMY? OR NEITHER? Maurice Possley, Chicago Tribune

FOLLOW UP PANEL DISCUSSION

Moderator: Dan Donovan

Mr. Possley

Ed Sheehy

Betsy Brandborg

Greg Jackson

12:00 Noon LUNCH

1:00 p.m. BASIC CRIME SCENE RECONSTRUCTION FOR CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYERS

Lawrence Lee Renner, B.S.,M.S.

4:00 p.m. ADJOURN FOR THE DAY

6:00 p.m. DINNER

FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 2007

8:15 a.m. OPENING REMARKSAnthony Gallagher, Federal Defender

8:30 a.m. “THE BASICS OF IMMIGRATION LAW FOR CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYERS”

Dan Kessellbrenner, Director, National Immigration Project,National Lawyers’ Guild

10:00 a.m. Break


10:15 a.m. “MISCONCEPTIONS AND MISNOMERS IN TERRORISM PROSECUTIONS”

Mike Mullaney, Chief, Counter Terrorism Unit, U.S. Department of Justice


12:00 p.m. Lunch


1:00 p.m. ADAM WALSH

Alan Dorhoffer, U.S. Sentencing Commission

2:45 p.m. BREAK

3:00 p.m. FEDERAL AND STATE DEFENDER COOPERATION

Kathy Williams, Federal Public Defender

4:15 p.m. ADJOURN FOR THE DAY