‘Arraignment Training’ offered online by CDAM
The Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan (CDAM) will conduct a webinar on “Arraignment Training and Pleading at Arraignment” Friday, June 6, from 1 to 2:30 p.m.
Speaking at the webinar will be Shayne K. Williams of the Berrien County Public Defender Office. Williams has been with Berrien County since 2017 when she worked as a PAAM intern and graduated from Valparaiso Law School in 2018. She joined the Defender's Office in January 2019.
This session will discuss important information that attorneys need to get from the client as well as special bond conditions that need to be requested at arraignment, such as permission to leave the state or work curfew exception. Williams will also discuss traffic tickets and how to save a client points and fines. She will also discuss the importance of resolving a case at arraignment if that is what a client would like to do.
Attendees will learned how to:
• Get complete information from client at arraignment
• Find out special bond conditions to avoid having to file a motion later
• Know the different traffic violation points & fines in order to negotiate
• Try to resolve case same day if that is what the client wants
• Work with the court and prosecutors to develop a system that works in a local county
Cost for the webinar is $60 for CDAM members and $75 for non-members. The webinar offers 1.5 CLE Credit Hours. To register, visit https://cdam.wildapricot.org.
Speaking at the webinar will be Shayne K. Williams of the Berrien County Public Defender Office. Williams has been with Berrien County since 2017 when she worked as a PAAM intern and graduated from Valparaiso Law School in 2018. She joined the Defender's Office in January 2019.
This session will discuss important information that attorneys need to get from the client as well as special bond conditions that need to be requested at arraignment, such as permission to leave the state or work curfew exception. Williams will also discuss traffic tickets and how to save a client points and fines. She will also discuss the importance of resolving a case at arraignment if that is what a client would like to do.
Attendees will learned how to:
• Get complete information from client at arraignment
• Find out special bond conditions to avoid having to file a motion later
• Know the different traffic violation points & fines in order to negotiate
• Try to resolve case same day if that is what the client wants
• Work with the court and prosecutors to develop a system that works in a local county
Cost for the webinar is $60 for CDAM members and $75 for non-members. The webinar offers 1.5 CLE Credit Hours. To register, visit https://cdam.wildapricot.org.
‘Report Writing For Investigators’ presented online by SADO June 5
The State Appellate Defender Office’s Criminal Defense Resource Center along with the West Michigan Regional Investigator Association will continue their 2025 Trainings for Defense Investigators with the webinar “Report Writing For Investigators” on Thursday, June 5, from noon to 1:30 p.m. via Zoom.
In this training, attendees will learn:
• When a report is necessary, and why.
• What information should be included in a report, and why.
• What information can be omitted from a report, and why; and tips for report design and formatting.
Speaking at the webinar will be Julianne Cuneo, the former Chief Investigator at SADO, who has worked as an investigator for criminal defense and police misconduct cases since the early 1980s.
To register for the webinar, visit www.sado.org/go/Reports25. Anyone with questions may email CDRC@sado.org.
In this training, attendees will learn:
• When a report is necessary, and why.
• What information should be included in a report, and why.
• What information can be omitted from a report, and why; and tips for report design and formatting.
Speaking at the webinar will be Julianne Cuneo, the former Chief Investigator at SADO, who has worked as an investigator for criminal defense and police misconduct cases since the early 1980s.
To register for the webinar, visit www.sado.org/go/Reports25. Anyone with questions may email CDRC@sado.org.
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