Why Lawyers Matter - Virtual Symposium
New Tricks, Old Dogs and Professionalism in the Face of Client Criticism
April 29, 2022
8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Join via Zoom
https://illinois.zoom.us/j/83945844431?pwd=NTNsNjQza1NIaHdYTTk5bjBhVEwrdz09
Meeting ID: 839 4584 4431
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Sponsored by: The University of Illinois College of Law Program in Criminal Law and Procedure and the Office of the Federal Defender for the Central District of Illinois
AGENDA
8:30 – 8:45 a.m.
Welcome
Thomas Patton, Federal Defender for the Central District of Illinois
Patrick Keenan, Professor of Law, Criminal Law Program, Illinois College of Law
8:45 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
The Changing Landscape of the Fourth Amendment: Technology and Privacy Interests
Dr. Lori Hoetger, Adjunct Professor in Criminal Law, University of Nebraska School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
9:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Facial Recognition: Facing the Challenge in Criminal Cases
Kaitlin Jackson, Supervising Attorney, Bronx Defenders, Bronx, New York
10:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Break
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Ethics - When the Client Complains to the Judge or does the 2255 IAC About You
Peter A. Joy, Henry Hitchcock Professor of Law; Director, Criminal Justice Clinic, Washington University in St. Louis School of Law
12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Lunch Break
1:15 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
The Impact of Wooden v. United States in ACCA Cases
Colleen Ramais, Office of Federal Defender, Central District of Illinois
1:45 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Using Expert Witnesses in Criminal Cases: Making an Impact in and out of the Courtroom
Joseph A. Niskar, Assistant Federal Defender, Office of Federal Defender, San Juan Puerto Rico
2:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Break
3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Update on the Categorical Approach in Career Offender Cases
Rosie Brown, Office of the Federal Defender, Central District of Illinois
3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Panel: Current Issues for Criminal Defense Lawyers in the Central District of Illinois
Thomas Patton, Federal Defender for the Central District of Illinois
Charles Schierer, CJA Panel Representative, Schierer & Ritchie LLC, East Peoria
J. Steven Beckett, Beckett Law Office, Urbana IL