Why Lawyers Matter
Culturally Competent Defense Work for Diverse Clients
Friday, April 28
8:00 am - 4:30 pm
Room B, College of Law
REGISTER TO ATTEND
*CLE credit will be available.
AGENDA
8:00 – 8:30 a.m.
Check-in & Coffee
8:30 – 8:45 a.m.
Welcome
Patrick Keenan, University of Illinois College of Law
Thomas Patton, Federal Defender for the Central District of Illinois
8:45 – 9:45 a.m.
Twin Peaks: The Linkage of Intersectionality and Collateral Consequences, and its Role in Public Defender Mitigation and Criminal Justice Reform
Donavan Bailey, Colorado State Public Defender
9:45 – 10:45 a.m.
Transgender 101
Adrien Lawyer, Director of Education & Co-Founder, Transgender Resource Center of New Mexico
10:45 – 11:00 a.m.
Break
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Representing Defendants with Diverse Backgrounds in Criminal Sentencing
Dr. Colleen Berryessa, Rutgers School of Criminal Justice
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Lunch, College of Law Pavilion
1:00 – 2:15 p.m.
The First Line of Defense: Shielding Noncitizen Defendants from Immigration Consequences
Diana Rashid, Managing Attorney, National Immigrant Justice Center Detention Project
2:15 – 2:45 p.m.
Looking Ahead: Preserving Issues for Appeal
Colleen Ramais, Office of the Federal Defender for the Central District of Illinois
2:45 – 3:15 p.m.
Avoiding the Order to Show Cause: Navigating the Procedural Requirements at the Seventh Circuit
Johanna Christiansen, Office of the Federal Defender for the Central District of Illinois
3:15 – 3:30 p.m.
Break
3:30 – 4:00 p.m.
Navigating the Sentencing Commission’s Judiciary Sentencing INformation (JSIN) Tool
Thomas Patton, Federal Defender for the Central District of Illinois
4:00 – 4:30 p.m.
Current Issues in the Central District of Illinois
Thomas Patton, Federal Defender for the Central District of Illinois