CADC 2007 ANNUAL CONFERENCE/SEMINAR MARCH 16 AND 17 IN LOS ANGELES
The 2007 CADC Annual Statewide Conference and Seminar will be held on Friday and
Saturday, March 16 and 17, 2007, at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel, in downtown Los
Angeles.
On Friday, March 16, we will begin with a one-hour, open forum discussion featuring
the appellate project directors, with participation by CADC members and the CADC
Board, moderated by Marcia Levine, CADC’’s Court & Project Liaison. Following this,
the Board will conduct its annual Board membership meeting, which will include the
election of officers.
The first of our MCLE sessions will take place Friday afternoon, with a presentation by
Presiding Justice Paul Turner, from the Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District,
concerning current legal issues of interest. A no host cocktail party will follow our
Friday MCLE session.
Dinner Friday evening will be a chance for CADC members to socialize. Location and
entertainment to be announced.
Following a Saturday morning continental breakfast, there will be five hours of MCLE.
Among the featured presenters will be Jeffrey Fisher, whose topic will be “Sixth
Amendment Update: The Continuing Fallout from Crawford and Blakely,” Professor
Stan Goldman from Loyola University, who will speak on “Updated Selected Topics in
Search and Seizure;” and Rick Lennon from CAP-LA, who will give us a primer on
expert witnesses entitled “Appellate Issues Presented by Expert Testimony.” Attorney
Catherine Campbell will speak about “Knowing Your Client’s Prison Reality,” and Tom
Lundy, Editor of Forecite, will cover the latest in “Finding and Winning Jury Instruction
Issues on Appeal.”
For those who practice in dependency law, there will be breakout sessions for five
hours of MCLE. Our featured presenters will include Kathleen Murphy Mallinger,
Andrea St. Julian, and Alice Shotton, whose topic will be “The Changing Role of
Minor’s Counsel on Appeal,” and Joanne Willis Newton and Andrea St. Julian, who will
bring us current on “The Indian Child Welfare Act.” Cheryl Geyerman and Alice
Shotton from ADI will discuss “The Art of Writing a Dependency Appellate Brief:
Perspectives of Project Staff Attorneys;” and Linda Harvie and Janice Jenkins will
speak on “The Law of Forfeiture in Dependency Appeals.”
Please mark your calendars, and check this location and the CADC Website
for further
updates
January 24, 2007
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