Arrest, Detention and Special Education Advocacy for Juvenile Defenders

Join us on February 19, 2018 from 9:00 am to 3:00pm at UNO's Community Engagement Center for a free specialized training for juvenile defense attorneys. We will begin by discussing advocacy strategies for defense attorneys at the Arrest and Detention Intake stages of case. Second, we will hold a session on Challenging Probable Cause and Detention in delinquency cases. The morning sessions will be facilitated by local defense attorneys Joy Suder and Christine Henningsen. The presenter for the afternoon is Lisa Geis, who is the Director of the Children's Defense Clinic at the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law. Prior to her position at the University of Memphis, she was a clinical instruction in the Juvenile & Special Education Law Clinic at the University of the District of Columbia, David A. Clarke School of Law. She will be presenting on Advocacy in Special Education Cases. Lunch is provided free of charge. The event has been approved for 5 hours of CLE credit, which also qualify for GAL credit.