OFFICE OF THE DEFENDER GENERAL
2009 GREEN MOUNTAIN JUVENILE AND
CRIMINAL DEFENSE INSTITUTE
JUNE 3, 4 and 5, 2009

Co-Sponsored by the Vermont Bar Association, and the
Vermont Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
THE INN AT ESSEX, 70 ESSEX WAY, ESSEX JCT., VT  05452


Directions
  • From the North: I-89 south to Exit 17. Turn left off of the exit ramp, then right at the lights onto Rt. 7 south. 3 miles to Rt. 2-A. Rt. 2-A South to VT-289 east. Two miles on VT-289 east to Exit 10, then right onto Essex Way.
  • From the South: North on I-89 to Exit 11. At stop sign, turn hard right onto Rt. 117. Rt. 117 5.8 miles to VT-289 West. Two miles on VT-289 to Exit 10, turn left onto Essex Way.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 2009
                                                                                       
8:30-9:00            Registration and Coffee

9:00-9:15             Welcome

9:15-10:30                                                                              1.25 CLE
The Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children- 
Out of State- Out of Luck?  Kate Piper will discuss the
complex issues facing families in out-of-state placements

10:30-10:45        Break

10:45-12:00                                                                            1.25 CLE
Improving the Representation of Parents in
Juvenile Cases, A panel discussion and brainstorming
session with Patrick Dowd and Colin Seaman looking at our
state and the Washington State Public Defender model

12:00-1:15 Lunch

1:15-3:00                                                                                1.75 CLE
The New Law- How’s it Working? Judge Devine, Dori
Jones, Maureen Martin, David Kidney and Bob Sheil
will discuss what we’ve learned in the first six months
of the new Chapter 55

3:00-3:15             Break 

3:15-4:30                                                                                1.25 CLE
Woodside:  The Inside Story, Dotty Donovan, M.S. and
Stacy Jolles, M.A., Marc Bilodeau, Woodside Director and
others will discuss the current programs and issues at
Woodside

MINI-TRIAL SCHOOL-All Day (by invitation only)               5.5 CLE

OFFICE OF THE DEFENDER GENERAL
2009 GREEN MOUNTAIN JUVENILE AND
CRIMINAL DEFENSE INSTITUTE
JUNE 3, 4 and 5, 2009

Co-Sponsored by the Vermont Bar Association, and the
Vermont Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
THE INN AT ESSEX, 70 ESSEX WAY, ESSEX JCT., VT  05452
THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 2009

8:15-8:45   Registration and Coffee

8:45-9:00  Welcome and Remarks, Matt Valerio

9:00-10:30 TWO CHOICES                                                    1.5 CLE
TRACK A: New Sex Laws:  Yipes(S13)!!  Matt Valerio

TRACK B: Youthful Offenders:  The New Law, Bob Sheil

10:30-10:45        Break

10:45-12:00  THREE CHOICES                                             1.25 CLE
TRACK A: Excluding Evidence from Car Stops Under
the 4TH Amendment and Article 11, Brad Stetler, Brian
Marsicovetere, and David Williams will provide the new cases
and the issues you should be raising in suppression motions

TRACK B: The New Family Group Conferencing, Sarah
Gallagher from UVM will address some new ways of working
with families

TRACK C: REDRUM 101, Matt Harnett, Kerry DeWolfe,
Bill Nelson and David Sleigh present the law and strategy
involved in the defense of murder cases

12:00-1:15           Lunch

1:15-2:45  THREE CHOICES                                                 1.5 CLE
TRACK A: Challenging the Questioning of Children
and Adolescents in Sex Abuse Cases, Dr. Mantell will
teach us how to successfully challenge unreliable state-
ments resulting from bad questioning

TRACK B:  Making Kinship Placements Work, Heidi Epstein, Adele Pastor and others

TRACK C:  SORNA, the Federal Sex Offender Registration
Requirement; What You Need to Know and Won’t Believe,
Michael Desautels, Alison Arms, Federal Public Defenders
and Howard Kalfus, Dept. of Public Safety

2:45-3:00            Break

3:00-5:00  THREE CHOICES                                                 2.0 CLE
TRACK A: Professionalism for Criminal and Juvenile
Practitioners, Kevin Ryan from the VBA (this is the new
requirement in addition to the ethics requirement- if you
did not attend the one we offered in December, now’s your
chance-2.0 CLE Professionalism)

TRACK B: Bail:  Strategy and the Law, Steve Dunham,
Lucy Joramo and Mary Kay Lanthier will explain how to get
your clients out and how to win bail appeals

TRACK C: Specialty Courts:  The Pros and Cons- Do They
Help Our Clients? Jordana Levine, Erika Smart, Sarah
Kouassi, Frederick Bragdon, Steve Zwicky and Maggie Vincent

5:00 VTACDL Meeting
6:00 Cocktail Hour
6:30 Barbecue

OFFICE OF THE DEFENDER GENERAL
2009 GREEN MOUNTAIN JUVENILE AND
CRIMINAL DEFENSE INSTITUTE
JUNE 3, 4 and 5, 2009

Co-Sponsored by the Vermont Bar Association, and the
Vermont Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
THE INN AT ESSEX, 70 ESSEX WAY, ESSEX JCT., VT  05452

FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 2009

8:45-9:15             Registration and Coffee

9:15-10:30                                                                              1.25 CLE
Appellate Review, Bill Nelson, Anna Saxman, Rebecca
Turner and Allison Fulcher will review the U.S. Supreme
Court and Vermont Supreme Court cases of 2008-2009

10:30-10:45        Break

10:45-12:00  TWO CHOICES                                                 1.25 CLE
TRACK A: What Everyone Must Know About Credit and
Good Time, Dawn Seibert and Seth Lipschutz

TRACK B: Challenging Coerced Confessions and The Reid
School of Interrogation, Dr. Kinsler will show how to
Successfully attack confessions coerced by psychological
Techniques

12:00-1:15           Lunch

1:15-3:30                                                                                2.25 CLE
Ethics All Star Review, Michael Kennedy, from the
Office of Disciplinary Counsel, Bud Allen, Bob Sheil and
Chris Davis will assist us in navigating our way through the
Rules of Professional Conduct