Location: The Utah State Bar, second floor
645 S 200 E, Salt Lake City
This event will also be streamed.
Date: October 2nd and October 3rd (Wednesday & Thursday)
Time: 9:00am-4:30pm each day
12.0 CLE hours including 1.0 Ethics and 1.0 Professionalism
UACDL is pleased to present our annual seminar, focused on criminal defense and mental health. Presenters will discuss a range of topics related to the representation of clients with mental conditions or illnesses ranging from psychotic disorders, neurological disorders, neurodevelopmental disorders, autism, juvenile brain development, and other conditions. Presenters will discuss available state resources, using forensic experts, and pleading guilty/not-guilty-and-mentally-ill.
This seminar will be a tremendous resource for every defense attorney. Whether you know it or not, at some point in your career you’ve represented clients with low IQ, borderline personality disorders, fetal alcohol syndrome, or brain injury. Not all clients are diagnosed with mental disorders, and those who are don’t necessarily volunteer that information. Attorney who are unfamiliar with these and other disorders–as well as the connection between these disorders and the criminal law–leave a lot on the table in terms of providing the representation that society’s most vulnerable people deserve.
(Register at the bottom of this page.)
Please note that this schedule is subject to change. Check back for updates. Lunch is provided.
October 2nd
| Kristina Swickard, MCJ & Mark Augustine, MSW – Federal Defenders | Understanding and Applying Interventions for Clients with Psychotic or Personality Disorders | 9:00-10:00 | 1.0 |
| Julie George & Jonathan Nish – Julie George Law Office; Christensen and Jensen | Identifying the Right Legal Solution for Mentally Ill Clients | 10:15-12:15 | 2.0 |
| — | Lunch | 12:15-1:30 | — |
| Erin Bigler, LCSW & Daniel Lancaster, Ph.D – Utah County Public Defenders; Weber County Public Defenders | How to Make and Tell a Mitigation Narrative at Sentencing | 1:30-3:30 | 2.0 |
| Tochukwu Nweze, Ph.D – University of Utah | Understanding Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) for Criminal Defense Attorneys | 3:30-4:30 | 1.0 |
Adjourn for the day
October 3rd
| Julia Connolly, Ph.D – The Autism Clinic | Understanding Autism for Criminal Defense Attorneys | 9:00-10:00 | 1.0 |
| Sooz Stever, LCSW – Utah State Hospital | Communicating with Seriously and Persistently Mentally Ill (SPMI) Clients & Understanding the State Hospital Process in Competency Proceedings | 10:15-11:15 | 1.0 – Professionalism |
| J. Ryann Peyton – Colorado Attorney Mentoring Program | Identifying Well-Being Challenges Among Lawyers: Strategies for Self and Peer Support | 11:30-12:30 | 1.0 – Ethics |
| — | Lunch | 12:30-1:30 | — |
| Gary Thompson, Ph.D – Orion Forensics | Understanding Young Adult Mental Development | 1:30-2:30 | 1.0 |
| Jolie Brams, Ph.D & Aisha Khan-Sajjad, – Brams & Associates; Law Office of Aisha Khan-Sajjad | How to Spot and Collect Mitigating Evidence of Neurodevelopmental Disorders | 2:30-4:30 | 2.0 |
Conference adjourned
Email [email protected] with any questions.
Purchase a ticket for day two here: