2020 Webinar Series
Registration is closed for our final 2020 session. For information (including topics, presenters, and dates) on past sessions, please see below.
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Information about Past sessions
Materials for previous sessions can be found at ARC, Inc.'s Resource Clearinghouse. (First-time Clearinghouse users, click here to request access.) Previous session topics include:
April 7: Investigation during COVID
Presenter: Liz Vartkessian
April 14: Advanced file organization
Presenter: Melanie Carr
April 21: Internet investigation
Presenters: Quinn O’Brien and Sean O'Brien
April 28: Advanced record collection
Presenter: Katherine Atkins
May 5: Obtaining and understanding military records
Presenter: Art Cody
May 12: Neuropsych testing
Presenter: Mental health professional
May 19: Internet investigation (Part 2)
Presenters: Quinn O’Brien and Sean O'Brien
May 26: Storytelling in criminal defense cases
Presenter: Jill Patterson
June 2: Exploring the international elements of your case
Presenter: Chris Chang
June 9: Representing veterans in criminal cases
Presenter: Art Cody
June 23: Contextualizing Brain Science in Criminal Defense
Presenter: Alexandra Cox
June 30: Seeing is Believing: Using Visual, Emotion-Based Storytelling at Sentencing and Penalty Phase
Presenter: Doug Passon
July 7: Countering Antisocial Personality Disorder and Other Prejudicial Psychiatric Labels
Presenters: Kathy Wayland and Sean O'Brien
July 14: Reaching Out to the Other Side: Defense-Victim Outreach
Presenter: Tammy Krause
July 21: School to Prison Pipeline and Understanding Your Client's History
Presenter: Lauren Mims
July 28: Understanding Mild Intellectual Disability With a Focus on Misconceptions and Assessing Adaptive Functioning
Presenter: James Patton
August 4: Assessment Process for Adaptive Functioning
Presenter: James Patton
August 11: Countering Antisocial Personality Disorder and Other Prejudicial Psychiatric Labels (Part 2)
Presenters: Kathy Wayland and Sean O'Brien
August 25: Advanced Records Workshop
Presenters: Heather Barrow and Katherine Atkins
September 8: Team Dynamics
Presenters: Denny LeBoeuf and Matthew Silverman
September 15: Explaining Delusions and Overvalued Beliefs to Juries
Presenter: William Newman
September 22: Team Dynamics, Part 2
Presenters: Denny LeBoeuf and Matthew Silverman
September 29: Follow-up session: Investigation During COVID-19
Presenter: Liz Vartkessian
October 6: Storytelling in Criminal Defense Cases, Part 2
Presenter: Jill Patterson, PhD
October 13: Understanding Gang Membership
Presenter: James Densley, PhD
October 20: The 3 Rs of Sentencing Storytelling
Presenter: Doug Passon
October 27: Exploring the Role of Trauma in Your Case
Presenter: Katherine Porterfield, PhD
November 10: Surveying the FASD landscape
Presenter: Karen Steele
November 17: Health and Safety: The Pandemic, Trials, and Prisons
Presenter: Christopher Beyrer, M.D., M.P.H.
December 1: Working with Experts
Presenters: Kathy Wayland, PhD and Sean O'Brien
December 8: Putting Criminality in Context to Create a Case for Life
Presenter: Craig Haney, PhD
April 7: Investigation during COVID
Presenter: Liz Vartkessian
April 14: Advanced file organization
Presenter: Melanie Carr
April 21: Internet investigation
Presenters: Quinn O’Brien and Sean O'Brien
April 28: Advanced record collection
Presenter: Katherine Atkins
May 5: Obtaining and understanding military records
Presenter: Art Cody
May 12: Neuropsych testing
Presenter: Mental health professional
May 19: Internet investigation (Part 2)
Presenters: Quinn O’Brien and Sean O'Brien
May 26: Storytelling in criminal defense cases
Presenter: Jill Patterson
June 2: Exploring the international elements of your case
Presenter: Chris Chang
June 9: Representing veterans in criminal cases
Presenter: Art Cody
June 23: Contextualizing Brain Science in Criminal Defense
Presenter: Alexandra Cox
June 30: Seeing is Believing: Using Visual, Emotion-Based Storytelling at Sentencing and Penalty Phase
Presenter: Doug Passon
July 7: Countering Antisocial Personality Disorder and Other Prejudicial Psychiatric Labels
Presenters: Kathy Wayland and Sean O'Brien
July 14: Reaching Out to the Other Side: Defense-Victim Outreach
Presenter: Tammy Krause
July 21: School to Prison Pipeline and Understanding Your Client's History
Presenter: Lauren Mims
July 28: Understanding Mild Intellectual Disability With a Focus on Misconceptions and Assessing Adaptive Functioning
Presenter: James Patton
August 4: Assessment Process for Adaptive Functioning
Presenter: James Patton
August 11: Countering Antisocial Personality Disorder and Other Prejudicial Psychiatric Labels (Part 2)
Presenters: Kathy Wayland and Sean O'Brien
August 25: Advanced Records Workshop
Presenters: Heather Barrow and Katherine Atkins
September 8: Team Dynamics
Presenters: Denny LeBoeuf and Matthew Silverman
September 15: Explaining Delusions and Overvalued Beliefs to Juries
Presenter: William Newman
September 22: Team Dynamics, Part 2
Presenters: Denny LeBoeuf and Matthew Silverman
September 29: Follow-up session: Investigation During COVID-19
Presenter: Liz Vartkessian
October 6: Storytelling in Criminal Defense Cases, Part 2
Presenter: Jill Patterson, PhD
October 13: Understanding Gang Membership
Presenter: James Densley, PhD
October 20: The 3 Rs of Sentencing Storytelling
Presenter: Doug Passon
October 27: Exploring the Role of Trauma in Your Case
Presenter: Katherine Porterfield, PhD
November 10: Surveying the FASD landscape
Presenter: Karen Steele
November 17: Health and Safety: The Pandemic, Trials, and Prisons
Presenter: Christopher Beyrer, M.D., M.P.H.
December 1: Working with Experts
Presenters: Kathy Wayland, PhD and Sean O'Brien
December 8: Putting Criminality in Context to Create a Case for Life
Presenter: Craig Haney, PhD