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​2020 Webinar Series


Registration is closed for our final 2020 session. For information (including topics, presenters, and dates) on past sessions, please see below.

​If you are looking for registration for our 2021 sessions, please click here. 

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

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April 28: Advanced record collection
Presenter: Katherine Atkins

May 5: Obtaining and understanding military records
Presenter: Art Cody

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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

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August 25:  Advanced Records Workshop
Presenters: Heather Barrow and Katherine Atkins

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September 8:  Team Dynamics
Presenters: Denny LeBoeuf and Matthew Silverman

September 15:  Explaining Delusions and Overvalued Beliefs to Juries
Presenter: William Newman

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September 22:  Team Dynamics, Part 2
Presenters: Denny LeBoeuf and Matthew Silverman

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September 29:  Follow-up session: Investigation During COVID-19
Presenter: Liz Vartkessian

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October 6:  Storytelling in Criminal Defense Cases, Part 2
Presenter: Jill Patterson, PhD

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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

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November 10:  Surveying the FASD landscape
Presenter: Karen Steele

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November 17:  Health and Safety: The Pandemic, Trials, and Prisons
Presenter: Christopher Beyrer, M.D., M.P.H.

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December 1:  Working with Experts
Presenters: Kathy Wayland, PhD and Sean O'Brien

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December 8:  Putting Criminality in Context to Create a Case for Life
Presenter: Craig Haney, PhD

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