2021 Webinar Series
For information (including topics, presenters, and dates) on 2021 sessions, please see the list below.
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Information about Past Sessions
January 12: Linguistic Bias in Criminal Cases
Presenter: Robin Conley Riner, PhD
January 26: Muslims in Prison: A Story of Conversion, Litigation & Rehabilitation
Presenter: SpearIt, JD, PhD, MTS
February 9: Communicating Effectively with Clients with IDD and Mental Illness
Presenter: Susan Marcus
February 23: Mapping
Presenter: Amy Nguyen
March 9: Investigating Intellectual Disability in the Age of Covid
Presenter: Dana Cook
March 23: Expanding Mitigation to Non-Capital Felony Cases
Presenter: Miriam Gohara
April 6: Representing Transgender and Non-binary Clients
Presenters: Connor Barusch, Jessica Sutton, and Jenny Merrigan
April 20: Working with Female Clients
Presenter: Sandra Babcock
May 4: Understanding Multigenerational Trauma for those touched by genocide, war crimes, and civil unrest
Presenter: Yael Danieli, PhD
May 18: Impacts of Immigration on Development for Latinx Clients
Presenter: Kathleen Roche, MSW, PhD
June 1: Current State of COVID and What It Means for Mitigation
Presenters: Chris Beyrer MD, MPH and Liz Vartkessian, PhD
June 15: The Role of Trial Teams in Virginia Abolition
Presenters: Edward Ungvarsky, Esq., Matthew Engle, Esq., and Jennifer Givens
June 29: Conducting Community Research and Connecting it to your Client
Presenter: Heather Barrow
July 27: Incorporating Race and Culture into Criminal Cases
Presenter: Twyla Carter
August 31: Mental Health in the Time of COVID-19
Presenter: Dr. Will Newman
September 28: Compassionate Capital Mitigation
Presenter: Dr. Jesse Cheng
December 7: Reflections on Difficult Conversations
Presenters: Gerrod Ellis and Melanie Carr
Information on 2020 sessions can be found here.