​2021 Webinar Series

For information (including topics, presenters, and dates) on 2021 sessions, please see below.

​If you are looking for registration for our 2022 sessions, please click here. 

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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.