Annual Program
Establishing Innocence or Guilt
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Plano, Texas, USA
The Center for American and International Law
5201 Democracy Drive
Plano, TX 75024
Online registration for the conference is now closed. If you would like to still register for this conference, please register onsite at the registration desk.
Registrar: +1.972.244.3404
Fax: +1.972.244.3401
E-Mail: cail@cailaw.org
Overview
This annual program will be a forum to consider wrongful convictions and answer the questions: Why do wrongful convictions occur? What can be done to reduce the likelihood of wrongful convictions?
This course is funded by a grant from the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.
Download the Brochure (pdf)
For more details, download the online brochure.
Who Should Attend?
Judges, Prosecutors and their staff, Criminal Defense Attorneys and their staff, Law Enforcement Officers, and law students. Thanks to the grant, the seminar is offered tuition-free to most participants.
Schedule and Faculty
Tentative Agenda as of 8/28/2018
Wednesday, August 29
8:00 am
Check-In & Registration
9:00 am
Welcome & Introductions
9:05 am
Actual Innocence 101 & The Post-Brady World
- Bill Wirskye, Collin County District Attorney’s Office, McKinney, TX
10:00 am
Break
10:15 am
Interrogation Techniques & The Impact on Vulnerable Population: Does The System Promote Wrongful Convictions?
- Laura Nirider, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, Chicago, IL
11:45 am
Lunch (Provided)
12:15 pm
Current Trends in Forensic Science
- Lynn Garcia, Texas Forensic Science Commission, Dallas, TX
2:15 pm
Break
2:30 pm
Case Law & Legislative Update
- Gary Udashen, Udashen & Anton, Dallas, TX
3:30 pm
Conviction Integrity Unit Roundtable
Moderated by: Bill Wirskye, Collin County District Attorney’s Office, McKinney, TX
- Cynthia Garza, Dallas County District Attorney’s Office, Dallas, TX
- Dawn Boswell, Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney’s Office, Fort Worth, TX
- Patrick Ballantyne, Bexar County District Attorney’s Office, San Antonio, TX
4:45 pm
Reception
5:45 pm
Recess
Thursday, August 30
9:00 am
Forensics and the Problem of the Shared Brain
- Thomas Ashworth, Collin County District Attorney’s Office, McKinney, TX
- Dawn Boswell, Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office, Fort Worth, TX
9:45 am
Inadvertent Non-disclosures
- Patrick Ballantyne, County District Attorney’s Office, San Antonio, TX
10:30 am
Break
10:45 am
Complying with Brady and the Michael Morton Act with an Emphasis on Law Enforcement
- Jacob Mitchell, Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney’s Office, Fort Worth, TX
11:30 am
The Problem of Wrongful Convictions from a Discipline Perspective
- Laura Popps, State Bar of Texas, Austin, TX
12:15 pm
Lunch (Provided)
12:45 pm
A Law Enforcement Perspective
- Richard Smith, Kansas City Police Department, Kansas City, MO
1:30 pm
Q&A Session
1:45 pm
Break
2:00 pm
Moving to Transparency
- Alice Amilhat, Texas Dept. of Public Safety Crime Laboratory, Austin,TX
3:00 pm
Break
3:15 pm
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
- Gary Udashen, Udashen & Anton, Dallas, TX
4:00 pm
Why Investigations Fail
- Gregg O. McCrary, Behavioral Criminology International, Fredericksburg, VA
4:45 pm
Adjourn
CLE Credit
The State Bar of Texas has approved this program for a total of 13 hours, including .75 hour of ethics. Course ID Number: 174024955.
In addition to Texas, after the program (if requested) CAIL will directly apply for course accreditation in the following states, as long as course materials and evaluations are not required: California, New Mexico, and Oklahoma. Attorneys may be eligible to receive CLE credit through attorney self-submission in other states, as long as course materials and evaluations are not required to be submitted.
Overnight Accommodations
Hyatt Place Plano welcomes our guests attending Annual Program Establishing Innocence or Guilt, at The Center for American and International Law. We have set aside a block of rooms with a group rate of $100 plus applicable fees/taxes for 8/28/2018 - 8/30/2018.
Please make your reservations by 8/14/2018. As long as the reservation is made by this date, and the group block has availability, you will receive the group rate. Any reservations not received on or before this cut-off date are subject to hotel availability at the best available prevailing rate.
Booking Instructions
Type in Arrival/Departure Dates
Enter Group/Corporate #: G-CL83
or
Call 888-HYATT-HP (888.492.8847) or 972.378.3997
Dates available: 8/28/2018 - 8/30/2018
Mention the group name: CAILAW / Annual Innocence Program
- A valid credit card is required to make reservations
- Tax Exemption Certificates and Credit Card Authorization Forms may be faxed to the hotel directly at 972.608.4427 prior to your arrival.
Other Information
Cancellation Policy
Written cancellation must be received 5 business days prior to a program to receive a refund (Email: lgaspar@cailaw.org). After this date, no refunds, but substitution of attendees for this program will be permitted with prior approval. Registrants not entitled to a refund will receive the course materials. Note: Registrants must attend the program to receive the course materials, unless tuition was paid.
Nondiscriminatory Policy
The Center for American and International Law does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected status in educational activities, scholarship programs or admissions.
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