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2023 MACDL Annual Conference

  • June 08, 2023
  • June 09, 2023
  • Harraseeket Inn, Freeport Maine

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MACDL Annual Conference

June 8th and June 9th, 2023

Harraseeket Inn, Freeport, ME

For the first time since 2019, MACDL's annual conference is back at the Harraseeket--live and in living color!

Thursday, June 8th


8:00 a.m.       Registration & Breakfast

 

8:30 a.m.       President’s Welcome

                        Amber L. Tucker, The Law Office of Amber L. Tucker

 

8:45 a.m.       State Constitutional Arguments

                        Jamesa Drake, Drake Law

 

10:00 a.m.     Break & Snacks

 

10:15 a.m.     Representing & Advocating for Trans Clients 

                        Gia Drew, EqualityMaine

                 

11:15 a.m.     2022-2023 Legislative Updates

                        Walter F. McKee, McKee Law

 

12:00 p.m.     Lunch

 

1:00 p.m.       All Aboard the Crazy Train: Defending the Mentally Ill Offender in Serious Criminal Cases

      Nellie King, NACDL President, Law Offices of Nellie King (West Palm Beach, FL)

 

2:00 p.m.     Attorney-Directed Voir Dire: Applying Lessons Learned from Civil Cases

                         Ben Gideon, Gideon Asen

 

3:00 p.m.       Break & Snacks                   

 

3:15 p.m.        Ethics is Reely Fun

                        Stephen J. Schwartz, Schwartz & Schwartz

 

4:15 p.m.        MACDL Defender Reception    

 

6:00 p.m.       MACDL 30th Anniversary Celebration Dinner (Separate Registration Required!)

 

CLE CREDITS (Day 1):  4 General Hours; 1 Ethics; 1 H&D (6 hours total)


Friday, June 9

 

8:00 a.m.       Registration & Breakfast

 

8:30 a.m.       Fighting (and Winning!) Probation Revocation Motions                  

                        Cory McKenna, McKenna PLLC

                 

9:30 a.m.       2022-2023 Law Court Updates

                        David Bobrow, Bedard & Bobrow

 

10:30 a.m.     Break & Snacks

 

10:45 a.m.     Understanding Police K9 Cases & Dog Sniff Evidence

                        Andy Falco Jimenez, Falco K9 Academy, and Kristine Hanly, Garmey Law 

                   

12:15 p.m.     Lunch            

                                     

1:00 p.m.       Anatomy of a Jury Trial

  James Howaniec, Howaniec Law Offices, and Jesse Archer, The Law Office of Jesse James Ian Archer

 

2:30 p.m.       Break & Snacks

 

2:45 p.m.       A State Court Practitioner’s Guide to Federal Court

                         David Beneman, Federal Defender’s Office

 

3:45 p.m.       Closing Remarks

 

4:00 p.m.       Adjourn

                

CLE CREDITS (Day 2): 6 General Hours.

 

Total for both days: 12 CLE Credit Hours, including 10 general hours and 1 hour each of Ethics and H&D credit.

The cost to attend both days is $400 for non-MACDL members; $350 for MACDL members.


To attend for one day only, the cost is $225 for members and $275 for non-MACDL members.


The cost of attendance includes continental breakfast, morning and afternoon snacks, and lunch. There will also be a cocktail hour for all attendees following presentations on Thursday, June 8th with two free (beer/wine) drink tickets for each person and unlimited free snacks and non-alcoholic beverages for all.


Registrations are absolutely non-refundable after June 1st. 


Please contact me at mainemacdl@gmail.com with any questions or concerns.


Can't wait to see you!

Tina H. Nadeau

MACDL Executive Director






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