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Office of the
Public Defender 
opd@kingcounty.gov
Phone: 206-296-7662
Fax: 206-296-0587
TTY: 711 Relay Service

Walthew Building
123 Third Ave. S.
4th Floor
Seattle, WA 98104

Regional Justice Center
401 4th Ave. N.
Room G 0242
Kent, WA 98032

Department: Community and Human Services

Continuing Legal Education

The Office of the Public Defender has scheduled the following Continuing Legal Education (CLEs):

April 8, 2009 (Kent) and April 17, 2009 (Seattle)

What if Your Client Under Supervision Wants to Leave the State: Interstate Compact on Adult Offender Supervision
Judy Garcia, ICAOS Coordinator and Acting Director for Probation Services, King County District Court
Time: Noon to 1:15 p.m.
Place: Kent: Regional Justice Center Community Room (at the Jail) 
            Seattle: Chinook Bldg., 401 Fifth Ave., Room 115
No RSVP needed; no cost to public defenders/assigned counsel attorneys
CLE credit pending

April 28, 2009

Before There Was Roper: Using 80 Years of Precedents to Argue That a Juvenile's Immaturity Supports Suppression of Evidence
Simmie Baer, Supervisor of Northwestern Law School's Bluhm Legal Clinic in the Children and Family Justice Center
Time: 3:15-5:15 p.m.
Place: King County Juvenile Court Training Room
Attendees must pre-register with OPD; no cost to public defenders/assigned counsel attorneys
CLE credit pending

April 30, May 1 & 2, 2009

Trial Advocacy for Public Defense: Three-Day Small Group Intensive
Ira Mickenberg, Director of the National Defender Training Project
Place: North Seattle Community College
Attendees must pre-register with OPD; no cost to public defenders/assigned counsel attorneys
CLE credit pending

Past King County OPD CLEs:

April 11, 2008
Adolescent Brain Development: Implications for Juvenile Public Defense
Simmie Baer, Supervisor of Northwestern Law School's Bluhm Legal Clinic in the Children and Family Justice Center, and Psychologist Dr. Marty Beyer
Participants earned 6.5 CLE credits

May 1-3, 2008
Trial Advocacy for Public Defense: Three-day Small Group Intensive
Ira Mickenberg, Director of the National Defender Training Project
Participants earned 19.75 CLE credits

August 15, 2008
Cross Examination: Techniques That Work
Terry MacCarthy, Federal Public Defender, Chicago
Participants earned 6 CLE credits

October 8, 2008 (Kent) and October 17, 2008 (Seattle)
Search and Seizure Issues: State v. Bee Xiong
Eric Broman, Attorney at Law, Nielsen, Broman & Koch, Seattle
Participants earned 1.0 CLE credit

January 16, 2009
Client Communication and Other Issues in Public Defense
Dr. Rebecca Nerison, Ph.D., Psychotherapist, Washington State Bar Association
Dr. Marcia Kent, M.D., Psychiatrist, Seattle
Juanita Holmes, Attorney at Law, Ellis, Holmes & Witchley, Seattle
Rita Griffith, Attorney at Law, Seattle
David Zuckerman, Attorney at Law, Seattle
Maureen Devlin, Attorney at Law, Seattle
V. David Hocraffer, King County Public Defender
Kim Ambrose, Supervising Attorney, Children and Youth Advocacy Clinic, University of Washington School of Law
Participants earned 6.5. CLE credits

January 23, 2009
Practice Update: Proposed Changes in King County Criminal Department
David Roberson, Deputy Director, Northwest Defenders Association
Participants earned 1.0 CLE credit