Fifth Annual Excellence in Juvenile Defense Conference

Sign up now for the EARLY BIRD price! Join us a full day of CLE credits. All-day training includes sessions on sexual offense representation, addressing trauma and language disabilities, effective oral advocacy, ethics, and so much more! Includes admission to the Justice Rising Lunch, honoring the CJDC Juvenile Defender of the Year.

Proposed Agenda:

9:00 -10:00 Listening with Intention: Trauma Informed Approaches to Adolescent Interviewing

Brian C. Gonzales, LCSW, LAC Clinical Assistant Professor Graduate School of Social Work – University of Denver

10:00 – 11:00 The Power of Telling your Client’s Story Effectively

Matthew Taylor, Author, Professional Actor, Storyteller and Humorist

11:00 – 11:10 Break

11:10 – 12:00 Identifying, Understanding and Explaining Trauma and ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences) in your Clients.

Kevin Bishop, LCSW, OADC Social Work Coordinator

LUNCHEON 12-1:30 CJDC AWARDS

1:30-3:00 An Examination of Bound & Broken, A Report by the Colorado Child Safety Coalition, and how to advocate for clients in pre-adjudication confinement.

Ann Roan, OSPD Training Director for Juvenile Defense and Complex Litigation

3:00-3:10 Break

3:10–4:15 Identifying conflicts based on prior representation

Darren Cantor, OADC Deputy Director Stacie Colling, OADC Juvenile Defense Coordinator