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Crafting the Criminal Defense Theory & Telling the Story

Maximize your efficacy from first meeting to verdict

  • Product Number: 2250094P01
  • CLE Credits, earn up to:
    2 substantive credits, 0 ethics credits CLE Credit Note
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  • Product Description

    Product Description

    Maximize your efficacy with prosecutors, judges, and the jury to secure the best possible outcomes for your clients by focusing on your client’s “story” and your defense theory. Learn from a skilled panel of criminal defense litigators how to imbue representation of your client with your client’s story. Gain insight on how to craft your theory of the defense to guide your advocacy starting with your first meeting with your client and through the verdict or other resolution.

  • Agenda

    Agenda & Materials

    • Learning (Throughout the Representation) Your Client’s Perspective on the Case, Their Personal Background, and What They Have Planned for Themselves Going Forward

    • Talking with the Prosecutor About the Case: How Do They See Things? How Do You See Things? Strategizing to Bring Them Around

    • Educating Your Judges: From Bail to Motions and Trial

    • Talking with the Jury about Your Client, Their Story, and the Weaknesses of the Prosecution’s Case: Jury Selection, Openings and Closings, and Fact and Expert Witnesses

    • "Ask the Experts" Q&A Session and Key Takeaways

    Please Note

    MCLE webcasts are delivered completely online, underscoring their convenience and appeal. There are no published print materials. All written materials are available electronically only. They are posted 24 hours prior to the program and can be accessed, downloaded, or printed from your computer.

  • Faculty

    Chair

    Inga S. Bernstein, Esq., Zalkind, Duncan & Bernstein LLP, Boston

    Faculty

    Tara I. Allen, Esq., Office of the Federal Public Defender, Providence
    Rafael Feliciano Cumbas, Esq.,
    Prof. Sadiq Reza, Esq., Boston Univ. School of Law, Boston
  • Pricing

    Fees

    • $144.00 - MCLE Sponsor Member
    • $80.00 - New Lawyer
    • $80.00 - Pending Admittee
    • $80.00 - Law Student
    • $80.00 - Paralegal
    • $160.00 - All Others
    To apply for a need-based scholarship for this program, email scholarships@mcle.org.
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