PROGRAM REGISTRATION

To register, please go to http://etrak.fd.org/Login.aspx. You will need to Login in order to register. If you’ve attended a program in the past and haven’t created or updated your profile, your Login ID will be the email address you’ve provided to us and your password will be your last name with the first letter being capitalized. Example: Login ID: chastain_smith@ao.uscourts.gov, Password: Smith. If you have not attended a program in the past, you will need to create a Login ID. If assistance is needed, please email Lauren Billups at Lauren_Billups@ao.uscourts.gov. You will receive a confirmation email of your enrollment in the program within 3-5 business days after registering.

NINTH NATIONAL SEMINAR ON THE DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION OF MITIGATION EVIDENCE IN CAPITAL CASES

April 26-29, 2012
The Loews Hotel
Atlanta, GA
http://www.loewshotels.com/atlanta-hotel

**REGISTRATION NOW OPEN

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

This seminar has been held annually since the Supreme Court decision in Wiggins v. Smith, 539 U.S. 510 (2003), which recognized the need for thorough mitigation investigation and acknowledged the importance of the non-lawyer who had compiled the mitigation in the successful postconviction presentation. This year’s seminar will include presentations on the use of narrative, finding and telling humanizing stories, utilizing state-of-the-art technologies to present mitigating evidence, and both helpful and harmful developments in the domain of mental health evidence. Additional topics will include gangs and neighborhood investigation, using mitigation to resolve cases, and exploring the impact of history on our clients’ lives. Faculty will include academics and writers as well as litigators, mitigation specialists, and mental health experts. Breakout sessions will include a beginners’ track on mitigation basics as well as advanced workshops on specialized problems.

SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL NATIONAL FEDERAL HABEAS CORPUS SEMINAR

August 16-19, 2012
The Ritz-Carlton
Washington, DC
http://www.ritzcarlton.com/en/Properties/WashingtonDC/Default.htm

Program Contact: Chastain Smith Chastain_Smith@ao.uscourts.gov
Registration Contact: Lauren Billups Lauren_Billups@ao.uscourts.gov

**REGISTRATION WILL OPEN IN EARLY MAY

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

This nationally-recognized program, the only one of its kind, focuses on representation in capital habeas cases in toto. Habeas experts discuss issue identification, investigation, factual and legal development and presentation of claims, the use of mitigation and mental health experts, and substantive and procedural habeas corpus jurisprudence. The program will also have sessions addressing the impact of recent and currently pending Supreme Court decisions on capital post-conviction practice as well as sessions addressing new developments in the other courts and new legislative initiatives.