Changes for 2006 for Criminal Advocacy Program

Beginning Friday, September 8, 2006, the Criminal Advocacy Program (C.A.P.) will present a series of ten (10) seminars. Nine will be at the CAYMC Auditorium and the other at the Frank Murphy Hall of Justice.

There will be a number of changes for this fall's series of seminars, including:

Notice of this year's seminar schedule will be done by e-mail and posted on the C.A.P. website, www.capwayne.org. Printed notices will be placed in the Assigned Counsel Office, Attorneys' Lounge, FMHJ Library (Room 810) and on each floor of FMHJ. Notice by e-mail will save C.A.P. thousands of dollars and enable the Circuit Court Bar Association to have more funds for trial defense resources.
Attorneys with more than ten (10) years in practice will be required to attend at least four (4) sessions this fall. For all attorneys, no more than two (2) sessions can be done by video tape make-up sessions. The number of required sessions has been increased to reflect the bench and bar's continuing commitment to excellence in trial advocacy.
John Powell from S.A.D.O. will present a "hands on" seminar relating to the use of electronic demonstrative equipment (e.g. ELMO, power point). The sessions will be offered October 6th, October 12th, and October 27th in courtroom 602 at FMHJ. This seminar will count for C.A.P. credit.
There will be one series of video make-up sessions for those who were unable to attend the minimum number of required sessions in the fall. In the past, the court administration has run several series of videos, but it has become too burdensome for the court to repeatedly run videos.
The U.S. Supreme Court update will be presented by David Moran, Associate Dean of the Wayne State University Law School. One of the cases he will be discussing is the "knock and announce" case, Hudson v Michigan, (Moran argued this term before the U.S. Supreme Court.) Dean David Moran will be taking the place of Professor Charles Whitebread.
A CD containing the handouts for all 2006 sessions will be given to attendees at the last session of Dean David Moran's Supreme Court presentation.
Videos of each C.A.P. session and written handouts will be posted and remain available at www.capwayne.org. Please note that the web viewing will not qualify for credit and certification purposes. Attorneys who miss sessions must still follow the makeup procedure. The make-up date schedule will be distributed at the December 1st C.A.P. session.

The web site for the Wayne County Criminal Advocacy Program is www.capwayne.org. The site and grant are a project of the Criminal Defense Resource Center of the State Appellate Defender Office, www.sado.org, which offers training and support services to assigned criminal defense attorneys. The CDRC has partnered with C.A.P., Wayne County Circuit Court, and the Wayne County Criminal Defense Attorneys Association on this defense training project.