Maximize your efficacy with prosecutors, judges, and the jury and 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 to the verdict or other resolution.
Course Content
2:00 pm - 2:05Welcome and Introduction
Inga S. Bernstein, Esq., Zalkind, Duncan & Bernstein LLP, Boston
2:05 pm - 2:20 pm
Learning (Throughout the Representation) Your Client’s Perspective on the Case, Their Personal Background, and What They Have Planned for Themselves Going Forward
Inga S. Bernstein, Esq., Zalkind, Duncan & Bernstein LLP, Boston
Jessica D. Hedges, Esq., Hedges and Tumposky LLP, Boston
Cristina M. Rodrigues, Esq., Committee for Public Counsel Services, Boston District Court Unit, Boston
2:20 pm - 2:30 pm
Talking with the Prosecutor About the Case: Strategizing to Bring Them Around
Inga S. Bernstein, Esq., Zalkind, Duncan & Bernstein LLP, Boston
Jessica D. Hedges, Esq., Hedges and Tumposky LLP, Boston
Cristina M. Rodrigues, Esq., Committee for Public Counsel Services, Boston District Court Unit, Boston
2:30 pm - 2:45 pm
Criminal Defense Storytelling & Crafting the Defense Theory: Bail Hearings
Inga S. Bernstein, Esq., Zalkind, Duncan & Bernstein LLP, Boston
Jessica D. Hedges, Esq., Hedges and Tumposky LLP, Boston
Cristina M. Rodrigues, Esq., Committee for Public Counsel Services, Boston District Court Unit, Boston
2:45 pm - 3:00 pm
Criminal Defense Storytelling & Crafting the Defense Theory: Educating Your Judges: Motions, MIL, Trial, Jury Selection
Inga S. Bernstein, Esq., Zalkind, Duncan & Bernstein LLP, Boston
Jessica D. Hedges, Esq., Hedges and Tumposky LLP, Boston
Cristina M. Rodrigues, Esq., Committee for Public Counsel Services, Boston District Court Unit, Boston
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Trial: Talking with the Jury about Your Client and Their Story and the Weaknesses of the Prosecution’s Case
Openings and Closings
Clients' testifying & telling their own stories at trial
Using the law to craft/expand the stories you're able to tell
Fact and Expert Witnesses
Inga S. Bernstein, Esq., Zalkind, Duncan & Bernstein LLP, Boston
Jessica D. Hedges, Esq., Hedges and Tumposky LLP, Boston
Cristina M. Rodrigues, Esq., Committee for Public Counsel Services, Boston District Court Unit, Boston
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Criminal Defense Storytelling & Crafting the Defense Theory: Sentencing
Inga S. Bernstein, Esq., Zalkind, Duncan & Bernstein LLP, Boston
Jessica D. Hedges, Esq., Hedges and Tumposky LLP, Boston
Cristina M. Rodrigues, Esq., Committee for Public Counsel Services, Boston District Court Unit, Boston
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