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.
Course Content
2:00pm - 2:10pmWelcome and Introduction
Inga S. Bernstein, Esq.,
Zalkind, Duncan & Bernstein LLP, Boston
2:10pm - 2:30pm
Crafting the Criminal Defense Theory & Telling the Story: Collaborative Storytelling
Cristina M. Rodrigues, Esq.,
Committee for Public Counsel Services, Boston
Inga S. Bernstein, Esq.,
Zalkind, Duncan & Bernstein LLP, Boston
Rafael A. Feliciano Cumbas, Jr., Esq.,
Committee for Public Counsel Services, Roxbury
Jessica D. Hedges, Esq.,
Hedges and Tumposky LLP, Boston
Sarah Laughlin, MSW,
Committee for Public Counsel Services, Boston
2:30pm - 2:40pm
Crafting the Criminal Defense Theory & Telling the Story: Building Rapport with Our Clients
Panel
2:40pm - 2:45pm
Crafting the Criminal Defense Theory & Telling the Story: Who is the Audience for our Storytelling?
Rafael A. Feliciano Cumbas, Jr., Esq.,
Committee for Public Counsel Services, Roxbury
2:45pm - 3:00pm
Crafting the Criminal Defense Theory & Telling the Story: The Impact of Societal and Other Dynamics on the Client’s Story
Panel
3:00pm - 3:10pm
Telling the Story at the Bail/Dangerousness Hearings
Panel
3:10pm - 3:15pm
Telling the Story to the Prosecutor
Panel
3:15pm - 3:45pm
Storytelling at Trial: Talking with the Jury about Your Client, Their Story, Your Defense Theory and the Weaknesses of the Prosecution’s Case
Panel
3:45pm - 3:50pm
Crafting the Criminal Defense Theory & Telling the Story: Storytelling at Sentencing
Panel
Please Note
This webcast is 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.
Speakers
ChairInga S. Bernstein, Esq.,
Zalkind, Duncan & Bernstein LLP, Boston
Faculty
Rafael A. Feliciano Cumbas, Jr., Esq.,
Committee for Public Counsel Services, Roxbury
Jessica D. Hedges, Esq.,
Hedges and Tumposky LLP, Boston
Sarah Laughlin, MSW,
Committee for Public Counsel Services, Boston
Cristina M. Rodrigues, Esq.,
Committee for Public Counsel Services, Boston
