Federal Criminal Defense Training 2025 – POSTPONED (NEW DATE TBA)

FEDERAL CRIMINAL DEFENSE TRAINING 2025

THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN.
WE HOPE TO RESCHEDULE THIS CLE TO A DATE IN MID-DECEMBER OR EARLY 2026.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING.

Presented by the NDNY-FCBA and the NDNY Office of the Federal Public Defender
NEW DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON.
In-person programming only.  Breakfast and Lunch Included. AM and PM Sessions Offered – must register separately for each session

A day-long training, offered in two parts for busy practitioners, this CLE will feature a presentation by the counsel for the Bureau of Prisons, discussing custody status, time credits, designations, and the First-Step Act; AI and criminal defense work; the defense of immigration cases; Sentencing Resource Counsel amendment updates, 2nd Circuit, and Supreme Court updates and a primer on ethics and criminal defense.

This program is live only and will not be available virtually.  Breakfast and lunch are included. There is no fee to attend.

Detailed Agenda:  8:30 AM – 9:00 AM       REGISTRATION FOR MORNING SESSION AND CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
AM Program
9:00-9:20   Opening and Welcoming Remarks
Lisa Peebles, NDNY Federal Public Defender Melissa Swartz, CJA Panel Representative Update
9:20-9:30   Redaction and Confidentiality in Child Abuse Cases
Anne LaFex, NDNY First Assistant Public Defender
9:30-10:25 Custody Status/Time Credits/Designations/First-Step Act Bureau of Prisons Regional Counsel Stephanie Scannell-Vessella
10:25-11:15  Sentencing Resource Counsel Amendment Updates
Tina Woehr, Sentencing Resource Counsel
11:15-12:05    Panel Discussion: Defending Immigration Cases
Emma Reynolds, Assistant Federal Public Defender
Molly Corbett, Assistant Federal Public Defender
Courtenay McKeon, Assistant Federal Public Defender

12:05-1:30 Lunch Break

PM Program
1:30-2:20   Supreme Court and Second Circuit Update
Courtenay McKeon, Assistant Federal Public Defender
2:20-3:10   Generative AI and Law Practice
Robert Heverly, Professor of Law, Albany Law School
3:10-4:00   Ethics and Criminal Defense
Pat Connors, Professor of Law, Albany Law School

The NDNY-FCBA has been certified by the New York State Continuing Legal Education Board as an Accredited Provider of continuing legal education in the State of New York. “Federal Criminal Defense Training 2025” has been approved in accordance with the requirements of the New York State Continuing Legal Education Board for 3.0 credits in Skills for the AM Program and 2.0 credits in Skills and 1.0 credit in Ethics for the PM program. This program is appropriate for newly admitted and experienced attorneys. This is a two-part program, and sign-in and out will be required for each session.