Appellate Courts

JOIN US June 28, 2023 at 3pm ET for the next entry in our "Murder 101" webinar series, "Trial Strategy and Preserving the Record." Presented by Tulsa County DA Steve Kunzweiler, this webinar is excellent for building the skills of newer complex homicide and capital prosecutors.

The conference program provides training for all government attorneys involved in prosecuting capital cases: including trial, appellate, post-conviction, and habeas prosecutors. There will something for beginning prosecutors to seasoned veterans. APA previously partnered with AGACL to great success during their summer conference in 2022, and so we are continuing the partnership this year to bring capital case training to prosecutors nationwide.

APA will host bimonthly virtual peer-to-peer (P2P) exchanges on topics of interest selected by the Advisory Committee and/or practicing prosecutors. Additionally, APA will conduct in-person site visits as needed and requested by prosecutor offices to implement promising and model practices informed by the results of the survey, SMEs, and the CCLI committee.

APA has regularly scheduled check-in calls with BJA.

Appellate Judges Education Institute Summit, NTJC Director participated in a panel regarding tribal jurisdiction implications of the U.S. Supreme Court case McGirt v. Oklahoma, Scottsdale, AZ - NJC staff networked with tribal and non-tribal appellate judges to explain resources and TTA provided by NTJC

On 04/07/2022 NTJC staff attended the Federal Bar Association Indian Law Section Annual Conference for 2022.

Featuring Presenter Rod Underhill, former elected prosecutor of Multnomah County. This presentation will discuss how to implement a cold case review unit with misdemeanor prosecutors, allowing them to gain experience and simultaneously assist with the crucial task of solving cold case homicides.

Join us August 24 at 3pm ET for an in-depth look at the prosecution of the Ahmaud Arbery case, featuring lead prosecutor Linda Dunikoski of the Cobb County District Attorney’s Office. There will be an opportunity towards the end of the presentation for attendees to ask questions of the speaker. This webinar is part of the Capital Case Litigation Improvement project funded by BJA.

The conference program provides training for all government attorneys involved in prosecuting capital cases: including trial, appellate, post-conviction, and habeas prosecutors.

APA provided support in the form of travel and lodging funds for a panel of speakers, assisted with any APA Cap Lit Committee members’ lodging and travel should they wish to attend (or a representative from their office wish to attend in their place), and A/V assistance with the virtual/livestream component of the conference, hosted on APA's prior-existing webinar/broadcasting infrastructure.

This conference was supposed to be held in 2020, and was delayed to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This regional conference was in partnership with the Oklahoma District Attorneys Council and was open to all capital case and complex homicide prosecutors, with particular focus on regional attendees. Programming was generally related to capital/complex homicide issues and did not just focus on Oklahoma law.