Pretrial

Join NCCJD as we help attorneys, clients and their families understand each other’s needs and obligations during a criminal case, and how they can work together to create a fair and complete attorney/client relationship to ensure the best representation possible for people with I/DD. This webinar will be helpful to attorneys and families alike, as well as other advocates. Mr. Gordo will speak about his son, Paul, who has autism and was charged with assault after experiencing sensory overload at a library.

One or two-off conversations with agencies requesting TTA.

The BYOC training programs provide intensive training to capital defense teams using the proven "Bring-Your-Own-Case" method. Capital defense is an extraordinarily demanding and complex practice that, when done poorly, represents one of the greatest continuing threats to the right to counsel in today’s criminal justice system. A capital case consists not of one trial, but two - a guilt phase and a penalty phase. Because of the irrevocability of capital punishment, capital cases constitutionally demand unique levels of investigation and preparation by defense counsel.

This is the second of a two-part series on Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in County Justice Systems. Racial and ethnic disparity (RED) refers to the unequal treatment of individuals of color in the criminal or juvenile justice systems, which is often represented in jail populations. This interactive virtual discussion will allow participants to ask questions of a national expert at the W. Haywood Burns Institute and county leaders to continue the dialogue on reducing racial and ethnic disparities.

This is the first of a two-part series on Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in County Justice Systems. Racial and ethnic disparity (RED) refers to the unequal treatment of individuals of color in the criminal or juvenile justice systems, which is often represented in jail populations. On this webinar, a national expert at the W. Haywood Burns Institute will outline how county elected officials can identify racial and ethnic disparities in their justice system and discuss how to use this information to inform policy and funding decisions.

The PSA is requesting funding for a peer-to-peer site visit with the Bexar County (TX) Center for Health Care Services (CHCS) in order to observe the “restoration center” model the center has implemented as a pretrial diversion tool.

The Milwaukee Local JRI site has requested assistance in refreshing their sequential intercepts model, identifying a mental health screening tool, and updating their behavioral matrix to take into account mental health.

Two hour training with judges, pretrial officers, and administrators of the Las Vegas Municipal Court on evidence-based practices in pretrial.

Site Visit

NACDL and its partners provide ongoing technical assistance to past attendees of Bring-Your-Own-Case (BYOC) training programs. This ongoing technical assistance is vitally important to ensure that the lessons learned during the BYOC programs are not lost, and instead can be retained and taught to other colleagues.