LACDL • P.O. Box 82531 • Baton Rouge, LA 70884

Phone: 225-767-7640 • Fax: 225-767-7648

LACDL 20th Annual
Law & All That Jazz

CLE Seminar
April 22-24, 2010

Please Plan To Join LACDL For Our 20th Anniversary CELEBRATION!!!

Click Below For A Brochure & Schedule

2010 LACDL Jazz Brochure & Schedule

Click Below For A Registration Form

LACDL 2010 Jazz Seminar Registration

Click Below For A Sponsor Packet

LACDL 2010 Jazz Exhibitor and Sponsor Packet

Take a look at our awesome seminar schedule

listed below under the seminar information.

Seminar Information:

Seminar & Hotel Location:

Renaissance Pere Marquette Hotel

817 Common Street, New Orleans, LA

Hotel Room Reservations:**

Call the Renaissance Pere Marquette now at 800-468-3571 to make reservations. To receive the special rate of $173, make sure to mention our special code “Louisiana Criminal Defense.”

To register online go to www.marriott.com/renaissance-hotel/travel.mi and enter our special code “LCDLCDA” for the special room rate.

Special Room Deadline:**

After March 30, 2010, rooms will not be guaranteed and will be based on hotel availability only.

Seminar Schedule
Thursday, April 22, 2010 (6 1/2 hours)
8:30-9:00 am            Registration & Breakfast
9:00-9:15 am            Welcome
9:15-10:15 am          E.X. Martin, Dallas, TX, Professionalism: iPhone For The Defense & Using

                                    Technology To Improve Professionalism
10:15-10:30 am       Break
10:30-11:30 am       Mimi Coffey, Dallas TX, Cross of Standardized Field SobrietyTesting Officers
11:30am-12:30pm  Lunch On Your Own
12:30-1:30 pm          Lewis Unglesby, Baton Rouge, LA, Effective Opening’s and Closing’s
1:30-2:30 pm            Thomas Davenport, Alexandria, LA, Expungement
2:30-2:45 pm            Coffee Break
2:45-4:15 pm            Jeff Weiner, Miami, FL, Drug Detection Dogs
4:15-5:15 pm            Ian Friedman, Cleveland, OH, Deconstructing “He Said-She Said” Cases

                                    with Technology
6:30-8:30 pm           Welcome Reception – Bourbon Vieux Balcony, 501 Bourbon Street

Friday, April 23, 2010 (3 hours)
7:30 - 8:00 am        Registration & Breakfast
8:00 - 9:30 am        Jim Bell, Knoxville, TN, Accident Reconstruction in Vehicular Homicide                                     Cases
9:30 - 9:45 am        Break
9:45 - 11:15 am     Jim Boren, Baton Rouge, LA, How To Pick A Winning Jury
11:15 - 12:15 am   Tentative LACDL Board Meeting

Saturday, April 24, 2010 (3 hours)
7:30 - 8:00 am        Registration & Breakfast
8:00 - 9:00 am        Barry Scheck, New York, NY Presentation TBD
9:00 - 10:00 am      Lisa Wayne, Denver, CO, Winning with Demonstrative Evidence
10:00 -11:00 am    Leslie Schiff, Opelousas, LA, Ethics: How to Collect Fees in Criminal Cases

Questions? Call Jill Guillory at 225-767-7640.

Attention Attorneys:

Please pay your $10 to be a member of the LSBA Criminal Law Section.  The section frequently gives scholarships to public defenders attending LaPDA and LACDL seminars.  Your dues payment makes that possible.

PRESS RELEASE-FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 LAW LIBRARY OFFERS FREE WESTLAW ACCESS TO ATTORNEYS

Free  access  to  Westlaw  is  now  available  in New Orleans for attorneys admitted to practice in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal. The Fifth Circuit Law Library, located at 600 Camp Street, has purchased a license allowing free access to the database for up to two users at a time.

Funding for this project comes from the Attorney Fee Admission Fund, an account which is created out of a portion of the fees required to practice in the fifth circuit.  The application for admission to practice in the Fifth Circuit is found at http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/.  For a copy of the entire press release, click on the below link.

Westlaw Press Release

For more information, please contact Amy Hale-Janeke, Head of Reference Services, 5th Circuit Court of Appeals Library, New Orleans headquarters at 504-310-7755.

Investigation of the Caddo Parish Coroner's Office And the late Dr. George McCormick

After longtime Caddo Parish Coroner Dr. George McCormick died of a massive heart attack an investigation by the Caddo Parish District Attorney discovered that McCormick often did not actually perform or even attend autopsies. Many irregularities have been reported. Now many cases and convictions are being reexamined.

Click here to access court filings and other documents related to the operation of the Coroner's office and pending litigation.

 

LACDL . . .Who We Are

The Louisiana Association Criminal Defense Lawyers—founded in 1985 by criminal defense lawyers, for criminal defense lawyers—is a very active organization of almost 400 members. One of the most important features of LACDL is the understanding that with the organization "You are not alone."

Membership in LACDL means joining your fellow defenders in the struggle for liberty, individual rights, the basic principle of due process, and the fundamental right to a fair trial.

As criminal defense lawyers and public defenders, it is important to affiliate with other lawyers who have the same interests and problems. Networking with peers who have a common, passionate interest is one of the benefits of membership in LACDL.

LACDL List Serve

To participate, you must be a member of LACDL. If you are already member of our List Serve and would like to view the members or sign in and view archived messages you can click here.  In order to confirm your membership, please include your first and last name in your request to join the listserve.

"The LACDL List Serve is the greatest thing since sliced bread! It's like an online brainstorm. It's the first place I go whenever I have a question in a difficult case, need help finding an expert or just want to exchange ideas and

information, with other members"