{"id":8274,"date":"2018-02-14T19:49:13","date_gmt":"2018-02-14T22:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/?p=8274"},"modified":"2018-02-14T19:49:13","modified_gmt":"2018-02-14T22:49:13","slug":"the-public-defender-service-for-the-district-of-columbia-presents-the-2018-criminal-defense-trial-practice-institute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/?p=8274","title":{"rendered":"The\u00a0Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia Presents the 2018 Criminal Defense Trial Practice Institute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span id=\"contentPlaceholder_C006_lblEventTitle\">The Criminal Defense Trial Practice Institute, May 14-18, 2018.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"sfeventDatesLocationContacts\">\n<li>\n<div><b>Date(s):\u00a0<\/b>May 14, 2018 &#8211; May 18, 2018<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Location:\u00a0<\/b>Moot Courtroom<\/li>\n<li><b>Address:\u00a0<\/b>601 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20004<\/li>\n<li><b>Contact:\u00a0<\/b>Jennifer Thomas<\/li>\n<li><b>Email:\u00a0<\/b><a href=\"mailto:PDSTPI@pdsdc.org\" target=\"_top\">PDSTPI@pdsdc.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><b>Last Date To Register:\u00a0<\/b>March 01, 2018<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"detailText\">\n<div class=\"sfitemFieldLbl viewLbl\"><strong>Description:<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"sfitemRichText\">\n<p>The\u00a0Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia is pleased to present the 2018 Criminal Defense Trial Practice Institute (Institute).\u00a0 The Institute seeks to help students cultivate effective trial advocacy skills and explore indigent criminal defense work.\u00a0 The program consists of a week of workshops on how to conduct opening statements, direct examinations, cross examinations, and closing arguments.\u00a0 In addition, students will learn how to develop theories of defense, master the rules of evidence, and impeach witnesses at trial.\u00a0 At the end of the program, students will participate in full-length mock trials presided over by District of Columbia Superior Court judges.<\/p>\n<p>The Institute is designed to support law students from traditionally underrepresented minority groups, students from financially disadvantaged backgrounds, and\/or students from law schools that lack criminal defense and trial advocacy training opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>The Institute will be held\u00a0<strong>May 14 \u2013 May 18, 2018<\/strong>.\u00a0 Each student is expected to commit to participating in the entire program, which also includes daily evening sessions.\u00a0 The program is free of charge to students, although students are expected to provide their own transportation and lodging.<\/p>\n<p><strong>To apply,\u00a0<\/strong>please<strong>\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/lawcruit.micronapps.com\/sup\/lc_supp_app_frm.aspx?lawfirm=168&amp;id=12\">CLICK HERE<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and complete the required fields.\u00a0 As part of your application, describe your criminal defense interest and trial advocacy experience in less than two pages, and attach a copy of your current resume. Please upload your essay and resume in PDF format under the &#8216;attachments&#8217; tab. All applications must be submitted by\u00a0<strong>March 1, 2018.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions or concerns, please send an <a href=\"mailto:PDSTPI@pdsdc.org\">email<\/a>. You can also visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pdsdc.org\/professional-resources\/calendar-of-events\/event\/?ref=vJm9tAE9lkWR6fSDvbc3aA%3d%3d\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Criminal Defense Trial Practice Institute, May 14-18, 2018.\u00a0 Date(s):\u00a0May 14, 2018 &#8211; May 18, 2018 Location:\u00a0Moot Courtroom Address:\u00a0601 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20004 Contact:\u00a0Jennifer Thomas Email:\u00a0PDSTPI@pdsdc.org Last Date To Register:\u00a0March 01, 2018 Description: The\u00a0Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia is pleased to present the 2018 Criminal Defense Trial Practice Institute (Institute).\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,23,24,17,8,27,7,12,15,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1l-information","category-2l-information","category-3l-information","category-general-announcements","category-government-opportunities","category-job-search-tips","category-public-interest-opportunities","category-resources","category-school-year-opportunities","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8274"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8274\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8275,"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8274\/revisions\/8275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}