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• Judges Respond to Survey Results

  • When
    Thursday, December 07, 2023
  •  
    12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
  • Location
    Alfred Arraj Courthouse, 901 19th Street, Denver

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  THE FACULTY OF FEDERAL ADVOCATES PRESENTS
  

  
  "JUDGES RESPOND TO SURVEY RESULTS"
  
  THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2023

  MAGISTRATE JUDGE N. REID NEUREITER
  and
  MAGISTRATE JUDGE SCOTT T. VARHOLAK
  U.S. District Court, District of Colorado

  12:00-1:15 p.m.

  Alfred A. Arraj Courthouse
  901 19th Street, Denver

  Federal Magistrate Judges Scott Varholak and Reid Neureiter respond and react to comments from hundreds of questionnaires submitted by lawyers who have appeared before them. Judges Varholak and Neureiter recently received the compiled results of questionnaires sent to lawyers who have practiced before them. The evaluations included narrative sections allowing lawyers to give anonymous suggestions, comments, and complaints about how the judges do their jobs. This CLE will see the Judges respond to the comments and hopefully foster a dialog with members of the federal bar on how to make the practice in federal court more efficient and just.

  2 General CLE credits approved.   

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• FFA Virtual Recognition of the USDC Civil Pro Bono Panel and FFA Annual Meeting

  • When
    Wednesday, December 13, 2023
  •  
    5:00 PM - 5:45 PM
  • Location
    Virtual Event

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  VIRTUAL FFA ANNUAL MEETING
  AND
  RECOGNITION OF THE
  U.S. DISTRICT COURT CIVIL PRO BONO PANEL

  Wednesday, December 13, 2023
  5:00-5:45 p.m. *
  

  Please join the FFA in recognizing the 2023 participants in the Civil Pro Bono Panel of the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. 
  
  The FFA will also announce newly-elected Board members and acknowledge outgoing Board members at the FFA Annual Meeting to follow. 

  This is a free event but you do need to register in advance so you can be provided with the Zoom login link for December 13. 

  We hope you can join us for this annual event from the comfort of your office or home.

  Happy Holidays from the Faculty of Federal Advocates.

  * The Colorado Women's Bar Association's in-person Holiday Celebration is the same evening starting at 6 p.m. We hope you will join the FFA virtually at 5 p.m. and then head to the CWBA's event.

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• Practitioner's Guide to the 2023 Sentencing Guidelines

  • When
    Friday, December 15, 2023
  •  
    12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
  • Location
    Webinar

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  THE FACULTY OF FEDERAL ADVOCATES PRESENTS
  
  "PRACTITIONER'S GUIDE TO THE
  2023 SENTENCING GUIDELINES"
  
  FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2023
  
  MARY V. BUTTERTON, Esq.
  Office of the Federal Public Defender
  
  REBECCA S. WEBER, Esq.
  U.S. Attorney's Office

  12 NOON-1:15 p.m.

  WEBINAR ONLY

  The United States Sentencing Commission has released amendments to the Sentencing Guidelines for the first time in five years. This has created new sentencing parameters in criminal cases, and will raise ex post facto issues in sentencing hearings for the foreseeable future. In this webinar, the speakers will discuss each specific proposed amendment, and provide strategies for framing and litigating these amendments for the most effective advocacy.

  2 General CLE credits requested.

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• Creating Effective and Ethical Environments for Colleagues and Clients with Intellectual Disabilities

  • When
    Wednesday, December 20, 2023
  •  
    12:00 PM - 1:40 PM
  • Location
    Webinar

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  THE FACULTY OF FEDERAL ADVOCATES PRESENTS
  
  "CREATING EFFECTIVE AND ETHICAL ENVIRONMENTS FOR COLLEAGUES AND CLIENTS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES"
  

  WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2023
  
  APRIL M. MCMURREY, Esq.
  Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel
  
  ZOEY TANNER, Esq.
  Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel
  
  JEANINE COLEMAN, PhD
  Regis University
  
   J. CHRIS LARSON, Esq., Moderator
  U.S. Attorney's Office

  12 NOON-1:40 p.m.

  WEBINAR ONLY

  Experts from the Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel and Regis University offer a "how-to-guide" in creating a professional, ethical, and inclusive environment for clients and colleagues with intellectual disabilities. They will discuss the best practices on the ethical representation of neurodiverse clients. The discussion will enable participants to foster an inclusive and neurodiverse workplace, while addressing the key challenges attorneys encounter when they open their doors to individuals with intellectual disabilities.

  This presentation will help participants recognize, mitigate and/or eliminate bias in the legal profession with regard to neurodiverse populations. Participants will also discuss how to provide competent and ethical representation of neurodiverse populations, and provide greater access to the legal system--both as colleagues and clients--for individuals with intellectual disabilities. The speakers will address the ethical considerations around the inclusion and representation of neurodiverse clients and inclusive approach to the practice of law. This includes an examination of the key considerations around the Colorado and ABA Model Ethical Rule 1.14 ("Client with Diminished Capacity").

  2 General/1 Ethics/1 EDI CLE credits requested.

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• FFA Expert Series Part III: Examining Expert Witnesses at Trial

  • When
    Wednesday, January 17, 2024
  •  
    12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
  • Location
    Webinar

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  THE FACULTY OF FEDERAL ADVOCATES PRESENTS
  
  "FFA EXPERT SERIES PART III: EXAMINING EXPERT WITNESSES AT TRIAL"

  WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2024
  
  ANDREW H. MYERS, Esq.
  Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell, LLP

  12 NOON-1:15 P.M.

  WEBINAR ONLY

  In this third installment of the FFA's expert witness series, Andrew Myers will discuss best practices for working with experts at trial. The CLE will explore how to prepare experts to testify at trial, tips for direct examinations of experts, when to voir dire an opposing party's expert, and how to effectively cross-examine experts at trial. Andrew will share experiences from multiple trials in various jurisdictions in which he's worked closely with experts.

  2 General CLE credits requested.

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