The Michigan Indigent Defense Commission and the Saginaw County Bar Association present the following training opportunity:
Skills Training for Criminal Defense Lawyers
Designed as a model for compliance with the basic skills acquisition requirements of MIDC Proposed Standard 1, this training event is largely geared for new lawyers accepting appointments in adult criminal cases. Topics to be covered include initial interviews with clients, ethics and client-centeredness, preliminary exams, motion practice, advising clients in guilty pleas and an introduction to voir dire.
Breaks and snacks will be provided; lunch on your own for about an hour.
Saginaw Circuit Court – Probate Courtroom
111 S. Michigan, Saginaw, 48602
This training event is FREE but advance registration is required.
Agenda and materials here: Saginaw June 17 materials
Michigan Rules of Professional Conduct
Preliminary Examinations with Andrea LaBean: Preliminary Exams
Motion Practice with James Piazza: handout: Motion Practice handouts pages 1-4