NAPD 2025 Rise, Resist, Represent Conference: Full Schedule

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12:30pm EDT

CLE Information

Thursday March 20, 2025 12:30pm - 12:45pm EDT

12:45pm EDT

Annual Message from the Executive Director

Thursday March 20, 2025 12:45pm - 1:00pm EDT

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Welcome with Executive Director Lori James-Townes and NAPD Board President Cydni Sanchez

Speakers

Lori James Townes

Executive Director, National Association for Public Defense

Lori James-Townes is the Executive Director of the National Association of Public Defense. Lori assumed this leadership position after three years of working as Assistant Training Director for NAPD and more than 25 years of working on defense teams representing indigent defendants... Read More →

Thursday March 20, 2025 12:45pm - 1:00pm EDT
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Plenary/Keynote

1:00pm EDT

Opening with Nikkita Oliver

Thursday March 20, 2025 1:00pm - 1:45pm EDT

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Speakers

Nikkita Oliver

Executive Director, Creative Justice

Nikkita Oliver (they/them) is a creative, community organizer, abolitionist, educator, and attorney. Working at the intersections of arts, law, education, and community organizing Nikkita strives to create experiences which draw us closer to our humanity and invites us to imagine... Read More →

Thursday March 20, 2025 1:00pm - 1:45pm EDT
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Plenary/Keynote

2:00pm EDT

Breakout Sessions

Thursday March 20, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT

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Thursday March 20, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
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Workshops & Breakouts

3:15pm EDT

Plenary Session

Thursday March 20, 2025 3:15pm - 4:00pm EDT

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Thursday March 20, 2025 3:15pm - 4:00pm EDT
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Plenary/Keynote

4:15pm EDT

Breakout Sessions

Thursday March 20, 2025 4:15pm - 5:15pm EDT

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Thursday March 20, 2025 4:15pm - 5:15pm EDT
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Workshops & Breakouts

5:30pm EDT

From Defendants to Defenders

Thursday March 20, 2025 5:30pm - 6:15pm EDT

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During this session, we will discuss with impacted persons way they are directing their lived experience to help others that have or are being impacted by the legal system. By the end of this session, you will have a better understanding how to involve those impacted by the legal system into your practice and how to utilize their skills to achieve better outcomes for the people we represent.

Speakers

Jacob Ivan Schmitt

Director, Just Us Solutions

I am a survivor of childhood trauma, first encountering an institutional setting at age 6. These experiences persisted throughout my childhood and adolescence. At 18, I was sent to San Quentin and subsequently spent over 30 years in state and federal prisons. During my last imprisonment... Read More →

Thursday March 20, 2025 5:30pm - 6:15pm EDT
Room A

Plenary/Keynote