Bring Your Own Case Capital Defense Training & Follow-Up Technical Assistance

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The application for this training is now closed. Please direct all training questions to Mary Roberts at [email protected]. The training, Writing Stories for Change, will be led by Dr. Jill Patterson, a national expert in narrative defense and an English Professor at Texas Tech University. Through a series of small practice-based workshops, defenders will understand the fundamentals of narrative development to compose persuasive briefs, mitigation submissions, and other types of written work products for more effective advocacy.

This webinar has been rescheduled for the date shown (originally set for 9/26). Registrants for both dates will receive a Zoom link to attend the training. Part II will be a discussion of best practices for internet searches in mitigation investigation. The presentation will be focused around mapping, how to validate information, and more.

Ask a Mitigation Specialist, a pilot resource program that allows defenders to meet directly and privately with a mitigation specialist for specific technical assistance. Complete the form below for a 25-minute session with experienced mitigation professionals. The information discussed during each session is confidential. Complete the registration form to request an appointment.

Join Advancing Real Change, Inc., for our annual virtual event when we will celebrate excellence in mitigation and the community of supporters and partners driving change in our criminal legal system.

Missed Together Towards Justice? Join us for a casual and fun virtual re-watch party. It's a second chance to honor our awardees, celebrate the work, and chat with the team and fellow attendees.

Capital defenders and their clients’ family members typically want the same thing: to prevent an execution. But despite this obvious shared goal, the relationship between attorneys and clients’ family members can be challenging -- for example, when family members are reluctant to give information about the family history that would help with mitigation, are impatient or angry, or propose public actions that the attorneys believe would be harmful to the case. How can understanding the ways in which trauma and disenfranchised grief manifest in death row families inform and guide our interactions with clients’ families? How can we use this understanding to develop useful strategies for navigating these relationships?