Join Advancing Real Change, Inc. as we host quarterly collaborative one-hour Zoom calls for mitigation specialists around the world on Thursdays at 9:00 a.m. ET, dedicated to fostering a global community of practitioners in mitigation. This gathering will focus on sharing strategies, resources, and best practices to navigate the unique challenges of working across diverse legal systems and cultural contexts. Together, we aim to strengthen networks, promote trauma-informed advocacy, and advance the pursuit of justice worldwide.
This session will focus on investigating to defend youth and the special considerations when interviewing young clients and witnesses. Ethical obligations, unique challenges, and specific interview questions and techniques will be covered.
Through ARC’s partnership with NDIA, seminars in their Virtual Summer Series are free for members of ARC's learning community. Please use the link provided below to join the webinar.
If you are unable to see the Zoom link, log into your Resource Library account or request an account by emailing Allison Bishop at
[email protected]
Ask a Mitigation Specialist, a 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.
This session is designed to help investigators think about the most effective ways to interview hesitant and adversarial witnesses in criminal defense cases. It presents case studies based on real situations in the community to illustrate effective interviewing techniques.
Through ARC’s partnership with NDIA, seminars in their Virtual Summer Series are free for members of ARC's learning community. Please use the link provided to join the webinar.
If you are a defense practitioner and would like to create a Resource Library account and access details for this event, visit our Create Account page here: https://advancechange.org/create-account/. Email Allison Bishop at
[email protected] for assistance.
Advancing Real Change, Inc. will host quarterly one-hour Zoom calls for capital defenders on Mondays at 2:30 p.m. CT / 3:30 p.m. ET . These discussions are designed to strengthen the capital defense community, share resources, and discuss best practices for trauma-informed care—for both defenders and their clients.
Sign up using the link below.
This presentation explores how deeply rooted biases against women and girls, especially those impacted by incarceration, institutionalization, and systemic violence, continue to shape harmful responses within the criminal legal system.
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Criminal defense practitioners, sentence reform advocates, and other justice partners are invited to attend the seminar, Mitigation Practice: Key Tools and Strategies hosted and presented by Advancing Real Change (ARC), Inc. on July 31, 2025, at our new Baltimore, Maryland office.
PLEASE NOTE: Registration for this training has closed. Contact Mary Roberts at
[email protected] for any questions.
