Culturally Competent Experts

As the legal system’s landscape becomes increasingly diverse, the need for culturally competent experts on defense teams has never been more critical. Legal professionals, including defense attorneys, investigators, and experts, should be equipped to navigate the complex intersections of culture, identity, and the criminal legal system. This webinar will highlight the importance of integrating culturally competent experts who can provide crucial insights into the experiences, behaviors, and biases that may affect a case, and how these experts can support teams in advocating for equitable outcomes for their clients.

Join ARC and presenter Dr. Antonio Puente as he shares how defense teams can improve their ability to protect the rights of all individuals by understanding the need for culturally competent experts. This webinar will be recorded. Register for this event by clicking here. 

You can check out Dr. Puente’s website and access his publications by clicking here. Highlighted publications and resources include, Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing (2014), Professional Considerations for Improving the Neuropsychological Evaluation of Hispanics (2009), and Neuropsychological Assessments of Hispanics (2000).

Presenter Bio

Antonio E. Puente, PhD

Antonio E. Puente, PhD, was born in La Habana, Cuba and emigrated to the US in 1960. Puente received his PhD from the University of Georgia. He has taught at the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) since 1981 and prior to that at St. George’s University School of Medicine. His primary teaching activities include Brain and Behavior, Clinical Neuropsychology, and History of Psychology. Puente is founding director of UNCW’s Centro Hispano, and his research focuses on the interface between culture and neuropsychology. Puente founded and edited the journals Neuropsychology Review and Journal of Interprofessional Education & Practice as well as a neuropsychology book series. He has published 10 books, 93 chapters, and 123 scientific articles in several languages.

Puente is a Professor of Psychology at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, and maintains a private practice in clinical neuropsychology, and is the founder (2002) and co-director of mental health services at the Cape Fear Clinic, a bilingual multi-disciplinary health center serving the indigent.

He served as APA’s advisor for 15 years to the American Medical Association’s (AMA) Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) before serving for an additional 8 years as one of 17 members of the AMA CPT Panel.

Puente served as president of the NC Psychological Association, NC Psychological Foundation, and the Hispanic Neuropsychological Association, National Academy of Neuropsychology, Society for Clinical Neuropsychology (Division 40 of APA), and the Society for Behavioral Neuroscience and Comparative Psychology (Division 6 of APA), as well as the President of the American Psychological Association.