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ON DEMAND: Paying It Forward: Organizations Offering Training and Opportunities for Attorneys Interested in Accepting Pro Bono Criminal Cases
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Category: Communities, Arts, Entertainment, Media and Sports Law, Criminal Law (CLE), District of Columbia Affairs, Environment, Energy and Natural Resources, Family Law, Health Law, Intellectual Property Law, International Law, Law Practice Management, Law Student, Litigation, Public Interest and Courts, Real Property Law (CLE), Taxation, Tort Law (show less)
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We are excited to offer this webinar featuring three prominent area organizations that offer training and pro bono opportunities for criminal defense work in D.C. These organizations, because of their training components, are perfect for our young attorneys seeking trial experience under some senior guidance, as well as any attorneys seeking to pay it forward. The three organizations include:
- The Second Look Project (SLP): The Second Look Project works with attorneys, including the court-appointed bar and the pro-bono community, to provide training, support and individual consultation for attorneys willing to represent indigent defendants under D.C.'s Second Look Amendment Act, D.C. Code 24-403.03. As amended in 2019, the Act allows courts to resentence qualified defendants who committed serious offenses before they were 25, and who have already served at least 15 years on their sentence. There is a great need for attorneys to represent these defendants, and SLP is here to help interested attorneys fill that need.
- Rising for Justice (RFJ): Rising for Justice (formerly D.C. Law Students in Court) is a nationally recognized leader at training social justice advocates and representing D.C. residents in grave legal jeopardy. In addition to operating a legal services program with a law school clinical program embedded in it that is focused on enforcing the rights of the District’s low-income tenants, RFJ staff represent respondents in civil protection order and anti-stalking order cases, maintain a Social Work Program that is integrated into its legal services program, and operate an Expungement Program though which RFJ staff partner with pro bono attorneys to provide free legal representation to D.C. residents interested in pursuing the complicated legal process of clearing their criminal records and putting the past behind them.
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL): Want experience doing federal clemency work? NACDL is the perfect fit. John Albanes, as Legal Director of its Return to Freedom Project, will discuss how his project provides cases and guidance for attorneys interested in giving back through clemency.
Are you a current law student and looking to register for one of our programs? Learn about the D.C. Bar Law Student Community and attend most individual programs at a discounted rate. Find out more here.
Sponsored by: Individual Rights and Appellate Practice Committee of the D.C. Bar Criminal Law and Individual Rights Community
Related Communities of Interest: all D.C. Bar Communities
Program Partner: Greater Washington Area Chapter of the Women Lawyers Division, National Bar Association (GWAC); Hispanic Bar Association of D.C.; Wiley Rein LLP
Speakers: - John Albanes, Legal Director, Return to Freedom Project, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- Amanda Henderson, Director of the Expungement Program and Civil Protection Order Project, Rising for Justice
- James Zeigler, Co-Executive Director and Attorney, The Second Look Project
- Patrice Sulton, Executive Director, DC Justice Lab (Moderator)
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