| 7th ANNUAL JUVENILE JUSTICE CONFERENCE
Children on Trial: Kids, Coercion & Crime
Sponsored with the Juvenile Justice Center
Please Note: This course has already
been held.
Date: Friday, June 17, 2005
Location: Suffolk University Law School, 120 Tremont St., Boston, MA
Time: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Schedule/Agenda
Registration Information
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Faculty And Planning Committee Dan Ahearn, Esq.
Adjunct Faculty, Suffolk University Law School Abigail A. Baird, Ph.D.
Department of Psychological and Brain Science, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Honorable Jay D. Blitzman
Associate Justice, Juvenile Court, Middlesex County Division
Craig S. Cooley, Esq.
Richmond, VA
Honorable Terry M. Craven
Associate Justice, Juvenile Court, Suffolk County Division
Joshua M. Dohan, Esq.
Director, Youth Advocacy Project
Barbara Fedders, Esq.
Harvard Criminal Justice Institute Captain William Hickey
Department of Safety Services Boston Public Schools
Anton Joe-Yen
New Boston Pilot Middle School
Deputy Superintendent Paul Joyce
Boston Police Department
Barbara Kaban, Esq.
Deputy Director, Children’s Law Center of Massachusetts
Professor Wendy J. Kaplan, Planning Committee
Criminal Clinic, Boston University School of Law
Kenneth J. King, Esq., Planning Committee
Juvenile Justice Center, Suffolk University Law School
Tina King
The Bandeli Project
Robert Kinscherff, Ph.D., J.D., Planning Committee
Assistant Commissioner, Department of Mental Health
Dan Losen, Esq.
The Harvard Civil Rights Project
Pierre Monette, Jr., Esq., Planning Committee
Juvenile Justice Center, Suffolk University Law School
Honorable Luis G. Perez, Associate Justice
Juvenile Court, Worcester County Division
Linda E. Plonowski, LMHC, Planning Committee
Juvenile Justice Center, Suffolk University Law School
Isabel Raskin, Esq., Planning Committee
Juvenile Justice Center Suffolk University Law School Cecely Reardon, Esq.
Youth Advocacy Project
Lisa Thurau-Gray, Esq., Planning Committee
Juvenile Justice Center, Suffolk University Law School
Professor Joesph B. Tulman
University of the District of Columbia,
David A. Clarke, School of Law, Washington, D.C.
Sam Williams, Director of Youth Programs
First Church of Roxbury
| S C H E D U L E / A G E N D A |
| 9:00 |
WELCOME & INTRODUCTIONS |
Kenneth J. King, Esq.
Juvenile Justice Center
Suffolk University Law School, Boston, MA
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| 9:10 |
LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE MALVO TRIAL |
| Attorney Cooley will share lessons learned from the trial of the juvenile “DC Beltway Sniper,” as well as the 4,000 cases where he has represented indigent defendants. His remarks will include: mistakes made; the use of the insanity defense to frontload mitigation evidence; child soldier, cultic relationship and cultural evidences; and dealing with the national media in a high profile trial. You will learn how to apply these lessons to the average case. Craig S. Cooley, Esq., Richmond, VA
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| 9:45 |
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS WITH THE ADOLESCENT MIND |
| Dr. Baird will discuss the maturation of the brain and its relation to behavior in adolescence. Abigail A. Baird, Ph.D.
Department of Psychological and Brain Science
Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
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| 11:00 |
PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS |
| A thoughtful panel discussion will look at how to use the information presented by Attorney Cooley and Dr. Baird in every day cases. What does the research mean when evaluating youth competency and culpability? How can attorneys put this information to use in the courtroom? Moderator: Ken King, Esq.
Panel: Abigail A. Baird, Ph.D., Craig S. Cooley, Esq., and Joshua M. Dohan, Esq., Youth Advocacy Project, Roxbury, MA
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| 11:45 |
LUNCH (on your own) |
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| 1:00 |
Concurrent Workshops I |
| Please indicate which Concurrent Workshops you would like to attend by e-mailing your requests to als@suffolk.edu. Workshop A
Perspectives on Serving Clients with Disabilities in the Delinquency System This workshop will describe and explore a range of strategies for litigating and organizing on behalf of children in the delinquency system.Attend this workshop to learn: - How to use of special education advocacy for individual clients in the delinquency system
- How the use of special education advocacy as an organizing strategy can reduce the number of cases in the delinquency system
- How the use of education advocacy can lead to meaningful services for children.
Dan Ahearn, Esq. and Professor Joeseph B. Tulman Workshop B
Groups and Gangs Attend this workshop to learn: - The range of gang activity in the city; the geography and colors used by youth gangs and the activities in which they are involved
- About youth and adult gangs and the role youth play in those gangs, as well as the offenses for which they are arrested in Boston
- How to challenge gang involvement and how to defend a youth charged in a joint venture.
- What communities and the juvenile justice system need to do to holistically approach what comfort gangs offer youth and what harms they present.
Moderator: Sam Williams
Panel: Anton Joe-Yen, Deputy Superintendent Paul Joyce, Honorable Luis G. Perez, and Barbara Fedders, Esq.
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| 3:00 |
Concurrent Workshops II |
Workshop C
School Based Arrests
Despite declining juvenile crime rates, school suspensions and expulsions in Massachusetts are at a ten year high and school based arrests and school probation violations are clogging the courts.
Attend this workshop to learn: - How MCAS, zero tolerance and other policies, result in the decision to arrest kids in schools
- Who makes those decisions
- What the Courts are doing with these cases
- What you can do to help your clients in school based matters.
Moderator: Isabel Raskin, Esq.
Panel: Honorable Jay D. Blitzman, Captain William Hickey, Dan Losen, Esq., and
Barbara Kaban, Esq. Workshop D
Juvenile Prostitution: Insights for Intervention
Attend this workshop to learn: - Current trends and signs that your client may be involved in prostitution
- How to best reach out to these young women and help your clients move beyond the lifestyle
- Available resources available, and the difficulties and limitations defenders may encounter accessing these resources
Moderator: Pierre Monette, Jr., Esq.
Panel: Honorable Terry M. Craven, Cecely Reardon, Esq., and Tina King
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| Date: |
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Friday, June 17, 2005 |
| Tuition: |
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Tuition is $69 and includes course book and a continental breakfast.
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| Walk-Ins: |
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Space is limited. Registrations at the door are welcome, but please register in advance to reserve a seat and your written course materials or call to confirm space availability.
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| Refunds: |
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Written requests for cancellations received via fax or email 24 hours prior to the program will be granted a refund, minus a $15 charge. If you cannot attend, you can send a substitute, otherwise you will receive the written course materials.
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| Location: |
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Suffolk University Law School, 120 Tremont St., Boston, MA
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| Credit: |
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This course will provide CLE credit in RI, NH, VT & ME and has been approved for 7 CAFL and 6 CPCS MHL credits.
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Special
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If you have special needs addressed by the Americans with Disabilities Act, please notify us as soon as possible.
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