Upcoming Events
The following events may be of interest to panel attorneys and generally provide MCLE credit.
CADC's 31st Annual Conference & Seminar 2025
Friday & Saturday, May 16th-17th | In-Person
Location: Liberty Station Conference Center
Registration is now open for CADC’s Annual Conference and Seminar. The two-day conference will be filled with informative and inspiring presentations, including the Project Directors Roundtable, a report from CADC’s lobbyist and criminal and dependency break-out sessions, providing a total of up to 8.5 hours of MCLE credit.
For more information and to register, please visit CADC’s website: https://cadc.net/product/conference/.
Upcoming Trainings by the Appellate Projects
Persuasive Legal Writing
April 29, 2025 from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. | Remote
Hosted by: CAP-LA
Presented by Daniel U. Smith, retired Certified Appellate Specialist and member of the California Academy of Appellate Lawyers. In “Persuasive Legal Writing,” Mr. Smith teaches the key writing techniques that judges advocate to make legal writing persuasive. This is a general legal writing seminar on how to achieve clarity with writing that exemplifies brevity, simplicity, continuity and specificity. Attendees will receive a copy of “Persuasive Legal Writing” at no cost.
2.0 hours of MCLE credit will be offered.
MCLE Programs Offered by Other Defense Organizations
Countering Bias
April 30th from 12:15 – 1:30 p.m. | Remote
Presented by OSPD
IDID is proud to present a five part webinar series on fostering diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) in the public defender workplace. In the first presentation of the series, attorney Tatiana Kline will invite attendees to recognize how unintentionally learned biases harm marginally oppressed coworkers and how in order to positively evolve, we must all take steps to actively unlearn and counter these biases. At the end of this session attendees will leave with an understanding of the various forms of implicit bias, the nuanced ways it permeates the workplace, and how to take steps to actively unlearn bias.
1.25 hour of MCLE credit in Implicit Bias offered for this training.
Sevilla on Civility
May 8th from 12:15 – 1:15 p.m. | Remote
Presented by OSPD
Civility is part and parcel of our ethical obligation toward the courts, parties, clients and witnesses. It is also an MCLE requirement (1 hour) starting this year. This webinar focuses on why civility can work for the benefit of the clients we represent and how (giving examples) attorneys uncivil conduct not only undermined their cases but drew disciplinary actions both in court and with the State Bar. We all take an oath to uphold the dignity and integrity of the law. One way to do that is to be aware of the various rules and guidelines for civility.
1.0 hour MCLE Credit in Civility in the Legal Profession is offered for this training.
On-Demand Courses
New Racial Justice Act Online On-Demand Course
OSPD is excited to open a new on-demand course on the Racial Justice Act. You will learn all the basics,
refresh your knowledge, and stay up to date on RJA developments! These videos and written materials have
been collected from around the state and are meant to help practitioners regardless of their experience in
litigating the RJA.
Participants are able to receive MCLE Self Study and Specialty Credit for their hours working on the course (up to 10-hours).
SVP Course
This course is intended for anyone in Indigent defense looking to learn more about Sexually Violent Predator (SVP) petitions and defending against these civil commitments. Those taking this course from start to finish can expect to spend approximately 9 hours to complete. However, registrants should also feel free to take this course at their own pace. Completion of this course earns 8.25 hours of general MCLE credits.