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VACDL's Spring Seminar 2024

  • 22 Mar 2024
  • 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
  • Darden School of Business, 100 Darden Boulevard, Charlottesville, VA 22903

Registration

  • Save money by selecting our VACDL membership/CLE combo option!

    *Charlottesville/local attorneys- contact Executive Director Danielle Payne at vacdlawyers@gmail.com for a special discount*
  • Join VACDL today to receive a discount on your seminar fee!
  • This registration level is a special offer for a Virginia criminal defense attorney to join VACDL AND attend our Spring Seminar, in person.

    This rate also is available to lapsed VACDL members who wish to rejoin VACDL and attend the seminar, in person.
  • This registration level is a special offer for a Virginia criminal defense attorney to join VACDL AND attend our Spring Seminar, virtually via Zoom.

    This rate also is available to lapsed VACDL members who wish to rejoin VACDL and attend the seminar, virtually via Zoom.
  • Must be a VACDL Virginia or Federal Public Defender member in good standing

    This registration level is for those who wish to attend our Spring Seminar in person.
  • Must be a VACDL Virginia or Federal Public Defender member in good standing

    This registration level is for those who wish to attend our Spring Seminar virtually, via Zoom Webinar.
  • Must be a VACDL member in good standing.

    This registration level is for those who wish to attend our Spring Seminar in person.
  • Must be a VACDL member in good standing.

    This registration level is for those who wish to attend our Spring Seminar virtually, via Zoom Webinar.

Registration is closed

VACDL's Spring Seminar 2024 will be held at the Darden School of Business, 100 Darden Boulevard, Charlottesville VA 22903, on FRIDAY, March 22, 2024.

Registration is CLOSED for in person attendance, but virtual options will remain open until midnight on Thursday, March 21. If you wish to attend Friday's program in person, you must contact our Executive Director at vacdlawyers@gmail.com

   This program will be presented as a hybrid event: we will allow up to 60 in-person attendees in Charlottesville and an unlimited number of virtual attendees, via Zoom.  Breakfast, lunch, coffee/sodas, and other refreshments will be provided to our in-person attendees throughout the program. 

FEATURED PRESENTATIONS include:


United States Supreme Court Policing Trends: Finding Ways to Resist Them

   with Professor Anne Coughlin, University of Virginia School of Law


Protecting Those Who Have Served: Defending Military Clients

    with Yancey Ellis, Esq., Carmichael, Ellis & Brock PLLC


Ethical Challenges: Reaching Toward Zealous Representation

  with Ed Ungvarsky, Esq.


Taking your Federal Practice to the Next Level

with Mary Maguire, Esq.


Panel Discussion: Can Prosecutors Be Fair in the Real World?  

    featuring Commonwealth's Attorneys: Parisa Dehghani-Taft, Esq., Libby Humphries, Esq., and Shannon Taylor, Esq.

        with VACDL member rebuttal by Damon Colbert, Esq., Aaron Cook, Esq. and Corinne Magee, Esq.  Discussion moderated by Chris Leibig, Esq.


and more!


_____[6.0 MCLE Credit Hours APPROVED, incl. 1 Ethics hour]__

 Board Meeting and Reception: On Thursday, March 21, 2024, the VACDL Board of Directors will meet at the Hyatt Place from 4-5:30 p.m. All VACDL members in good standing are welcome to attend the Board Meeting, but please inform our Executive Director, Danielle Payne, if you plan to attend so that she can ensure sufficient seating in the meeting room. 

  We will also host a small "happy hour" style reception at Burton's Grill & Bar (2010 Bond Street, Charlottesville, VA 22902; a very short walk from the Hyatt Place) from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Thursday, March 21, 2024 which will be open to all Spring CLE registrants, speakers and special guests. 

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SEMINAR SPONSORS: Many thanks to Minnesota Lawyers Mutual Insurance, Metadata Forensics, Envista Forensics, and the VSB Risk Management Grant Committee for their support of our educational programming in 2024.

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Materials will be emailed (via Dropbox link) to attendees during the week of the seminar, along with the Zoom Link for virtual attendees.  

This course is pending approval for 6.0 live-interactive CLE credits, including 1 ethics credit.

Breakfast, lunch and refreshment breaks on Friday, as well as the Thursday Happy Hour, are all included with the tuition fee.

All cancellation and refund requests must be made in writing only, by email to vacdlawyers@gmail.com, no later than 5:00 p.m. on March 15, 2024 to receive a refund of the tuition less a $25 administrative fee.

Registrants may pay by credit card online. UPDATE: We will accept checks as methods of payment until March 11, 2024. After that time, you must pay by credit or debit card (*unless you have specific approval from the Executive Director*).  All registration fees must be paid in advance of the program.

Questions? Please contact VACDL's Executive Director, Danielle Payne, at vacdlawyers@gmail.com

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