NAPD 2024 Women's Virtual Conference

NAPD 2024 Women's Virtual Conference

For links to T-shirts, playlists, and more go to this page.

Need assistance? Check out the FAQ page or send an email to events@publicdefenders.us

For information on sessions that will not be recorded, go to the right side of the screen and under "Filter by Type" hover over the "Area" tag, and then select the option for "not recorded." This will show all sessions where the speaker has opted to not record.

12:45pm EST

Opening Remarks

1:00pm EST

Slam Anderson: A Spoken Word PioneerSlam Anderson

1:45pm EST

2:00pm EST

Empowering Women in Investigations: Promoting Safety while Ensuring Integrity Room HLindsay Wight Exploring the Needs and Experiences of Justice-Impacted Black Women and Girls Room IDr. Sydney McKinney How Did We Get Here? Tools to Address Deficits in Defending Women Room FBahar Mirhosseni • Jhody Polk • Dorian Bess • Nathalie Greenfield Let's Get Loud : Elevating the Voices of Women in the Carceral System Room EHeather Rogers • Athena Reis The Matriarchy & Mitigation of Black Women in Death Penalty Defense Room CMalikeya Khantrece • Robyn Sanders Title In Development - Session on Professional Growth and Leadership Room BJennifer Lewis Updated post 11/5/24 - Some Tools for Thriving in This Job Despite the Inherent Trauma of Public Defendering: Recognizing and Disrupting Our Shame-Trauma Response to the Effects of Vicarious Trauma and Moral In... Room DKatherine LeGeros BAJUK What Bluey Can Teach Us About Leadership Room GKristin Lavoy

3:00pm EST

3:15pm EST

Head of the StateHeather Pinkney • Elizabeth Miller • Heather Cessna • Jennifer Sellitti • Natasha Dartigue

4:15pm EST

4:30pm EST

Breaking Barriers: Leading as a Female Public Defender in a Rural Justice System Room BPenny Hunter Empowering Young Women: A Legal Sector Mentorship Initiative Room HMargarett Miller Holistic Representation for Youth Room GLynda McGhee Intersectional Perspectives in Immigrant Indigent Defense: Navigating the Legal System Through Cultural and Personal Lenses Room IHaydeh Takasugi • Graciela Martinez Managing Up Room CTheresa Edwards Pushing Past the Perfectionism’s Handcuffs to do Our Most Authentic Work Room FAmanda Lauer • Autumn Brandon The CLBB NeuroLaw Library: Furthering Justice Reform through Accessible Neuroscience Room EDr. Stephanie Tabashneck • Dr. Judith Edersheim, J.D. Under the Dome: Using Legislative Advocacy to Create Policy Change Room DJessica Zimbelman

8:30am EST

Mindful Moment: Rest and Restore Room BCynthia Barlow

10:00am EST

Advocacy from the Classroom: African American Women Professors Leading Legal Change Room HKirsten Gettys Downs • Leslie Annexstein AI and Body-Worn Cameras: How Technology is Helping Public Defenders Challenge Police Narratives in Court Room JDevshi Mehrotra Breaking Free: Unveiling the Secrets of Self-Care for Women of the 50s 60s and 70s Room BMarie Sennett Cases, Kids, and Cancer. Now what? Room DJoanne Pena Girlhood Interrupted: The Erasure of Black Girls’ Childhood Room GRebecca Epstein • Thalia González High-Quality Legal Representation for Youth in Foster Care Room FNatalece Washington • Kim Dvorchak It Only Takes One: What I learned from Studying Capital Defendant’s Stories Room CCorinna Lain The State of Reproductive Rights after Dobbs Room IJessie Hill Tips and Tools for Investigation/Breaking Barriers: Elevating Women Investigator in Legal Teams Room EKasandra Washington

11:00am EST

11:15am EST

Intersecting Systems of State Violence: What Abortion and Pregnancy Criminalization Looks like on the Ground Room BEm Lawler Personal Branding for Leaders: Strategies for Professional Growth Room CCheryl Procter Rogers

12:15pm EST

1:15pm EST

Breaking Barriers: Supporting Directly Impacted Women in Education and EmploymentGail Brashear • Alyssa Knight • Felicia Dixon • Anna Tolin

2:15pm EST

2:30pm EST

Bound(aries)/Boundaries: How to Truthfully Say Yes, No, and Negotiate for Your Needs Room DStephanne Thornton Criminalized Survivors: What Goes Wrong & How to Improve Representation and Results Room EJill Spector Finding Solutions for Mountains of Video Discovery Room IPrabhas Pokharel • Stephanie Wong Getting the Job Done: Recruiting Women and Minority Criminal Defense Attorneys for Rural Indigent Clients Room GBarbara Klimaszewski • Michael Naughton Healing Justice: Radical Well-Being and Liberation Room FVivianne Guevara • Amber Baylor • Annie Lai • Jessica Gadea Hawkins Representing Criminalized Survivors: Using Expert Testimony Room BCindene Pezzell Tentatively Titled: Disability Justice Room HRachel Lindley Working with White Privilege in the Child Welfare System Room CTonia McClanahan • Kimberly Mays • Chris Page • Michael Rihtarich

3:30pm EST

3:45pm EST

Elevating Marginalized Voices: The Role of Public Defense in Recognizing and Representing Criminalized SurvivorsLeigh Goodmark

8:30am EST

Serenity Yoga Room BMarie Sennett

9:30am EST

10:00am EST

Give 'Em the Ole Razzle Dazzle: Event Planning Lessons Learned from Costuming Musicals Room EJeni Benavides Prioritizing Yourself & Creating Lasting Change Room DKathy Sullivan Tit for Tat: Going Toe to Toe in Negotiations with the Tough Male Prosecutor Room CElizabeth Zilberberg • Sarah Vanderhof Title In Development Room BAntonia Arnold-McFarland • Alana Sharps

11:00am EST

11:15am EST

Strategic Wellness as a Critical Skill Set in the Face of Trauma in the Legal FieldAnana Parris