Upcoming Training Events:

T.B.A.

For a copy of the brochures when they are available or more information, contact NYSDA at (518) 465-3524 or through our Request Information form. NYSDA is an Accredited Provider of Continuing Legal Education in New York State certified by the Continuing Legal Education Board.

Training Calendars

Defender Institute
NYSDA's Defender Institute offers the Basic Trial Skills Program, which is an intensive, nationally recognized trial advocacy trainer held each summer at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY. The Association also conducts or sponsors statewide and regional criminal defense practice training programs throughout the year.

Defense Training Calendar
National and state events that are of interest to criminal defense practitioners are listed here. This list is not comprehensive and NYSDA reserves the right to decide which conference and seminars will be posted. Additional training events may be found in recent issues of the Public Defense Backup Center Report. NYSDA does not take responsibility for the content or accuracy of information derived from other sources. Where information about a conference or seminar is available on the sponsor's web site a direct link has been provided.


JANUARY 2012

January 11, 2012
Free Webinar for Public Defenders
Spitfire Strategies invites public defenders from around the country to participate in a free, one-hour webinar session on how to develop effective and tailored messages to help increase support for state and national indigent defense reform. Spitfire can accommodate up to 20 participants interested messaging training. For more information about the webinar or to register for the messaging webinar session, please contact: webinars@spitfirestrategies.com

January 31 and February 1, 2012
Padilla in Practice Series Free Live Online Video Training Program NACDL and the Defending Immigrants Partnership
For more information, click here


FEBRUARY 2012


MARCH 2012

March 10, 2012
25th Annual Metropolitan NY Trainer
NYU Law School
New York, NY
Email: dgeary@nysda.org
Tel: (518) 465-3524
New York State Defenders Association

March 29, 2012
Law & Disorder: My Courthouse Stories (PDF)
Benefit for the Immigrant Defense Project (IDP)
Judson Memorial Church
55 Washington Square South
New York, NY
Office of Labe M. Richman
RSVP to Mizue Aizeki, maizeki@immigrantdefenseproject.org
[No CLE credit]


APRIL 2012


MAY 2012


JUNE 2012


JULY 2012

July 22-24, 2012
NYSDA 44th Annual Meeting and Conference
Saratoga Springs, NY
Email: dgeary@nysda.org
Tel: (518) 465-3524
New York State Defenders Association


AUGUST 2012


SEPTEMBER 2012


OCTOBER 2012


NOVEMBER 2012


DECEMBER 2012