Agenda

8:30 — 9:00 am

CLE Sign-In & Breakfast (Provided)

9:00 — 10:30 am

Ballistics: Basics, Frye Challenges, Cross Chapters

Allison Lewis

Staff Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice

The Legal Aid Society

10:30 — 10:45 am

Break

10:45 am — 12:00 pm

Building Stronger Mitigation Cases:

What Public Defenders Can Learn from Other Disciplines & Approaches

Catherine Cerulli

Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry

CEO & Founder, HLP Consulting, LLC

12:00 — 1:00 pm

Lunch (Provided)

1:00 — 2:00 pm

Defending Rights in a Time of Aggressive Enforcement:

Immigration Law & ICE Updates for Defense Attorneys

Ioana Calin

Supervising Attorney

Immigrant Justice Team

The Legal Aid Society

Ryan Muennich

Supervising Attorney

Immigrant Defense Project

2:00 — 2:10 am

Break

2:10 — 3:10 pm

Trauma, Service & Sentencing:

Veteran Mitigation Across Legal Pathways

Yairelis Burgos

Mitigation Specialist

NYSDA Veterans Defense Program

Nancy Farrell

Director

NYSDA Veterans Defense Program

3:10 — 3:25 am

Break

3:25 — 4:40 pm

Litigating 'Due Diligence' & Other Evolving Discovery Issues

Kalle Condliffe

Supervising Attorney

Manager of Training and Litigation Resources

The Legal Aid Society

This program is intended for defense attorneys in criminal and family court practice and other members of the defense team, including investigators, paralegals, parent advocates, social workers, and mitigation specialists.

MCLE

NYSDA has been certified by the New York State Continuing Legal Education Board as an Accredited Provider of Continuing Legal Education in the State of New York (2025–2028) in traditional and nontraditional formats. This transitional/nontransitional program has been approved in accordance with the requirements of the Continuing Legal Education Board for a maximum of 7.0 credit hours. No CLE credit may be earned for repeat attendance at any accredited CLE activity.