Successful Strategies for Representing Child Sex Offenders
Produced by The American Bar Association Section of Litigation, the Section of Litigation Children’s Rights Litigation Committee and the ABA Center for Continuing Legal Education
Faculty:
Alfreda Coward, Coward & Coward, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, FL (Moderator)
Elton Anglada, Defender Association of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Barbara L. Bonner, PhD, National Center on the Sexual Behavior of Youth, Oklahoma City, OK
Suzanne Marie Meiners-Levy, Office of the Metropolitan Public Defender, Nashville, TN
Angela Vigil, Baker & McKenzie, Chicago, IL
The outcome of a juvenile sex offender case can have a major impact on the life of the child. Yet, despite the high impact and the complexity of their work, there is almost no training for those who represent juvenile sex offenders. The Children’s Rights Litigation Committee of the ABA Section of Litigation, the National Juvenile Defender Center, and ABA-CLE are presenting this program to provide education on effective strategies for successful representation. Among other topics, it will cover:
- motion practice (keeping out the testimony of incompetent witnesses, suppressing client statements, and how to secure a client’s right to confront the accuser),
- trial practice (strategies for the cross examination of victims and outcry witnesses, planning a defense strategy and handing the case of sexual exploration v. sexual deviance) and
- placement, treatment and sentencing (inpatient v. outpatient services, rehabilitation and strategies related to sex offender registration)
The accompanying written materials also provide links to relevant Web sites.
Duration: 90 minutes
Credit Hours: 1.5 Hours in a 60-Minute State, 1.8 Hours in a 50-Minute State
Recorded from a live program on March 16, 2006
MCLE credit is subject to each state's regulations. Some states do not approve online courses for MCLE credit or have specific rules regarding who may earn credit or the maximum number of credit hours that may be earned through online CLE. Please contact your state if you have any questions.
