Fall 2007 Conference Brochure

Highlights:

The “Best and Worst Negotiating Practices” program featured a plethora of top-notch legal minds that discussed, amongst other things, how recent Supreme Court decisions on the federal sentencing guidelines affect the plea bargaining process. Click here to hear the session.

CJS chair Stephen Saltzburg moderated and oversaw the spirited discussion during the “How Prosecutors and Defense Lawyers Can Make Good Decisions About Plea Bargaining” program.Click here to hear the session.

Judah Best, during a keynote luncheon address, recalled negotiating the nolo contendere plea that was entered as then Vice-President Spiro Agnew resigned his office and pled guilty to a tax charge and compared those negotiations with more recent representation of a Japanese bank on whose behalf Mr. Best entered a guilty plea. Click here to hear the session.

Barry Scheck moderated “The Terms of the Agreement” program, which focused on the best practices for prosecutors and defense lawyers concerning package pleas. Click here to hear the session.

CJS chair Steve Saltzburg introduces panel members of the “Implementing the Agreement” program. Click here to hear the session.

The Section awarded the Charles English Award to the Guantanamo Military Commissions Military Defense Counsel

The Section presented the Norm Maleng Minister of Justice Award to Lt. Colonel Stuart V. Couch, who is accompanied by Wall Street Journal Reporter Jess Bravin (left) and CJS chair Steve Saltzburg (right). Click here to see Lt. Colonel Stuart Couch's acceptance speech.