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CPCS Criminal Defense Post-Conviction Training


Content
  • Important Links and Documents (5 hr 30 min)
  • .001 CPCS Post-Conviction Panel Certification - Welcome Letter
  • .002 Post-Conviction Resource Attorney List FY2024.pdf
  • .003 Instruction Card - Telephone Interpreting Service.pdf
  • .004 additional info - Telephone Interpreting service.pdf
  • .005 ONLINE RESOURCES.pdf
  • .006 Appeals and Post Conviction Training Manual (2022)
  • SECTION ONE: Overview of the Criminal Legal System (1 HR 25 MIN)
  • Part 1: Helping Clients Navigate the Mass Criminal Legal System (6:09)
  • Part 2: Navigating the Courts (6:10)
  • Part 3: Felonies, Misdemeanors, District Court, What Does it All Mean? (18:33)
  • Part 4: Sources of Law (6:20)
  • Part 5: Finding Court System Information Online (9:27)
  • Sign up to Receive Slip Opinions
  • SECTION TWO: LIFE CYCLE OF A CASE (1 HR 9 MIN)
  • Life Cycle of Case: Beginning Life of A Case (23:03)
  • Life Cycle of Case: Arraignment to PreTrial Overview (17:30)
  • Life Cycle of Case: End of Case PTC to Sentencing (19:48)
  • Life Cycle of Case Post Conviction (7:14)
  • SECTION THREE: THE POWER OF NARRATIVE TELLING (39 MIN)
  • Part 1: Why Narrative Works (34:51)
  • Part 2 - Finding Narrative (32:43)
  • SECTION FOUR: THEORY (1 HR 36 MIN)
  • Theory of the Case - Connor Barusch (1 HR 35 MIN)
  • PowerPoint - Theory Presentation - CB
  • CORI Codes Interpreting Dispositional Codes
  • PowerPoint Client Centered Relationship JRC
  • SECTION FIVE: DISCOVERY (1 HR 30 MIN)
  • Discovery Pt 1: What is it? (5:33)
  • Discovery Pt 2: Rule 14 Overview (3:56)
  • Discovery Pt 3: Automatic Discovery (13:27)
  • Discovery Pt 4: Discretionary Rule 14 Discovery (3:54)
  • Discovery Pt 5: Memories, Remedies (18:06)
  • Discovery Pt 6: DIY Discovery (6:25)
  • Discovery Pt 7: Rule 17 (8:53)
  • Discovery Pt 8: Dwyer Protocol (4:40)
  • Discovery P9: Holding Prosecutors to their Limits in Reciprocal Discovery(19:20)
  • SECTION SIX: EVIDENTIARY ADVOCACY (20 MIN)
  • Evidence Part 1 (8:45)
  • Evidence Part 2 (10:45)
  • SECTION SEVEN: OPENING STATEMENTS (45 MIN)
  • Part 1: Building Blocks to an Effective Opening: Theory to Opening (6:28)
  • Part 2: Common Mistakes to Avoid in Opening (3:02)
  • Part 3: How Story Informs Opening (11:25)
  • Part 4: How to Construct a Powerful Opening Story (14:14)
  • Part 5: Elements of a Powerful Opening Statement (8:13)
  • SECTION EIGHT: DISPOSITIONS (1 HR 20 MIN)
  • Dispositions Part 1 (28:00)
  • Dispositions Part 2 (18:00)
  • Pleas Part 1 (14:35)
  • Pleas Part 2 (21:10)
  • SECTION NINE: PROBATION
  • Probation Part 1: Nuts and Bolts of Probation (11:18)
  • Probation Part 2: Probation Conditions (36:43)
  • Probation Part 3: Probation Hearings Basics (10:22)
  • Probation Part 4: Fighting Back at Probation Hearings (33:55)
  • SECTION TEN: SENTENCING (1 HR 26 MIN)
  • Sentencing Advocacy Part 1 (32:37)
  • Sentencing Advocacy Part 2 (54:00)
  • SECTION ELEVEN: APPEALS (45 MIN)
  • Appeals Part 1 - Why Objections Matter (8:00)
  • Appeals Part 2 - When and How to Object (14:11)
  • Appeals Part 3 - Interlocutory Appeals (10:46)
  • Appeals Part 4 (10:50)
  • SECTION TWELVE: STRUCTURAL RACISM (6 MIN)
  • Peanut Butter and Jelly Racism (2:27)
  • Check Our Bias, Wreck Our Bias (2:53)
  • SJC Report on Racial Disparities 2020
  • SECTION THIRTEEN: PRIVATE COUNSEL BILLING (34 MIN)
  • Private Counsel Billing with Bill Shay - Part One (8:39)
  • Private Counsel Billing with Bill Shay-Part Two (4:32)
  • Private Counsel Billing with Bill Shay Part Three (12:04)
  • Private Counsel Billing with Bill Shay Part Four (07:56)
  • CPCS Record Keeping Requirments - Bill Shay PPT
  • SECTION FOURTEEN: RECORDINGS FROM 2023 TRAINING
  • Criminal Appeals and Post Conviction Training - Day One - 2023 (1hr 57 min)
  • Criminal Appeals and Post Conviction Training - Day Two - 2023 (1hr 56 min)
  • Criminal Appeals and Post Conviction Training - Day Three - 2023 (1hr 36 min)
Completion rules
  • All units must be completed
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