REGISTRATION IS OPEN UNTIL AUGUST 25th!
VACDL's 2021 Annual Meeting and "Fall" CLE will be held on Friday, August 27, 2021 at the Marriott Virginia Beach Oceanfront Hotel, 4201 Atlantic Avenue, Virginia Beach, VA 23451.
On Thursday, August 26, 2021 the VACDL Board of Directors will meet from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. in the Calloway Room of the Marriott. Immediately following, VACDL will host a cocktail and awards reception from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., on the Terrace. Please be sure to join us at the reception, as we will be presenting the VACDL Champion of Justice Award and the B. Leigh Drewry, Jr. "Defender of Justice" Award during the reception.
Breakfast for seminar attendees will be served beginning at 8:00 a.m. on Friday, August 27, 2021 , and then VACDL's Annual Meeting will commence at 8:45 a.m. Our seminar will begin immediately after the conclusion of the Annual Meeting. Lunch and coffee/snack breaks are also included in the registration fee, as well as a printed copy of the seminar materials. Supplemental materials provided by the speakers will be circulated via an electronic link after the seminar's conclusion.
VACDL's Fall CLE is partially sponsored by the Minnesota Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company (VACDL's platinum sponsor), Smart Start, Inc., and Lantagne Legal Printing.
ACCOMMODATIONS: Our room block is now closed. Please contact the Marriott Virginia Beach Oceanfront Resort directly at 757.937.4200 to check for room availability.
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Seminar speakers will include the following (presentation order subject to change):
Dr. Jeffrey Aaron of the Virginia Dept. of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services
"Mental Health Conditions and Specific Intent: Practically, Where to Begin?"
Clark Neily, Senior Vice President for Legal Studies at the Cato Institute
"From Qualified Immunity to Unqualified Impunity---the Evolution of a Doctrine"
Jesse Lindmar of the Virginia Department of Forensic Science
"The Virginia Department of Forensic Science's Digital and Multimedia Evidence (DME) Services"
Annette Miller of the Virginia Beach Public Defender's Office
"Mental Health Ethics in a Post-COVID world"
Patrick Siewert of Pro Digital Forensic Consulting
"Cellular Records at a Glance"
A timely presentation on changes to the sentencing guidelines system from Meredith Farrar-Owens, Director of the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission
PLUS
"MISTRIAL! A voir dire gameshow" our audience-interactive panel led by Moderator Patrick Blanch, with Judge Daniel S. Fiore, II, Judge Stephen C. Mahan and Judge Susan L. Whitlock
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If you have any questions about VACDL or the Fall CLE, please contact VACDL's Executive Director, Danielle Payne, at vacdlawyers@gmail.com.
