Most lawyers never receive proper training on how to conduct a great voir dire. It’s the mysterious process that lawyers wish they understood, but few do. And it is the one skill that is the most predictive of the outcome at trial. If you don’t spot that juror who is going to lead the charge to convict your client, you have lost your trial before it has ever begun. This unique workshop is the first of its kind in the state. It is a combination of lecture, demonstration, and small-group, one-on-one coaching by masterful lawyers as YOU practice voir dire on jurors using several different fact patterns. You will be taught, step-by-step, the correct way to conduct a Batson/Wheeler challenge. You will be given tips, pointers, techniques and sample voir dire questions that you will use throughout your career alone. You will find the materials invaluable (case law and statutes that apply to Voir Dire, and sample Voir Dire questions).

May 2nd 2015

UC Davis School of Law

King Hall 400 Mrak Hall Drive

Davis, CA 95616

Featuring:

Professor Elisabeth Semel Honorable Ann Moorman & Senior Trial Consultant

Karen Jo Koonan

Seminar Coordinators: Cris Lamb

& Allison Zuvela

Seminar Committee Co-Chairs:

Jacqueline Goodman & Allison Zuvela

Sign up early as space is limited.

May 2, 2015, at U.C. Davis School of Law, CACJ will present an intensive, full-day, HANDS-ON training on conducting effective Voir Dire.

Criminal Law Hands-On Series:

Voir Dire

8:00 – 8:30 a.m. Registration check-in - and Faculty Meeting of Trainers

8:30am – 8:45 a.m. Demonstration of Ineffective Voir Dire Cris Lamb, Sacramento County Public Defender; CACJ Treasurer

8:45 - 9:45 a.m. Demystifying Voir Dire Karen Jo Koonan, Senior Trial Consultant for NJP Litigation Consulting

9:45-10:45 a.m. The Secrets of Conducting Great Voir Dire Anne Moorman, Superior Court Judge, Mendocino; CACJ Past President

10:45-11:00 a.m. Break

11:00 a.m. - 12:00p.m.

How to Conduct a Batson/Wheeler Challenge Step-by-step Elisabeth Semel, Clinical Professor of Law; Director, Death Penalty Clinic, University of California at Berkeley

12:00 - 12:15 p.m. Demonstration of Effective Voir Dire Anne Moorman, Superior Court Judge, Mendocino; CACJ Past President

12:15pm – 1:15 p.m. Lunch (provided)

1:15 – 3:15 p.m. Small Group Break Out: Students Practice Voir Dire Under Faculty Guidance

3:15-3:30 p.m. Break

3:30 - 5:00 p.m. Small Groups - Continued

5:00 - 5:15 p.m. Evaluation Form Collection

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Faculty

Professor Elisabeth Semel After graduating UC Davis School of Law in 1975, Elisabeth Semel became a deputy public defender in Solano County. In 1979, she became a staff attorney at Defenders, Inc. in San Diego. In 1980, she entered private prac-tice in San Diego, and, in 1983, formed the firm of Semel & Feldman. She defended criminal cases, including homicides and capital cases, in the state and federal courts, with an emphasis on trial-level representation. Semel is also admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the Fifth and Ninth Circuit Courts of Appeals and several United States District Courts. In 1997, Semel left private practice to serve as the director of the American Bar Association Death Penalty Representation Project in Washington, D.C. Professor Semel joined the Berkeley Law faculty in 2001, as the first director of the Death Penalty Clinic. In that capacity, Semel represents capitally charged or sentenced clients, primarily in the South, and engages in related litigation such as amicus curiae briefs. Professor Semel and her students have prepared amicus curiae briefs that were filed in the U.S. Supreme Court in several death penalty cases, including Miller-El v. Cockrell, Miller-El v. Dretke, and Snyder v. Louisiana (all dealing with race discrimination in jury selection). Semel has served on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) and is a past president of the California Attorneys for Criminal Justice (CACJ), the statewide association of criminal defense lawyers. She has testified before committees of the United States Congress and the California legislature and has lectured at legal education seminars throughout the country on a variety of subjects related to the defense of criminal cases, including capital representation.

Seminar

Faculty

Honorable Ann Moorman

Hon Ann C. Moorman, a Past President of California Attorneys for Criminal Justice, graduated from Golden Gate University School of Law in 1987. She served as the Associate Editor of the Women’s Law Review,

received academic excellence awards and was elected by the members of her class to be the 1987 Class Commencement Speaker. In 1988, she joined the law firm of Jordan and Osterhoudt where she began her career as a trial lawyer under the mentorship of Susan B. Jordan and William L. Osterhoudt. She is recognized as

an experienced and aggressive trial lawyer focusing on representation in complex criminal matters in state and federal courts. She has handled matters ranging from RICO prosecutions, homicide, and narcotics distribution to bank fraud, criminal tax and insider trading. In 2007 she was admitted as a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers, an honor reserved for those trial lawyers with extensive experience and a reputation for professionalism. She served on several committees at the

request of the Presiding Judge of the Northern District of California concerning the review of United States Magistrates, attorney discipline as well as the disbursement of non-appropriated funds. She is currently a Superior Court Judge in Mendocino CA.

Karen Jo Koonan Since joining National Jury Project as a Litigation Consultant in 1987, Ms. Koonan has worked on more than 1,600 cases. Her expertise is highly regarded in the areas of mock jury research, trial simulations and in-court assistance with jury selection. She has also developed a unique and effective methodology for witness preparation for trial testimony and deposition. She has also conducted training programs on jury selection and voir dire sponsored by the U.S. District Court and is a contributor to Jurywork®: Systematic Techniques.

Cris Lamb

Cris Lamb is an officer of the California Attorneys for Criminal Justice Board of Governors. She works full-time as a public defender in Sacramento County, and coaches UC Davis’ mock trial team in her spare time. In addition, she taught trial advocacy skills at the University of Northern California, and co-chairs CACJ’s annual national mock trial competition in San Francisco. She graduated from law school in 1996 from the University of San Diego, School of Law

Allison Zuvela

Allison Zuvela currently serves as the Chief Deputy Public Defender for the Yolo County Public Defender's office where she is in charge of training and operations. She is also a certified Criminal Law Specialist by the Board of Legalization of the State Bar of California. Prior to her employment with the Office in 2003, Allison served as a Deputy Public Defender in Tulare County after her graduation from the California Western School of Law in 1994. Outside of her attorney service, Allison has participated in leadership roles in the Yolo County Bar Association (as both Secretary and President) as well as the California Attorneys for Criminal Justice (where she is a member of the Board of Governors). In addition, Allison is a member of several legal organizations including the California Public Defenders Association, the National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys, the American Council of Chief Defenders, and the Swartz/Levi Chapter of the American Inns of Court in Davis. Since 2012 Allison has also served as an attorney coach for River City High School’s Mock Trial Team

Seminar

Coordinators

CACJ IS PROUD TO

OFFER OUR TRIAL

PROCDURE

WEBINAR

SERIES!

Available at no cost to CACJ Members. Each webinar is 1 hour long and provides 1.0 hours of MCLE self-study. This series of webinars is intended to reach out and educate new young attorneys by CACJ Seasoned members. These trainings offer valuable insight and strategic thinking to enhance your effective-ness; learn to examine, evaluate and deconstruct and reconstruct your case to deliver insight from the fact finder’s perspective. The topics are as follows: Voir Dire M. Gerald Schwartzbach & Lois Heaney Opening Statements Michael Ogul Cross Examination Marilyn Bednarski Presenting Defense Case James Egar Closing Argument Cris Lamb

Visit: cacj.org/seminars to get started.

REGISTRATION: Manual registration will close on Friday April 24th, but On-line Registration will remain open. All registration will close when 100 attendees has been reached. MCLE CREDITS:

CACJ certifies this activity is approved for MCLE credit by the State Bar of California in the amount of 7.0 credits.

GUIDEBOOK: We are introducing Guidebook App with this seminar. With Guidebook, you can access schedule, trainer bios, syllabus documents, and more, all from the convenience of your phone.

Download Guidebook- 1) Download the app in your app store, or visit https://guidebook.com/getit/ to receive a text with the link sent to your phone. 2) Once installed, you will be prompted to enter the redeem code for this seminar. You will receive this code once you are registered.

LUNCH:

Lunch is included with tuition fees.

SYLLABUS MATERIALS:

A digital syllabus will be emailed to all pre-registered attendees before the seminar and serves as confirmation of your seminar registration. Hard copies of the syllabus will also be available for purchase on site; to reserve your copy please check the box on the registration form. If you register online, please email syllabus@cacj.org to reserve the Hard Copy Syllabus.

CANCELLATIONS/SUBSTITUTIONS :

Refunds, less a $30 processing fee, will be sent for those cancellations received by Friday, April 24th. Cancellations received after this date are not eligible for a refund. It is possible, however, to substitute one person on another’s registration, excluding Patron and Life Member registrations. Substitutions are permitted for group registrations.

UC Davis’ King Hall

UC Davis School of Law King Hall

400 Mrak Hall Drive, Davis, CA 95616

Location

Information

From San Francisco:

Take Interstate 80 East Take “UC Davis” Exit Turn Left onto Old Davis Road Pass Information Kiosk, continue

forward through the round-a-bout, turn right on Hilgard Lane and make an immediate left into the South Parking Structure or parking lot behind.

Parking

From Sacramento:

Take Interstate 80 West Take “UC Davis” Exit - Turn right at exit ramp Pass Information Kiosk, continue

forward through the round-a-bout, turn right on Hilgard Lane and make an immediate left into the South Parking Structure or parking lot behind

Free On-Site Parking

Driving Directions to Parking Structure:

To King Hall:

From the parking structure; walk north along Mrak Hall Drive, past the Mondavi Center. King Hall will be on the left side of the road, just past the bridge.

Criminal Law Hands-On Series: Voir Dire Manual Registration Form

May 2nd, 2015 UC Davis School of Law ● King Hall ● 400 Mrak Hall Drive, ● Davis, CA 95616

For more information, or to register on-line please go to http://bit.ly/1wWyZkO

Registered Attendee Information:

name » bar number »

firm » date admitted to bar »

address » email »

city » state » zip »

phone (area code) » fax (area code) »

Registration Fees: Manual Registration Deadline: Friday, April 24th, 2015

Attendance is LIMITED. Registration is limited to the first 100 attendees

Become a Member or Renew now:

Confidentiality Pledge: This pledge MUST be read and signed before CACJ is able to process your registration!

My signature indicates my criminal law practice is devoted exclusively to the defense.

Signature: _________________________________________ Date: _____________

Syllabus:

❍ Purchase Hard Copy Syllabus $25.00 Electronic syllabus materials will be sent to all registered attendees on or before April 25th. Please bring these materials with you.

Tuition: CACJ Member........................................... $160.00 CACJ Member Law Student …………..….$50.00

UC Davis Law Student (must provide UC Davis email)........$20.00 Non– CACJ Member………………..……………………....$195.00

Attorney in First 2 Years of Practice** ........................$50 Attorney in 2+ Years to 5 Years of Practice** .............$75 Attorney in Private Practice over 5 Years ...................$195

Public Defender 5+ yrs. ……………………$140 Appellate Attorney 5+ yrs. ………………... $140 Law Student** ........................................ . ......$10 Investigator/Experts ...................................... .$90

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Payment:

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Syllabus Total

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California Attorneys for Criminal Justice

1555 River Park Drive, Suite 105 Sacramento, CA 95815 Phone: (916) 643-1800

Fax: (916) 643-1836 Payment must be included with form

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1) misdemeanor trials

2) felony trials

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