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Managing Vicarious Trauma Jun 09, 2021

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Featuring: Dr. Leslie Anne Ross, Psy. D
Dr. Ross joins us to share strategies and resources for managing vicarious trauma and compassion fatigue or empathic strain. Many attorneys in criminal law are at risk of experiencing these strains do to the nature of the work. What are the self reflective questions to ask yourself? How do set your own standards to measure your well being? Listen as Dr. Ross tells us how to do that.
Here is a list of resources the Dr. Ross shared on this episode:

Free 2021 TEND virtual conference 9:00AM and 4:30PM EST on Friday, June 25th.
The National Child Traumatic Stress Network: WWW. NCTSN.org
The University of Kentucky Center on Trauma and Children: www.uky.edu/CTAC
Dr. Rick Hanson's blog "Just One Thing": www.rickhanson.net
Apps for in the moment stress reduction practices:
- Calm
- Insight Timer
- Headspace
- Happify
Laura Van Dernoot Lipsky's book "Trauma Stewardship" and her TED Talks:
www.Traumastewardship.com

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COVID-19 Hate Crime Enforcement May 26, 2021

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Featuring: Arjun Sethi, political rights writer, human rights lawyer, and Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center and Vanderbilt University Law School. Arjun is also the Co-Chair of the ABACJS Committee on Homeland Security, Terrorism & Treatment of Enemy Combatants.
Arjun breaks down the recent actions taken on the federal level to mitigate hate crime, specifically the rise in Asian American hate crime due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Arjun walks us through both AG Garland's memo to the DOJ and the recently signed COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act. We discuss it's potential impact as well as it's reception within the criminal justice field.
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Securing an Internship May 20, 2021

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Featuring:
William Merriweather, 2L New England Law
Cynthia Orr, Managing Partner with Goldstein & Orr
Rory Little, Joseph W. Cotchett, Jr., Professor of Law at U.C. Hastings College of the Law
Avis Sanders, Director of the Externship Program American University Washington College of Law
We are joined by four guests to share their best advice for securing an internship. We discuss how to leverage your network, how to secure a judicial externship, how to stand out in the application and interview process and more!
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Parole Reform May 12, 2021

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Featuring: Olinda Moyd, adjunct Professor of Law at Howard University School of Law.
Olinda joins us to discuss potential reform for the parole system. We discuss the potential impact of implicit bias training, increased diversity of parole boards, reducing supervision periods, providing better resources and more.
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Collateral Consequences of Criminal Conviction May 05, 2021

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Featuring Jonathan Gitlen, Law Office of Jonathan Gitlen and former Director of the National Inventory of Collateral Consequences of Criminal Conviction Project.
Jonathan joins us for a discussion of the origins and impact of collateral consequences of conviction. Jonathan also details the work of the National Inventory of Collateral Consequences of Criminal Conviction Project, managed by the American Bar Association's Criminal Justice Section. Finally, we discuss how the database can be a tool to address needed reforms on the state level.
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Scheduling of Fentanyl Analogues Apr 28, 2021

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Featuring: Patricia Richman, National Sentencing Resource Counsel for Federal Public and Community Defenders.
Patricia walks us through the history of scheduling Fentanyl Analogues, including the 2018 class-wide scheduling of Fentanyl Analogues as Schedule I drugs. We discuss the potential impact of scheduling Fentanyl Analogues as Schedule I drugs and what the data from the last three years has shown. Additionally, we discuss alternative means to address public health and safety concerns around Fentanyl and Fentanyl Analogues.
OSU Symposium
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Violence Against Women Apr 21, 2021

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Featuring: Linda Seabrook, General Counsel and Director of Workplace Safety & Equity for Futures Without Violence and Rebecca Henry, Deputy Chief Counsel of the Commission on Domestic & Sexual Violence for the American Bar Association.
Linda and Rebecca join us on the podcast to discuss the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2021. After a brief history of the Act, we discuss new provisions, what "reauthorization" means practically and we talk about the gun violence debate around the bill.
ABA Day 2021
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Trial Tips: Laying a Foundation Apr 14, 2021

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Janet I. Levine of Kendall Brill & Kelly LLP joins us to share tips and best practices for laying a foundation at trial. Levine leads us through the steps from authenticating evidence to requests for judicial notice.
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Task Force Ops: Report on the Implementation of the First Step Act Apr 07, 2021

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Jim Felman, Partner with Kynes Markman & Felman and Chair of the Task Force on the Implementation of the First Step Act joins us to walk us through the recent report published by the Task Force.
You can read the full report on our website.
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Women in Criminal Justice: Pathfinders Mar 31, 2021

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Cameron McBride, Principal with Oster McBride
Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes of Passaic County, New Jersey
Honorable Denise Langford Morris, Oakland County Circuit Court Judge
These three women in criminal justice share the journey of their respective career paths. Join us as they share pivotal moments, things they wish they had known and keys to success.
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