Registration

Join us for the Fiesta 2024 CLE, SACDLA’s 6th Annual Advanced Criminal Law Seminar!

The practice of criminal defense is much different today than even last year. The Fiesta Advanced Criminal Defense CLE will help its attendees provide professional and ethical assistance to citizens accused of crimes. The topics will update the defense practitioner on all areas of law and also provide valuable, practical trial strategy.

Agenda:
Friday, April 19
8:00am – Registration/Continental Breakfast
8:30am-9:30am – Goldstein on the Fourth Amendment by Gerry Goldstein
9:30am-10:15am – More, More Non-Traditional Motions by Mark Stevens
10:15am-10:30am – Morning Break
10:30am-11:30am – The Secret Life of Crime Labs by Peter Stout
11:30am-12:15pm – Pretrial Investigations & Motions in Assaultive Cases by Lisa Greenberg
12:15pm-12:30pm – Lunch Line
12:30pm-1:30pm – Ethics: Why We Do What We Do by Dan Hurley
1:30pm-2:30pm – Winning DWI Blood Cases by Doug Murphy
2:30pm-3:30pm – Juvenile Law by Sesenu Woldemariam
3:30pm-3:45pm – Afternoon Break
3:45pm-4:45pm – Texas Courts of Appeals Update by Kyle Therrian
4:45pm-5:30pm – Fifth Circuit Update by Kristin Kimmelman

Saturday, April 20
8:00am – Breakfast
8:30am-9:30am – Ethics for the Defender by Michael Gross
9:30am-10:15am – Closing Argument by Eric Davis
10:15am-10:30am – Morning Break
10:30am-11:15am – Jury Selection by Amber Vazquez
11:15am-12:00pm – Strategic Techniques Using Probability Based Cross-Examination by David Gonzalez

This course is not open to prosecutors and their staff.