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Join us for the Fiesta 2025 CLE, SACDLA’s 7th 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.

11.00 hours of CLE, including 2.00 hours of ethics.

This course is also available as an on-demand course, with videos to be available approximately one week following the live event.

April 25-26, 2025

Friday:

8:00am Registration and Breakfast
8:15am Opening Remarks
8:30am Gerry Goldstein – Goldstein on Search and Seizure
9:30am Eric Davis Defining and Arguing Reasonable Doubt
10:15am Morning Break
10:30am Lisa Greenberg – Defending Against Sexual Assault Allegations
11:15am Robbie Ward – Convincing Your Jury With Demonstrative Evidence
12:00pm Lunchtime Speaker: Why We Do What We Do (Ethics)
1:00pm Lunch Break
1:30pm Jessica Graf – Practical Appellate Tips for Trial Lawyers
2:15pm Alfredo Villarreal – Cross-Examination: The Summation Based Method
3:00pm Afternoon Break
3:15pm Kristin Kimmelman – Fifth Circuit Update
4:00pm Gary Trichter – Trichter’s DWI Gems
5:00pm Adjourn

Reception to follow!

Saturday:

8:30am Michael Gross – Ethically and Effectively Representing Persons Accused of Crime
9:30am Robert Hirschhorn – Jury Selection: Winning Your Case Before the First Witness is Called
10:30am Morning Break
10:45am Niles Illich – The Most Important Recent Cases from the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
11:30am Mark Stevens – Respectfully, Your Honor, You Can’t Do That
12:15pm Adjourn

This course is not open to prosecutors and their staff.