Resources

Juvenile and Young Adult Training

WDA’s Defense Tune Up Resource Page (11.18.22)

Recorded CLE Activity ID: 1231970 All Video Passwords: WDA Full Schedule Speaker Bios Welcome to Felony Practice: Pace, Practice Standards and Scoring. Presented by Jesse Collins. Materials: JABS Print Outs Investigating and Litig...

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Investigating and Defending Allegations of Harassment and School Based Threats (03.25.22)

Activity ID # 1204257 Video Password: WDA Presented by Cindy Arends Elsberry. 1.0 Law and Legal Credit. CLE Overview PowerPoint Presentation Additional Materials

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Early Access to Counsel for Youth: What HB 1140 / RCW13.40.740 Means for your Practice (02.16.22)

Activity ID # 1200593 Video Password: WDA Credits: 1.0 Law and Legal Credit Presented by Liz Mustin and George Yeannakis with Washington State Office of Public Defense. PowerPoint Presentation RCW 13.40.740 FINAL BILL REPORT ESHB ...

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Representing Youth Accused of Making School Based Threats (01.28.22)

Activity ID # 1198380 1.0 Law and Legal Credit Video Password: WDA PowerPoint Presentation Check List Game Plan Salem Kaiser Threat Assessment Outline  

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Top 5 Things for Child Advocates to Know When Assisting Children Experiencing Their Parent Being Incarcerated

Thank you for participating in WDA’s Incarcerated Parents Project training: Top 5 Things for Child Advocates to Know When Assisting Children Experiencing Their Parent Being Incarcerated. The training will introduce practical...

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No Crime No Time: Understanding Recent Legislative Changes to the Use of Incarceration of Children for Contempt (07.10.19)

Activity ID # 1111605 Video Password: WDA No Crime No Time: Understanding Recent Legislative Changes to the Use of Incarceration of Children for Contempt. 1.0 Law and Legal Procedure Credit. PowerPoint Presentation  

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CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS ARE DIFFERENT: STRATEGIES TO OBTAIN RE-SENTENCING HEARINGS FOR YOUTH AND LATE ADOLESCENTS (02.08.19)

Activity ID # 1099532 Video Password: WDA Presented by Jeff Ellis. 1.0 Law and Legal Procedure Credit. Materials for Children and Young Adults are Different: Strategies to Obtain Re-Sentencing Hearings for Youth and Late Adolesc...

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Investigation and Litigation Through the Lens of the Adolescent Brain (08.03.18)

This CLE will cover ways defenders can use adolescent brain science when investigating their case, developing their trial theory, and in bringing pretrial motions, including strategies to challenge decline to adult court jurisdict...

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PERFORMANCE GUIDELINES FOR JUVENILE OFFENSE REPRESENTATION (07.23.18)

This webinar will focus on the roles and responsibilities of defense counsel as laid out in the new performance guidelines for juvenile representation.

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Juvenile Sex Offender Registration: Everything You Need To Know To Successfully Assist Your Client in Removing Their Duty To Register (06.1.18)

This webinar provides defenders with the advocacy tools and strategies they need to successfully assist their clients with lifting their duty to register as sex offenders and seal their records.

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