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Maximize your efficacy with prosecutors, judges, and the jury and secure the best possible outcomes for your clients by focusing on your client's story and your defense theory. Learn from a skilled panel of criminal defense litigators how to imbue representation of your client with your client's "story." Gain insight on how to craft your theory of the defense to guide your advocacy starting with your first meeting with your client and through to the verdict or other resolution.

Agenda & Materials

• 2:00 pm - 2:05

  Welcome and Introduction

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  Inga S. Bernstein, Esq., Zalkind, Duncan & Bernstein LLP , Boston
  
• 2:05 pm - 2:20 pm

  Learning (Throughout the Representation) Your Client’s Perspective on the Case, Their Personal Background, and What They Have Planned for Themselves Going Forward

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  Inga S. Bernstein, Esq., Zalkind, Duncan & Bernstein LLP , Boston
  Jessica D. Hedges, Esq., Hedges and Tumposky LLP , Boston
  Cristina M. Rodrigues, Esq., Committee for Public Counsel Services , Boston
  
• 2:20 pm - 2:30 pm

  Talking with the Prosecutor About the Case: Strategizing to Bring Them Around

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  Inga S. Bernstein, Esq., Zalkind, Duncan & Bernstein LLP , Boston
  Jessica D. Hedges, Esq., Hedges and Tumposky LLP , Boston
  Cristina M. Rodrigues, Esq., Committee for Public Counsel Services , Boston
  
• 2:30 pm - 2:45 pm

  Criminal Defense Storytelling & Crafting the Defense Theory: Bail Hearings

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  Inga S. Bernstein, Esq., Zalkind, Duncan & Bernstein LLP , Boston
  Jessica D. Hedges, Esq., Hedges and Tumposky LLP , Boston
  Cristina M. Rodrigues, Esq., Committee for Public Counsel Services , Boston
  
• 2:45 pm - 3:00 pm

  Criminal Defense Storytelling & Crafting the Defense Theory: Educating Your Judges: Motions, MIL, Trial, Jury Selection

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  Inga S. Bernstein, Esq., Zalkind, Duncan & Bernstein LLP , Boston
  Jessica D. Hedges, Esq., Hedges and Tumposky LLP , Boston
  Cristina M. Rodrigues, Esq., Committee for Public Counsel Services , Boston
  
• 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm

  Trial: Talking with the Jury about Your Client and Their Story and the Weaknesses of the Prosecution’s Case

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  Openings and Closings • Clients' testifying & telling their own stories at trial • Using the law to craft/expand the stories you're able to tell • Fact and Expert Witnesses

  Inga S. Bernstein, Esq., Zalkind, Duncan & Bernstein LLP , Boston
  Jessica D. Hedges, Esq., Hedges and Tumposky LLP , Boston
  Cristina M. Rodrigues, Esq., Committee for Public Counsel Services , Boston
  
• 3:30 pm - 3:45 pm

  Criminal Defense Storytelling & Crafting the Defense Theory: Sentencing

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  Inga S. Bernstein, Esq., Zalkind, Duncan & Bernstein LLP , Boston
  Jessica D. Hedges, Esq., Hedges and Tumposky LLP , Boston
  Cristina M. Rodrigues, Esq., Committee for Public Counsel Services , Boston
  

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