The 3rd Annual

Nancy Bergeson Ardent Advocate Lecture Series

July 31, Portland

Join us on July 31 for  “Passion and Persuasion at Sentencing,” presented by Thomas Hillier, Federal Public Defender, Seattle. Registration is $30 by July 21. Includes hors d'oeuvre, beer and one CLE credit. Scholarships available. 
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Trial Notebook CoverNEW! Trial Notebook

Edited by Rob Raschio

OCDLA’s 2013 edition of The Trial Notebook has achieved new levels of excellence. Extensive revisions to the chapters on Discovery, Jury Selection, and Closing Arguments will help you hone your skills and rule the courtroom. A new chapter on electronic evidence unravels the admissibility of email, text messages and social network data. Need to know how to subpoena an out-of-state witness? It’s in there. Want to blast the DDAs with an extensive background on prosecutorial vouching case law? It’s in there. Want the best damn discovery checklist and rundown of digital discovery basics at your fingertips? You’re covered. arrow Purchase PDF licenses and hardcopies here.

scientific evidenceNEW! Scientific Evidence: A Manual for Oregon Defense Attorneys

By Kevin Sali

Scientific evidence is a critical and challenging element of a criminal case. A criminal defense attorney must be able to work effectively with scientific evidence, both offensively and defensively. OCDLA’s new manual is intended to help you gain the confidence you need with scientific evidence by addressing some of the unique factual and legal issues that can be helpful in using or attacking it. Includes an extensive discussion of the large body of Oregon case law relating to scientific evidence, and provides sample case materials, motions & memoranda included in an appendix.   arrow Purchase PDF licenses and hardcopies here.

 

library of defenseLibrary of Defense

The OCDLA Library of Defense is a digital manual for criminal defense built by the collective contributions of OCDLA members. Ultimately, it will contain every law, every case, every expert, every resource and every good idea an Oregon defense attorney might need. For example, see Bronson James’ December 3 article, “Thoughts on Lawson, the New Eyewitness ID Case,” here. arrow Take me to the Library.