NAPD Leadership Institute Brooklyn 2024: Full Schedule

9:00am EST

Breakfast provided

Monday November 11, 2024 9:00am - 9:45am EST

9:00am EST

Registration Table Open for Checking in

Monday November 11, 2024 9:00am - 10:00am EST

10:00am EST

Conference Welcome

Monday November 11, 2024 10:00am - 10:30am EST

Speakers

Jeff Sherr

Training Director, National Association for Public Defense

Jeff Sherr is the Training Director for the National Association for Public Defense producing hundreds of webinars for public defense professionals across the nation. Prior to that he was the Manager of the Education and Strategic Planning Branch of the Kentucky Department of Public... Read More →

Lori James-Townes

Executive Director, National Association for Public Defense

Lori James-Townes is the Executive Director of the National Association of Public Defense. Lori assumed this leadership position after three years of working as Assistant Training Director for NAPD and more than 25 years of working on defense teams representing indigent defendants... Read More →

Monday November 11, 2024 10:00am - 10:30am EST

Plenary

10:45am EST

Beyond Leadership to Transformational Leadership

Monday November 11, 2024 10:45am - 12:00pm EST

The Role of Motivation and Inspiration
Key Elements required to increase engagement and performance
The power of modeling
Developing Credibility - Equity Theory
Being Proactive and Communicating Clear Expectations - (Dare to Lead, Brene Brown)

Effective leaders require more than basic skills to motivate their teams, especially when we have to tackle macro issues.
In this session we review and discuss:
- How do we move our staff from good to great; demanding better performance?
- What impact does the ability to inspire and motivate have on others?
- How does it impact engagement? What if you don’t have it and have learned to lead by force?
- Choosing to be Strategically Vulnerable

Speakers

Lori James-Townes

Executive Director, National Association for Public Defense

Monday November 11, 2024 10:45am - 12:00pm EST

Plenary

12:45pm EST

Leadership Transition: What you need to know to succeed

Monday November 11, 2024 12:45pm - 2:30pm EST

Taking stock of your position as a leader, idenifying areas for potential change, and setting goals for your office and yourself.

Speakers

Georgia Sims

Assistant Deputy Public Defender, Nashville Defenders

Georgia Sims is a Nashville native. She received her undergraduate degree from Transylvania University, where she played volleyball. She attended Vanderbilt University Law School and served as executive director of the Vanderbilt Legal Aid Society and as an editor for the Vanderbilt... Read More →

Monday November 11, 2024 12:45pm - 2:30pm EST

Plenary

2:45pm EST

Race, Class, Power and Privilege in our Offices

Monday November 11, 2024 2:45pm - 4:00pm EST

Add a recommendation for addressing race, class, power, and privilege, here.

Speakers

Brittany Gail Thomas

BRITTANY GAIL THOMAS, Esq. (BGT) is the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice Director at NAPD. In this role, she develops initiatives that promote diversity and reduce disparities of all kinds in public defense systems nationwide, especially through training, advocacy, and communications... Read More →

Lori James-Townes

Executive Director, National Association for Public Defense

Monday November 11, 2024 2:45pm - 4:00pm EST

Plenary

9:00am EST

Breakfast provided

Tuesday November 12, 2024 9:00am - 9:45am EST

10:00am EST

Reframing Organizations: Four Frames

Tuesday November 12, 2024 10:00am - 11:00am EST

Detailed analysis of the case problem using the 4 Frames

Discuss each of the Four Frames and how to analyze problems and create solutions using them.
How to use multiple frame thinking.
How to choose which frame to use in analysis and problem-solving.

Speakers

Cathy Bennett

Training Consultant, National Association for Public Defense

Cathleen (Cathy) Bennett recently moved to Anchorage, Alaska from Boston, Massachusetts where she was a public defender with the Committee for Public Counsel Services (the Massachusetts Statewide Public Defender) for 30 years. She was the Criminal Defense Training Director at CPCS... Read More →

Tuesday November 12, 2024 10:00am - 11:00am EST

Plenary

11:00am EST

Small group

Tuesday November 12, 2024 11:00am - 12:30pm EST

Small Group

12:30pm EST

Lunch

Tuesday November 12, 2024 12:30pm - 1:15pm EST

Lunch on your own

1:15pm EST

Feedback and One on Ones

Tuesday November 12, 2024 1:15pm - 2:15pm EST

2:30pm EST

Small group

Tuesday November 12, 2024 2:30pm - 3:45pm EST

Case Problem with Action Plans and Scripts for Difficult Conversations

Tuesday November 12, 2024 2:30pm - 3:45pm EST

Small Group

3:45pm EST

Wrap up for the Day

Tuesday November 12, 2024 3:45pm - 4:00pm EST

9:00am EST

Breakfast provided

Wednesday November 13, 2024 9:00am - 9:45am EST

10:00am EST

The Art of Difficult Conversations: Using Lessons Learned and Tools to Achieve Shared Outcomes

Wednesday November 13, 2024 10:00am - 11:00am EST

As leaders, it’s our responsibility and charge to ensure we’re taking care of and helping to empower the most important asset in our organizations – our people. One of the biggest challenges I hear from “titled” leaders and team members is that they don’t want or know how to have difficult conversations, even though we know that not having them is impacting our culture and representation. In this session, we’ll explore how to overcome our fears and (hopefully) learn to embrace the discomfort that comes with having these necessary conversations. I’ll share lessons learned from mistakes I’ve made as well as offer some books, tools, and tips that help to create safe spaces where we can have, and learn to appreciate difficult conversations.

Speakers

Mari David

Deputy Director, State Appellate Defender Office

Marilena David is the Deputy Director, Training Director, and Project Reentry Manager at the Michigan State Appellate Defender Office. Marilena represents individuals on appeal of their felony convictions and individuals who are being resentenced after serving unconstitutional juvenile... Read More →

Wednesday November 13, 2024 10:00am - 11:00am EST

Plenary

11:15am EST

Small group

Wednesday November 13, 2024 11:15am - 12:30pm EST

Small Group

12:30pm EST

Lunch

Wednesday November 13, 2024 12:30pm - 1:15pm EST

1:30pm EST

NAPD Ten Principles for Creating Sustainability in Public Defense

Wednesday November 13, 2024 1:30pm - 2:30pm EST

Applying NAPD Ten Principles for Creating Sustainability in Public Defense in your organization

Speakers

Gina Pruski

Director of Training and Development (retired), Wisconsin State Public Defender (retired)

Gina Pruski recently retired from her 31-year career with the Wisconsin State Public Defender's Office (SPD). She began her legal career with the SPD in 1992 after obtaining both her undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison serving first as a staff attorney... Read More →

Wednesday November 13, 2024 1:30pm - 2:30pm EST

Plenary

2:45pm EST

Small group

Wednesday November 13, 2024 2:45pm - 3:30pm EST

Case Problem with Action Plans and Scripts for Difficult Conversations

Wednesday November 13, 2024 2:45pm - 3:30pm EST

Small Group

3:30pm EST

Closing

Wednesday November 13, 2024 3:30pm - 4:00pm EST

Discussion of what we have learned and where do we go from here.

Speakers

Lori James-Townes

Executive Director, National Association for Public Defense

Jeff Sherr

Training Director, National Association for Public Defense

Wednesday November 13, 2024 3:30pm - 4:00pm EST

Plenary

9:00am EST

Breakfast provided

Thursday November 14, 2024 9:00am - 9:45am EST

10:00am EST

Reframing Organizations: Four Frames

Thursday November 14, 2024 10:00am - 11:00am EST

Detailed analysis of the case problem using the 4 Frames

Discuss each of the Four Frames and how to analyze problems and create solutions using them.
How to use multiple frame thinking.
How to choose which frame to use in analysis and problem-solving.

Speakers