2011 SCHEDULED TOPIC EVENTS

Uncommon Law Event: "Lifer School"
Presented in conjuntion with U.C. Davis School of Law & the USC Post-Conviction Justice Project

Northern California: Saturday, Sept. 17, 2011, at UCD
Southern California: Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011, at USC

TOPIC: Learn About Effective Representation in the Parole Consideration Process

REGISTRATION: See flyer for details

COST: $75 for attorneys with 3+ years of experience; $25 for others; former lifers attend for free

MCLE: TBA

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Please contact training@theuncommonlaw.com

ROUNDTABLE EVENT NOTE: Currently we are full. See SPECIAL NOTE below for instructions on accessing the on-demand video production of this training as of September 28.

DATE: Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011 (for confirmed RSVP only)

PLACE: CCAP Office Library, 2407 J St., Ste. 301, Sacramento

TIME: 12:10 - 1:10 P.M.

TOPIC & SPEAKER: New Realignment Legislation, or "What Did They Do to PC 1170?!" with Cynthia Sorman, CCAP Staff Attorney

New legislature has drastically changed the definition of felony and misdemeanor under AB 109, AB 116, AB 117, AB 118.  These bills cumulatively affect every new felony sentence as of October 1. Under “realignment” a convicted felon of certain designated crimes will still be sentenced to prison – everyone else goes to county jail for one year or more.  County jail felons will be released on new county post-community release programs, not parole.

The modifications to Penal Code section 1170 are easily the biggest change in sentencing law since DSL law took effect.  Are you ready? 

For example, what discretion does the trial court have, who is eligible/ineligible for county placement, what is the new “post-community release” program, what is a “non-non-non,” what is the new definition of “guilty of a felony” in the statutes, do county jail sentences count as future prison priors, what about current sentences with prison priors or strike priors, does the new law change sentence lengths, what adverse consequences might exist, what about Romero discretion, and what about “pled & proved”?

These and other questions will be addressed by staff attorney Cindy Sorman in this special Roundtable training session on September 21.  Cindy will give an overview of the dramatic change in law and begin to sort these and other potential appellate issues.

COST: Free

MCLE:  This activity has been approved for 1 hour of MCLE credit (including 1 hour of Appellate and Criminal Law Specialist credit).

PARKING: Parking on J-Street is not recommended as metered parking is 25 cents per 15 minutes.  Instead, we recommend that you park on the surrounding community streets of 24th, 25th, or I-Street. (Note some of these streets have street-cleaning on Wednesdays, but the parking restriction expires at noon - thus the 10 minute delayed start time – CAUTION: do not park earlier than noon on the west side of 24th  and 25th streets!)

SPECIAL NOTE: We have now filled all available seating. For panel attorneys unable to attend the roundtable, this event will be videotaped and presented on the our MCLE training site. Look for the on-demand video posting as ofSeptember 28. Statewide panel members only: please contact Laurel Thorpe at resources@capcentral.org for a password to the site.

CPDA is also hosting an event on this topic on Sept. 2nd in Berkeley. Visit the CPDA website for more information about that event.

2011 SCHEDULED EVENTS

The Appellate Section of the Sacramento County Bar Association

EVENT: A Tribute to Presiding Justice Raye (Third District)

DATE: November 3, 2011 from 5-8 P.M.

PLACE: Edgewater Ballroom at the Radisson Hotel, Sacramento

RSVP Info: TBA