San Diego Federal Criminal Justice Act (CJA) Panel
CJA Info
(from United States District Court, Southern District of California website: http://www.casd.uscourts.gov/)
Updates:General Order 571 - Amending Local Criminal Rules Regarding Related Cases
CJA FORMS: http://www.casd.uscourts.gov/index.php?page=forms
Current CJA Rates: http://www.fd.org/odstb_CJARates.htm
Courtroom Calndars (all judges): http://www.casd.uscourts.gov/index.php?page=calendars
Telephone List (all judges and staff): http://www.casd.uscourts.gov/uploads/Telephone List/JudgesCourtroomStaff.pdf
General Orders, Local Rules, and Chambers' Rules: http://www.casd.uscourts.gov/index.php?page=Rules
EL CENTRO Appointments (Feb 18, 2009 - June 26, 2009) http://www.casd.uscourts.gov/uploads/Attorney Assistance/Criminal Justice Act/CJAPanelEC.pdf
Upcoming Training and Events:
NATIONWIDE and ONLINE CLE:
NACDL Listings:
http://www.nacdl.org/public.nsf/freeform/NACDLcle?OpenDocument
Federal Defenders Nationwide Listings:
http://www.fd.org/odstb_TRAINING.htm
LOCAL EVENTS:
(From Federal Defender's Website: www. fdsdi.com)
SPRING 2009 ALL ATTORNEY CJA TRAINING
Last Two Dates and Speakers Set!
Session Two
Voir Dire, Martin A. Sabelli, Esq.
March 14, 2009
Session Three
Story Telling at Sentencing, Colette Tvedt, Esq
March 28, 2009
If you attended the First Session on Cross-Examination February 28, 2009,
you are preregistered.
See attached for more information.
Appellate Defenders, Inc.
and
Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc.
present the
2009 Annual Defender Dinner
FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 2009 Location TBD
Cocktails (no host): 5:00 p.m., Dinner: 6:00 p.m.
This annual event is an opportunity for defenders, lawyers, judges and all friends of the Sixth Amendment to celebrate the right to counsel for all, and particularly the indigent accused.
Our featured speakers will be Lt. Cmdr. Charles Swift and Lt. Cmdr. Brian Mizer Co-Counsel for Salim Ahmed Hamdan, Osama bin Laden's personal driver.
The E. STANLEY CONANT AWARD, for exceptional and unselfish devotion to protecting
the rights of the indigent accused, will be presented.
The PAUL BELL AWARD, for excellence in representation of the indigent accused on appeal, will be presented.
For more information, contact Amy Spintman
at als@adi-sandiego.com or Linda Acosta at linda_acosta@fd.org
Or you can go to ADI's website and copy the information from their website.
The San Diego Chapter of the Federal Bar Association is presenting the annual State of the District Luncheon, featuring the Hon. Irma E. Gonzalez, Chief Judge, on Wednesday, April 1, 2009 at 12:00 noon. The luncheon will take place at the U.S. Grant Hotel in downtown San Diego. For more information, please visit our web site at www.casd.uscourts.gov. A registration form can be found on our home page under the "What's New" section. (From the Southern District of California's website, March 12, 2009)
