Schedule & Presenters

SCHEDULE & PRESENTERS INFORMATION

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FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 2011

(Schedule subject to last minute revision, if needed to accommodate speakers)

THE SCHEDULE WILL BE POSTED IN DETAIL ONCE DETERMINED

8:30 a.m. — Registration

8:50 a.m. — Welcome - Jim Looney

9:00 a.m. — Recent Developments in the Law (What have the courts decided in the last year and is any of it in favor of the defendant?) -

10:15 a.m. — Break (Needs no explanation)

10:30 a.m. —

11:30 a.m. —

12:30 p.m. — Lunch (included with registration)

1:15 p.m. —

2:15 p.m. —

3:15 p.m. — Break

3:30 p.m. —

4:30 p.m. — End of program

*Each presentation is set for 60 minutes (a CLE hour), except the Recent Developments, which is 75 minutes (1.25 CLE) hours.

PRESENTERS

Jim Looney is Director of the Louisiana Appellate Project.

G. Paul Marx is an attorney with the Louisiana Appellate Project. He is also the Director of the Louisiana Public Defender Association.

Bidish J. Sarma is one of the newer attorneys with the Capital Appeals Project in New Orleans.

Billy Sothern graduated from NYU Law School and is an attorney with the Capital Appeals Project in New Orleans. He is also the director of Reprieve U.S., a Louisiana-based charity. Previously, he worked with the Louisiana Capital Assistance Center as a consulting attorney on capital trial cases.