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SADO/MAACS - Appellate Defender Annual Fall Training


Time: November 13, 2025 - 9:30am-4:30pm
Location: Zoom

Appellate Defender Annual Fall Training

November 12, 13 and 14, 2025

Via Zoom| 13.0 total CLE

It’s training season! Please join us as we kick off our Annual Appellate Defender Fall Training. These trainings are designed for appellate defenders, but anyone and everyone is welcome. Most sessions will be recorded and available for later viewing.

Thursday, November 13, 2025 – Register here
(5 CLE)

9:30 – 10:30am - Becoming a Research Rockstar with Ali Wright, SADO

10:30 – 10:45am - Break

10:45 – 11:45am - Working with Investigators in Appellate Cases with Mary Soo Anderson and Angie Jackson, SADO

11:45 – 1:00pm - Lunch Break

1:00 – 2:00pm - Sentencing Caselaw Update with Anne Yantus, Michigan Sentencing, PLLC

2:00 – 2:15pm - Break

2:15 – 3:15pm - Litigating Coerced Confessions with Lauren Gottesman, Innocence Project

3:15 – 3:30pm - Break

3:30– 4:30pm - MAACS Towne Hall with the MAACS Staff

Check out the agenda! These trainings are set up “meeting” style where you will have the opportunity to have your camera and microphone on to increase learning and engagement.

Questions? Email Keeley Blanchard, kblanchard@sado.org.