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Friday, December 2
Moderated by Grant Cole, Metropolitan Public Defender, Portland

12:00p Registration
      
1:00 Voir Dire
Dyke Huish, Mission Viejo, CA
Over the past twenty years Mr. Huish has served as a Deputy District Attorney, Deputy Public Defender, Superior Court Judge Pro Tem and is a Certified Criminal Law Specialist. He is a veteran of more than 300 bench and jury trials and has personally handled over 8000 criminal cases. Thousands of attorneys have paid to attend his seminars on trial tactics, courtroom strategies and jury psychology. He has handled more than $500 million dollars in fraud cases and successfully litigated one of the largest fraud cases in the history of the State of California. More.

2:00 Federal Search & Seizure Update
Stephen Sady, Federal Public Defender, Portland
Elizabeth Daily, Federal Public Defender, Portland
      
2:45 Break / Door Prizes
      
3:00 Ethics — Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
David Elkanich, Attorney, Portland
Greg Scholl, Metropolitan Public Defender, Hillsboro

4:00 Adjourn for the day.
      
6:00 Holiday Dinner and Ken Morrow Award
Honoring Gary Berlant plus a live auction. More information, and purchase tickets here.


Saturday, December 3
Moderated by Reid Kajikawa, PD Services of Lane County, Inc., Eugene
      
7:30-8:30a    Hot Breakfast (included)
      
8:30 Two Sides, One Goal: Administering Justice Together (access to justice credit)
Michele Okoh, Assistant Professor Law, Lewis & Clark Law School, Portland
Michele Okoh is an Assistant Professor at Lewis & Clark Law School teaching criminal law and criminal procedure. Her scholarship is at the intersection of criminal justice, environmental justice, and public health law. For her, scholarship is part of advocacy, and she remains committed to service. She currently serves as the section councilor for the Environment Section of the American Public Health Association (APHA) and represents both the Law Section and Environment Section on the Action Board of APHA. She previously was co-chair of the Environmental Justice Committee of APHA with Charles Lee. She is also a recipient of the 2021 Rebecca A. Head Award which is presented by the Environment Section of APHA to an outstanding emerging leader working at the intersection of environmental justice, policy, and science. Prior to joining the Lewis & Clark Law Faculty, she was a senior lecturing fellow for the Duke Environmental Law & Policy Clinic. More.

9:30 Department of Corrections (DOC) Sentencing Calculations & Alternative Incarceration Program (AIP).
Join the discussion about the elements that go into calculating DOC sentences, the importance of the wording in judgments, how the static 99R score impacts AIP eligibility and transitional leave including how it’s applied to help with advising clients.
Dianne Erickson, Policy Manager, Correctional Services Division, Offender Information and Sentence Computation Unit, Oregon Department of Corrections, Wilsonville
Andi Stockon, Treatment Assignment Coordinator, Oregon Department of Corrections,Salem
      
10:15 Break / Door Prizes & Refreshments

10:30      Motion Explosion, Part II
Ryan Scott, Attorney, Portland

11:30       2022 Appellate Update Year in Review: Cutting-Edge Issues & Strategic Litigation
Josh Crowther, Chief Deputy Defender, Office of Public Defense Services, Salem

12:30p    Adjourn.

Program, speakers, topics and times subject to change.
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COVID-19 POLICY
IMPORTANT SAFETY MEASURES
Adopted by the Board of Directors, November 15, 2022
In order to ensure the highest level of safety for our attendees, OCDLA will be implementing the following safety measures at the Winter Conference:
1. All participants will need to self-certify at the conference they have received the full dosage of a vaccine for COVID-19 prior to attending or certify at the conference they have a negative COVID-19 test result 48 hours prior to attending. We will have self-certification forms at the conference. 
2. While no longer required, all attendees are encouraged to wear a mask in public indoor settings. OCDLA will have masks available for all participants at the registration desk, and signs will be displayed as a reminder to keep masks on at all times (except when eating or drinking).
3. Hand sanitizer stations are located throughout the hotel property, including at the entrance to the meeting room.
4. The main seminar room will be arranged with socially distanced tables/chairs to the best of our ability.

View the CDC booster eligibility guidelines.

Lodging at the Benson

Call 503-228-2000 / 1-888-523-6766 and identify yourself as part of the 2022 Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (OCDLA).

Email reservations@bensonhotel.com.

Or use this booking link.
 

Reservations must be made by November 10.
After this date rooms may not be available at our special rate of $182 Deluxe King, $182 Deluxe Double Queen; $192 Executive King; $225 Benson Junior Suite.

Parking — For those staying at the Benson the overnight valet parking rate is $37 per day. For those not staying at the Benson the parking rate is $8 per hour with a maximum of $42 per day.