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| Pivoting Past the Pandemic: Work-Life Balance for Legal Professionals and Maintaining Competency |
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| Hot Issues in S.B. 1437 Litigation (from the 2022 SDAP Seminar) |
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| Social Science on Appeal: The Sequel (from the 2022 SDAP Seminar) |
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| Legal Developments in Challenging Gang Allegations (AB 333) (from the 2022 SDAP Seminar) |
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| Section 1170, Then and Now (from the 2022 SDAP Seminar) |
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| How to Get Your Fee Claim Processed Efficiently (and How to Get Paid for All the Time you Billed) (from the 2021 SDAP Seminar) |
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| Using Social Science in Your Appeal (or How to Bring the Court Back to Reality) (from the 2021 SDAP Seminar) |
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| Recent Developments Concerning Youthful Offenders in Adult and Juvenile Court (from the 2021 SDAP Seminar) |
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| Ethical Issues on Appeal (from the 2021 SDAP Seminar) |
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| Credits Revisited 2021: An Update (from the 2021 SDAP Seminar) |
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| Appendix - Information About The Elderly Parole Program |
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| Issue Spotting (From the 2020 SDAP Foundations of Appellate Practice Seminar) |
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| How to Write a Great Opening Brief - Everything You Need to Know |
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| How to Write a Great Opening Brief - Additional Material |
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| How to Write a Great Opening Brief - Practical Advice |
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| How to Write a Great Opening Brief - Appendix |
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| Standards of Review and Prejudice (And How to Satisfy Them) (From the 2020 SDAP Foundations of Appellate Practice Seminar) |
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| Plea Bargaining and Sentencing Concerns |
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| Plea Bargaining and Sentencing Concerns - Adverse Consequences |
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| Writing a Reply Brief (From the 2020 SDAP Foundations of Appellate Practice Seminar) |
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| Oral Argument with appendix (From the 2020 SDAP Foundations of Appellate Practice Seminar) |
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| Oral Argument Appendix |
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| Waiver and Forfeiture (From the 2020 SDAP Foundations of Appellate Practice Seminar) |
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| Waiver and Forfeiture Elusive Exceptions (From the 2020 SDAP Foundations of Appellate Practice Seminar) |
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| Rehearing and Review Petitions (From the 2020 SDAP Foundations of Appellate Practice Seminar) |
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| Arguing Judicial Bias (from the 2020 SDAP seminar) |
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| Arguing Judicial Misconduct (from the 2020 SDAP seminar) |
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| Federalization in Criminal Appeals (from the 2020 SDAP seminar) |
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| Federalization in Non-Criminal Appeals (from the 2020 SDAP seminar) |
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| Clearing Procedural Hurdles: Getting Your Case Before the Court of Appeal (from the 2020 SDAP seminar) |
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| How to Write a Great Opening Brief and appendix (from the 2020 SDAP seminar) |
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| How to Write a Great Opening Brief Appendix |
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| Apprendi has Trumped Guerrero (from the 2019 SDAP seminar) |
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| How to Settle the Record on Appeal (from the 2019 SDAP seminar) |
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| Petitions for Writ of Mandate (from the 2019 SDAP seminar) |
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| Ethics in the Modern Age (from the 2019 SDAP seminar) |
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| Independent State Grounds (from the 2018 SDAP seminar) |
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| New Issues to Raise in the Supreme Court (from the 2018 SDAP seminar) |
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| The Revival of Miranda and the Fifth Amendment (from the 2018 SDAP seminar) |
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| Styling with Authority (from the 2018 SDAP seminar) |
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| Issues Relating to the Selection and Conduct of the Jury (from the 2018 SDAP seminar) |
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| A Primer on Wheeler-Batson (from the 2018 SDAP seminar) |
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| First do no Harm: Adverse Consequences (from the 2017 SDAP seminar) |
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| People v. Sanchez and its Implications (from the 2017 SDAP seminar) |
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| Propositions 36, 47, 57, 64, and 66 (from the 2017 SDAP seminar) |
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| Pre-Fling Responsibilities (from the 2017 SDAP seminar) |
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| Roper, Graham, Miller, and Their Progeny (from the 2017 SDAP seminar) |
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| Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex Cases (from the 2016 SDAP seminar) |
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| Appeals From Orders After Judgment (from the 2016 SDAP seminar) |
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| Developments in Digital Privacy: Fourth Amendment and Probation Conditions (from the 2016 SDAP seminar) |
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| Representing Clients with Mental Health Issues (from the 2016 SDAP seminar) |
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| How to Use and Disabuse Precedent (from the 2016 SDAP seminar) |
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| All You Need to Know About Rehearing And Review Petitions: A Second Look (from the 2016 SDAP seminar) |
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| Standards of Review and How to Satisfy Them (from the 2015 SDAP seminar) |
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| Practical Appellate Issues Relating to DNA Evidence I (from the 2015 SDAP seminar) |
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| Practical Appellate Issues Relating to DNA Evidence II (from the 2015 SDAP seminar) |
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| Identifying and Challenging Prosecutorial Misconduct I (from the 2015 SDAP seminar) |
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| Identifying and Challenging Prosecutorial Misconduct II (from the 2015 SDAP seminar) |
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| Has Apprendi Trumped Guerrero? Discussing Descamps and Other Developments (from the 2015 SDAP seminar) |
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| Prima Facie Case for Relief in Appeals (from the 2014 SDAP seminar) |
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| Three Strikes Reform Act Update (from the 2014 SDAP seminar) |
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| Speedy Trial and Statute of Limitations (from the 2014 SDAP seminar) |
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| Recurring Issues in Gang Appeals I (from the 2014 SDAP seminar) |
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| Recurring Issues in Gang Appeals II (from the 2014 SDAP seminar) |
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| Immigration Law for the Appellate Lawyer (from the 2014 SDAP seminar) |
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| Efficient and Accurate Preparation of Your Fee Claim (from the 2014 SDAP seminar) |
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| Three Strikes Law After Proposition 36 (from the 2013 SDAP seminar) |
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| AEDPA: Why Bother Federalizing? (from the 2013 SDAP seminar) |
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| Recurring Issues in Probation Appeals (from the 2013 SDAP seminar) |
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| Ethical Duties in Communications (from the 2013 SDAP seminar) |
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| Mental State Issues in Homicide Offenses (from the 2012 SDAP seminar) |
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| Presentence Credits: The Continuing Saga (from the 2012 SDAP seminar) |
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| Youthful Offenders in Juvenile and Adult Court (from the 2012 SDAP seminar) |
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| Between the Right to Self-Representation and the Right to Counsel (from the 2012 SDAP seminar) |
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| The Due Process Right to Adequate Notice of the Charges (from the 2012 SDAP seminar) |
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| Dealing with Procedural Problems in Suppression Motions (from the 2012 SDAP seminar) |
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| Bullcoming and Beyond (from the 2012 FDAP seminar) |
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| Juror Misconduct (from the 2011 SDAP seminar) |
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| Expert Opinion Testimony (from the 2011 SDAP seminar) |
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| How to Tell an Arguable Issue From a Frivolous One (from the 2011 SDAP seminar) |
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| The Saga of Penal Code section 4019 (from the 2011 SDAP seminar) |
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| Avoiding Common Pitfalls in Appellate Practice (from the 2011 SDAP seminar) |
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| Effective Legal Argument (from the 2010 SDAP seminar) |
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| Effective Legal Argument Appendix (from the 2010 SDAP seminar) |
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| Self-Defense: Instructional Issues (from the 2010 SDAP seminar) |
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| Self-Defense: Evidentiary Issues (from the 2010 SDAP seminar) |
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| Arguing Ineffective Assistance of Counsel on Appeal (from the 2010 SDAP seminar) |
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| Turning Murder Into Manslaughter (from the 2010 SDAP seminar) |
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| Hot Topics in Mental Health, Part I (from the 2010 SDAP seminar) |
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| Hot Topics in Mental Health, Part II (from the 2010 SDAP seminar) |
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| Suppressing Confessions (from the 2009 SDAP seminar) |
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| Issues in Juvenile Delinquency Dispositions (from the 2009 SDAP seminar) |
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| Attack and Enforcement of Plea Bargains (from the 2009 SDAP seminar) |
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| Credits Redux: How to Get 'Em, When to Get 'Em (from the 2009 SDAP seminar) |
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| A Primer on Prejudicial Error: The Applicable Tests and how to Satisfy Them. (from the 2009 SDAP seminar) |
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| Keeping it a Fair Fight: Attacking Prosecutorial Misconduct (from the 2008 SDAP seminar) |
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| Perfecting a Sentencing Appeal and a few Selected Sentencing Issues (from the 2008 SDAP seminar) |
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| Challenging the Testimony of Gang Experts (from the 2008 SDAP seminar) |
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| Defense Theories and Instructions (from the 2008 SDAP seminar) |
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| How to Develop a Competing Narrative of Facts that Trumps the Crime (from the 2008 SDAP seminar) |
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| All You Will Even Need to Know About Rehearing and Review Petitions (from the 2008 SDAP seminar) |
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| Constitutional Rights Available in Proceedings Other Than Criminal Trials (from the 2007 SDAP seminar) |
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| Cunningham Update (from the 2007 SDAP seminar) |
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| Oral Argument (from the 2007 SDAP seminar) |
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| Common Evidentiary Issues, Part I (from the 2007 SDAP seminar) |
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| Common Evidentiary Issues, Part II (from the 2007 SDAP seminar) |
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| Ethical Duties of Trial Counsel to Former Clients and Appellate Counsel (from the 2007 SDAP seminar) |
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| Ethical Duties of Appellate Counsel to Client and Court (from the 2007 SDAP seminar) |
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| Guerrilla War Against the Three Strikes Law (from the 2006 SDAP seminar) |
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| Issues in the Trial of Prior Conviction Allegations (from the 2006 SDAP seminar) |
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| Homicide Cases: The Search for Issues (from the 2006 SDAP seminar) |
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| Wheeler-Batson Developments (Jan. 2006) |
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| Ethical Dilemmas I (from the 2005 SDAP seminar) |
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| Ethical Dilemmas II (from the 2005 SDAP seminar) |
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| Ex Post Facto Clause (from the 2005 SDAP seminar) |
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| Deciphering Psychological Evaluations (from the 2005 SDAP seminar) |
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| Crawford (from the 2004 SDAP seminar) |
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| Criminal Threats and Witness Dissuasion (from the 2004 SDAP seminar) |
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| Issue Spotting (from the 2004 SDAP seminar) |
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| All Those Fines (from the 2004 SDAP seminar) |
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| Immigration Consequences (from the 2004 SDAP seminar) |
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| Evidentiary Issues Frequently Arising in Homicide Cases |
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| Evidentiary Issues Frequently Arising in Sex Cases |
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| Sex Crime Instructional Error Issues |
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| Four Easy Steps to Understanding Determinate Sentencing Law (Updated 2017) |
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| Getting Credit When Credit is Due |
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