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FACDL President Elect Jamie Benjamin Invites You to Attend FACDL’s 26th Annual Meeting
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This year’s Annual Meeting is being held at the fabulous Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach. Click here to read Jamie’s personal invitation to you.
Registration is now open for the 26th Annual Meeting. You can download the registration form here, or register online under the upcoming seminars tab.
26th Annual Meeting Registration (127.73 kB)
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FACDL Donates $10,000 to the Innocence Project of Florida for DNA Testing
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On Friday, April, 5, the Innocence Project of Florida celebrated its tenth anniversary in Miami, at the Four Seasons Hotel, with more than 200 in attendance, including several exonerees and their families. Innocence Project of Florida’s Board Chair, former FACDL president David Rothman, recognized several luminaries in the crowd. Pictured here, David is introducing FACDL’s Immediate Past President, Nellie King, after David announced FACDL as the recipient of Chairman’s Award. Nellie is shown having just presented David with a check, on behalf of FACDL, in the amount of $10,000.00, earmarked for DNA testing and Innocence Project staff salaries. It is rumored these two events were unrelated.
FACDL Celebrates the 50th Anniversary of Gideon v. Wainwright
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FACDL celebrated the 50th anniversary of Gideon v. Wainwright at a seminar on March 8, 2013, in Tampa. Speaker Bruce Jacob, Dean Emeritus and Law Professor at Stetson University College of Law, recalled for attendees his experiences as the Florida Assistant Attorney General who briefed and argued Gideon v. Wainwright in the United States Supreme Court on behalf of the State of Florida. After the Supreme Court's decision establishing the right to counsel, Professor Jacob was one of the first to volunteer as a special assistant public defender. Other speakers at the seminar included Professor Susan Herman, President of the ACLU and Constitutional and Criminal Law Professor, Brooklyn Law School; Johanna Steinberg, Director of Criminal Justice Practice, NAACP Legal Defense Fund; Bob Dillinger, Public Defender, Sixth Judicial Circuit; Julie Holt, Public Defender, Thirteenth Judicial Circuit; Paul Rashkind, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Miami; Jim Skuthan, Chief Assistant Federal Public Defender, Middle District of Florida; Sonya Rudenstine, FACDL Amicus Committee; and Jude Faccidomo, FACDL Board Member.
Course Materials and Audio Now Available for 2013 Criminal Law Review Seminar
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Receive the full 14.5 CLE credits, including 1.0 hours of Ethics, by ordering the audio and course materials. Just download the form below, and (1) fill out the top 4 lines; (2) fill out the payment information; (3) under “Course Materials for Those Unable to Attend” check the box to indicate if you are a FACDL Member or Non-Member; (4) check the box to indicate of you want the materials in MP3 or CD format; (5) send in the form and appropriate payment.
2013 Criminal Law Certification Review Seminar (78 kB)
2013 Criminal Law Review Certification Seminar Schedule (15.89 kB)
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