| Welcome to the Wisconsin State Public Defender's on-demand training site! For instructions on how to get started, click on the " Help" link located in the main menu. Mark your calendar for the 2012 Wisconsin Public Defenders' Trial Skill Academy coming up May 14-18, 2012. The program will be held at the Grand Geneva Resort in Lake Geneva again this year. To access the materials section of our site, please first click the "Training Materials" link to the left and then click the "login as a guest" button on the next screen.
Virtually every step that is taken in the representation of a defendant in state court could have a consequence in future or current federal court proceedings. This program will provide an overview of the federal system and the interrelationship between state court proceedings and criminal actions brought by the government. This course expires and will be removed from the website at midnight, December 31, 2013. Course length: 4 hours, 33 minutes, 53 seconds CLE Credits: 5.0 CLE, No Ethics Credits $100.00 for private bar attorneys actively taking SPD cases $200.00 for private bar attorneys not actively taking SPD cases ENROLLMENT AND PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS In this course, the Honorable Richard Sankovitz, Circuit Court Judge, Milwaukee County, explains and shares the judicial perspective of the recent legislative changes made to positive adjustment time, risk reduction sentences and earned release. Also discussed are modifications to early release and petitions for sentence adjustment. This course expires and will be removed from the website at midnight, December 31, 2012. Course length: 55 Minutes CLE Credits: 1.0 CLE, No Ethics Credits $50.00 for private bar attorneys actively taking SPD cases $100.00 for private bar attorneys not actively taking SPD cases PAYMENT AND ENROLLMENT INSTRUCTIONS SPD Appellate training presented July 22, 2011 in Milwaukee, WI. This program includes valuable lessons on how to spot and frame issues in an appeal, tips from Judge Ralph Adam Fine on how to win your client’s appeal, information on avoiding common ethics complaints as well as other critical information for attorneys handling appeals. This course expires and will be removed from the website at midnight, December 31, 2012. Course length: 3 hours, 20 minutes CLE Credits: 3.5 CLE, No Ethics Credits $50.00 for private bar attorneys actively taking SPD cases $100.00 for private bar attorneys not actively taking SPD cases PAYMENT AND ENROLLMENT INSTRUCTIONS In January 2011, the Wisconsin Legislature made substantial revisions to Wis. Stats. Ch. 907 regarding the admissibility of expert testimony. These revisions have brought Wisconsin into line with what is known in the federal system as the “Daubert” standard and potentially opens up a new area of litigation concerning what scientific testimony should now be permitted in Wisconsin courtrooms. This program includes presentations by Professor Daniel Blinka, Judge Ellen Brostrom, Judge Patricia Gorence and attorney Craig Albee.
This course expires and will be removed from the website at midnight, December 31, 2012. Course Length: 2 hours, 55 minutes CLE Credits: 3.5 CLE, No Ethics Credits There are no quizes in this course. $50.00 for private bar attorneys actively taking SPD cases $100.00 for private bar attorneys not actively taking SPD cases
Deer Oaks, an SPD Employee Assistance Program (EAP) partner, and the SPD Office of Training and Development have produced a number of short videos describing the EAP services available to Public Defender staff and their families. (For internal agency use only.) Act 164 Modernizes the State Public Defender's Financial Guidelines. (internal use only)
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