Juvenile Training Immersion Program 2022
A Specialized Delinquency Training
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Complete the online evaluation here.
COVID-19 POLICY
The Board of Directors has decided that proof of vaccination and booster (if eligible) or a negative COVID-19 test result (at-home tests are NOT acceptable) pursuant to CDC guidelines will be required to attend this CLE and related events. Specifically if you are providing a negative test you will need to have a negative COVID-19 test result 48 hours prior to checking in with OCDLA at the conference. Masks are required at this event except when participants are eating or drinking. OCDLA has discretion to modify this policy with the consent of attendees for academic-related reasons.
View the OHA booster guidelines.
Training areas include —
- Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Gender Expression (Lesson 7)
- Competence to Stand Trial (Lesson 15)
Juvenile Training Immersion Program (JTIP)
Thursday afternoon, May 5 (12:00–4:45 p.m.)
Friday morning, May 6 (8:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.)
A special invitation-only delinquency training that involves large and small group work, plus interactive exercises led by inspiring trainers —
- Jennifer McGowan, Youth, Rights & Justice, Portland
- Elizabeth Wakefield, Metropolitan Public Defenders Office, Portland
- George Yeannakis, TeamChild, Washington
- Simmie Baer, Washington
- Ryan Newby, Metropolitan Public Defenders Office, Portland
$125 registration (no online registration). Limited space.
Limited to 27 attendees, one lawyer per judicial district, plus 3 from Oregon's tribal courts. Let your contract administrator know you would like to attend, and call Tracye May, 541-686-8716, to let her know. Deadline to register: April 25.
Developed by the National Juvenile Defender Center, JTIP is meant to be the “gold standard” in training for juvenile defenders and is intended to help defenders across the country offer the highest level of advocacy for their clients. Visit ocdla.org for more info about OCDLA’s JTIP training.
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TRAINER BIOS:
Jennifer McGowan is a supervising attorney with Youth, Rights & Justice, Attorneys at Law (YRJ), a non-profit law firm in Portland, Oregon. She has over 18 years of experience representing youth, children and parents in juvenile dependency and delinquency proceedings. She also oversees the SchoolWorks program at YRJ, where she represents clients in school disciplinary and special education cases. She is a certified JTIP trainer through the National Juvenile Defender Center and has developed and presented trainings throughout Oregon and Washington for over 14 years related to her work with young people involved in the juvenile court system.
George Yeannakis is a Public Defense Services Manager for the Washington State Office of Public Defense (OPD). George was a public defender in Seattle for over 20 years with The Defender Association and Society of Counsel where he supervised the juvenile offender unit. He established the Youth Advocacy Clinic at Seattle University School of Law where he was a clinical law professor for five years. George was then hired by TeamChild, a civil legal services firm in Seattle, under the MacArthur Foundation’s Models for Change Initiative.
Elizabeth Wakefield is an attorney with Metropolitan Public Defenders, Inc., Portland.
Simmie Baer has been a passionate poverty law advocate for 3S years. She created and developed a national model for juvenile advocacy, Teamchild, with offices in five counties in Washington State and several cities across the country. Ms. Baer is a nationally recognized consultant and trainer on juvenile justice issues and trial advocacy and specializes in the integration of adolescent brain development in all stages of criminal representation of youth.
Ryan Newby - Bio coming soon.
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Program subject to change.
CLE Credit — Pending approval in Oregon. For other state accreditation, call OCDLA at 541-686-8716.
Download written material here. Contact OCDLA for password.
Complete the online evaluation here.
Juvenile Training Immersion Program
May 5-6, 2022
Agate Beach Inn, Newport, OR
Trainers:
Jennifer McGowan, Youth, Rights & Justice, Portland
Elizabeth Wakefield, Metropolitan Public Defenders Office, Portland
George Yeannakis, TeamChild, Washington
Simmie Baer, Washington
Ryan Newby, Metropolitan Public Defenders Office, Portland
Thursday, May 5
12pm — Registration
12:30 p.m. — Introduction to The Gault Center and JTIP
Lesson 7: Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Gender Expression (4 hours with breaks)
I. 12:45pm - Introduction to Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Gender Expression (30 min total)
a. Terminology Review (10 minutes)
b. Considerations Related to Youth’s Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Gender Expression (20 minutes)
II. 1:15pm - Interviewing Youth and Preparing for the Detention Hearing (1 hour total)
a. Key Principles for Interviewing Youth (30 minutes)
1: 45pm - BREAK (15 minutes)
b. Forensic Exercise 1 (30 minutes)
III. 2:30pm - The Detention Hearing (30 minutes)
IV. 3pm - Advocating for LGBTQI Youth in Detention (15 minutes)
V. 3:15pm - Disposition (15 minutes)
VI. 3:30 - Post-Disposition (10 minutes)
VII. 3:40pm - Concluding Tips for Representing LGBTQI Youth (5 minutes)
3:45 - Break (15 minutes)
VIII. 4pm - Forensic Exercise 3: Detention and Disposition Considerations for LGBTQ Youth (45 minutes)
4:45 - Adjourn for Day
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Friday, May 6
7:30 a.m. — Breakfast
Lesson 15: Competence to Stand Trial (3 ½ hours total w/ breaks)
I. 8:30am - Law of Competence to Stand Trial (40 minutes)
II. 9:10am - Decision to Challenge Competence (30 minutes)
9:40am - Break (15 minutes)
III. 9:55am - Procedure for Raising a Claim of Incompetence (30 minutes)
IV. 10:25am - Preparing the Defense Expert or State Expert (20 minutes)
V. 10:45am - Competence Remediation (Restorative Services) (20 minutes)
11:05am – Break (15 minutes)
VI. 11:20am - Forensic Exercise: competence to Stand Trial (40 minutes)
Noon – Adjourn for Day
Program subject to change.
COVID-19 POLICY
The Board of Directors has decided that proof of vaccination and booster (if eligible) or a negative COVID-19 test result (at-home tests are NOT acceptable) pursuant to CDC guidelines will be required to attend this CLE and related events. Specifically if providing a negative test result you will need to have a negative COVID-19 test result 48 hours prior to checking in with OCDLA at the conference. Masks are required at this event except when participants are eating or drinking. OCDLA has discretion to modify this policy with the consent of attendees for academic-related reasons.
Agate Beach Inn, Newport
Agate Beach Inn kindly extended our lodging deadline to April 12, and they added rooms to the block as well!
Agate Beach is keeping the block open until the end of the day on Friday, April 15, on a first come first served basis.
The best way to find out about room availability is to call 541-265-9411, option 2. Make sure you mention you are with the OCDLA Juvenile Conference.
Call 541-265-9411, mention that you are with the OCDLA Juvenile Conference, or reserve online here: https://www.bestwestern.com/en_US/book/hotel-rooms.38154.html?groupId=G68ZJ7J0
$114 hillside, 1 king or 2 queen beds
$139 ocean view, 1 king or 2 queen beds
$250, studio suite, 1 queen murphy bed
Pet rooms available for extra charge and on a limited basis.
Agate Beach Inn kindly extended our lodging deadline to April 12, and they added rooms to the block as well!
Agate Beach is keeping the block open until the end of the day on Friday, April 15, on a first come first served basis.
The best way to find out about room availability is to call 541-265-9411, option 2. Make sure you mention you are with the OCDLA Juvenile Conference.
Call 541-265-9411, mention that you are with the OCDLA Juvenile Conference, or reserve online here: https://www.bestwestern.com/en_US/book/hotel-rooms.38154.html?groupId=G68ZJ7J0
$114 hillside, 1 king or 2 queen beds
$139 ocean view, 1 king or 2 queen beds
$250, studio suite, 1 queen murphy bed
Pet rooms available for extra charge and on a limited basis.
To register for the invitation only Juvenile Training Immersion Program, please contact OCDLA, 541-686-8716, or email tmay@ocdla.org.