Discovery Room
Visit our Discovery Room to watch recordings of presentations and live panels. We also have a Financial Advisor available to answer any questions you may have.
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Welcome to the Fifth Annual NYS Public Defenders Career Fair 2022 by Patricia Warth, Director, New York State Office of Indigent Legal Services.
Welcome to the Fifth Annual NYS Public Defenders Career Fair 2022 by Susan Bryant, Executive Director, New York State Defenders Association
Welcome to the Fifth Annual NYS Public Defenders Career Fair 2022 by Mark Funk, President of the Chief Defenders Association of New York and Conflict Defender of Monroe County, NY.
How to Navigate the 5th Annual NYS Public Defenders Career Fair. An overview of all the elements of this year's fair that you should not miss, with Lisa Patterson, Program Director for Externships, Public Interest and Access to Justice Initiatives at University at Buffalo School of Law.
Financial Services and Loan Forgiveness
Michael Schram, Financial Advisor, student loan forgiveness expert will be present in the room from to answer questions.
1:00 – 5:00 p.m. (EDT) - Join the Financial Advisor Zoom Room.
Meet with members of the NYS Office of Indigent Legal Services
1:00 – 5:00 p.m. (EDT) - Join the Indigent Legal Services Informational Room.
Meet with members of the New York State Defenders Association
1:00 – 5:00 p.m. (EDT) - Join the NYSDA Informational Room.
Public Defense in New York: An Introduction
1:30 - 2:00 p.m. (EDT)
- Patricia Warth, Director, NYS Office of Indigent Legal Services
- Susan Bryant, Executive Director, New York State Defenders Association
What we do in 2022: Life as a Public Defender
Featuring a discussion of Bail and Discovery Reform
2:30 - 3:00 p.m. (EDT)
- Yung-Mi Lee, Legal Director, Brooklyn Defender Services
- Gregory Coleman, Legal Director of Training, The Legal Aid Society
- Arielle Reid, Supervising Attorney, The Legal Aid Society
Public Defense After Sentencing: Appellate Practice Q&A for Law Students
3:30 – 4:00 p.m. (EDT)
- Mandy Jarmillo, Senior Appellate Counsel, NYS Office of Indigent Legal Services, Statewide Appellate Support Center
- Erin Tresmond, Chief Attorney, Appeals and Post-Conviction Unit, The Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo, Inc.
Come to the Boondocks: Public Defense in Rural Counties
4:30 – 5:00 p.m. (EDT)
- Heather Burley, Chautauqua County Public Defender
- Andrew Correia, Wayne County Public Defender
- James McGahan, St Lawrence County Public Defender
Inspirational Videos
Plenary Remarks from the 2020 Virtual Holistic Defense and Leadership Conference by Jeffrey Robinson
(Used with permission from the National Legal Aid and Defenders Association)
Recorded Webinars
Silence No More: Why Public Defenders Must Fight for Racial Equality as We Fight for Clients
April Frazier Camara, Director of Defender Legal Services Initiatives at the National Legal Aid and Defenders Association. Camara advances NLADA’s goals and priorities through strategic initiatives aimed at enhancing public defense.
A Day in the Life of a New Public Defender
Griffin Dault, Wayne County Public Defender
Gabriela Mejias, New York County Defender Services
Farina Barth, Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo