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Dear Colleague,
In an effort to fully inform the defender community of the availability of
training in the defense of persons accused of capital crimes, would you
please post the following information on your web site? Thank you.
LIFE IN THE BALANCE 2002 CONFERENCE
March 9-12, 2002
Kansas City, Missouri
Contact: Aimee Gabel: 202.452.0620 ext: 214/ a.gabel@nlada.org

Life in the Balance is a capital case training conference for
mitigation specialists, defense investigators and defense attorneys. Life in
the Balance 2002 is a day and a half of specialized mitigation/investigation
training, plus two and a half days devoted to instruction for capital
defense litigators. It is a training event that provides an opportunity to
improve skills and techniques. Participants will increase their knowledge in
all areas of capital litigation. For additional info on this program, and
other training, go to www.nlada.org
.

FEDERAL CAPITAL DEFENSE STRATEGY SESSION
March 7-9, 2002
Kansas City, Missouri
Contact: Merle Freedman: 800.788.9908/ merle_freedman@ao.uscourts.gov

To Register - Open, fill-out and save this PDF form
ster1.pdf>, then fax it back to the number provided.

The Tenth Annual Federal Capital Defense Strategy Session will be offered in
conjunction with (and immediately preceding) the NLADA's Life in the Balance
conference. The session draws together most of the lawyers currently
handling federal capital cases throughout the country for two full days of
death penalty training and discussion of issues specific to federal death
penalty litigation. Topics include representing our clients in the DOJ death
penalty authorization process; selective prosecution and discovery;
government mental health evaluations; mitigation in the 21st century; and
resources and case budgeting.

Thank you.


Ron Gottlieb
National Legal Aid & Defender Association
1625 K Street NW, Suite 800
Washington, D.C. 20006
Tel: 202.452.0620 x233
Fax: 202.872.1031
www.nlada.org/Defender