2024 Forensic Workshop Series

This is a hybrid workshop. You can register to attend in-person or virtually!

Course Description

Ms. Terrell has developed a series of workshops designed for social workers, mental health practitioners, and criminal justice professionals. Each workshop will have a diverse panel of members, including lawyers and judges, sharing their first-hand knowledge and experiences with the criminal justice system.


June 3, 2024

Register to attend in-person or online!

Forensic Practice and Death Penalty Mitigation

6.0 contact hours (including 1.0 ethics and 1.0 supervision)

This forensic practice workshop will provide a detailed discussion of death penalty mitigation, including the analysis of general mitigation initiatives and the development of a capital mitigation defense.
Objectives:

  • Learn what constitutes a mitigation defense.
  • Identify the components of a mitigation assessment.
  • Apply the concepts of a mitigation defense to adolescentsĀ appropriate for “Miller Ruling” cases.
  • Discuss ethical Issues and challenges in death penalty cases.

Understand how to present a mitigation defense in a sentencing


September 9, 2024

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Forensic Practice and the Family Court System

6.0 contact hours (including 1.0 ethics and 1.0 supervision)

This forensic practice workshop will describe therapeutic divorce mediation, including issues such as parental alienation, emotional abuse, and more. In addition, juvenile sex offender risk assessment models and therapeutic interventions will be described.

Objectives:

  • Learn the concepts and techniques of therapeutic divorce mediation.
  • Learn the relationship between developmental dynamics and therapeutic divorce mediation.
  • Identify two juvenile sex offender risk assessments.
  • Discuss ethical dilemmas in high conflict divorce mediation.