National Black Prosecutors Association 32nd Annual Conference and Job Fair 2015 CLE Program Schedule Sunday 7:30-5pm registration 4pm Welcome Reception Monday 8:00am-5pm registration 9am-9:30am WelcomeNBPA President, Dean GW LAW (GBII) 9:30am10:30am “Head Feds: Fighting Crime in a Modern Era” (GBII) Tuesday 8:00am-5pm registration 9am-5pm Job Fair 9:00-10am “The Law Enforcement Witness: The Art and Science of Directing the Lead Investigator at Trial” (GBII) 10-11 am “Examining the Difficult Witness” (GBII) Wednesday 8:00am-5pm registration 9-10 am plenary sessionnominations forum(GBII) Thursday 8:00am-5pm registration 9:00am-10 am “CrossExamination of the Insanity Expert” (GBII) Friday 8:00am-5pm registration 9-10 am “Guilty Until Proven Innocent: The Impact of Race on Eyewitness Identification” Part I(GBII) 10-11am Effective Appellate Advocacy(GBII) 10-11am “Skeletons in Your Closet: Demystifying the Background Investigation and Suitability Review Process in Government Hiring” (GBII) 11-12pm “Confrontation Clause: The Final Episode?”(GBII) 10-11am “Guilty Until Proven Innocent: The Impact of Race on Eyewitness Identification” Part II(GBII) 12-5 On your own/ Washington Monument Tour 6-10pm Harlem Renaissance Gala (GBII) Concurrent session: “Prosecuting the Aider and Abettor”(RR) 11-12 pm “Juvenile Justice: A Roundtable Discussion of Best Practices” (GBII) 10:30am12pm State & Local Prosecutors & Police: “Caught in a Gunfight: The Impact of OfficerInvolved Shootings on Law Enforcement and the Community” (GBII) 12pm-2pm Awards Lunch (GBI) 11-12pm “The Respect Effect: The Impact of Neuroleadership in Prosecution (GBII) 12-1pm lunch on your own 12-2pm Profiles in Courage Luncheon(GBI) 12-1pm Lunch on your own 2-3pm International Panel: “Combatting International Terrorism” (GBII) 3-4pm 1-2pm “Complying with Brady v. Maryland” (GBII) 1-5 pm voting 1-2pm “DNA – The Gold Standard” (GBII) 2-3 pm 1-2pm 2-3pm 11-12 pm Supreme Court Review & Advocacy(GBII) Saturday Board Meeting National Black Prosecutors Association 32nd Annual Conference and Job Fair 2015 CLE Program Schedule “Gun Fighting in the Courtroom: Firearms Forensics” (GBII) Concurrent session: 3-4:30 p.m. “Using Trace Evidence to Reconstruct Crimes”(RR) 4-5pm Hate Crime Homicides (GBII) 5:30pm Odyssey Dinner Cruise Gang prosecutions and dealing with cooperating defendants(GBII) 3-4 pm Anticipating defenses and rebuttals in gang prosecutions (GBII) 4-5 pm “Challenges in Prosecuting Child Death Cases” (GBII) 5-7pm Job reception 7pm Washington Nationals game “Inside the Mind of a Serial Killer” (GBII) Concurrent session: “Drug Courts: What Makes Them Work?”(RR) 2-3pm “Smart on Crime: What Does That Mean for Prosecutors?” (GBII) Concurrent session: “The Visual Trial”(RR) 3-4pm “The Fourth Amendment in a Digital World” (GBII) Concurrent session: “Mastering the Rules of Evidence”(RR) 4-5pm Prosecuting Metals Theft (and why?) (RR) Concurrent session: “Diversion and Deferred Prosecutions” (GBII) Off-site activity-TBD 69 pm “Ra Diggs: A Study in Racketeering” (GBII) Concurrent session: “I Did It! Avoiding the Pitfall of False or Tainted Confessions” (RR) 3-3:30pm TECHSHARE (GBII) 3:30-4:30 pm “Turning Lemons into Lemonade: Making the Best of a Bad Trial at Closing” (GBII) 4:30-5pm Legislative Update(GBII) Senate Reception 5:30-7:30 pm