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The SPD's 2022 Annual Criminal Defense Conference will be held in-person November 3 and 4 at the Hyatt Regency Milwaukee, located at 333 W. Kilbourn Avenue.

Like pre-pandemic days, the Conference will be held in-person with up to six tracks of programming to choose from.  

In order to offer people a virtual option, we will live-stream the sessions in the Regency Ballroom. Virtual attendees will have only one track (the Regency Ballroom track) of programming.  

Please complete this form as soon as possible if you plan to attend. People have the option to attend both days or just one day of the Conference. 

We anticipate approval for 14.5 CLE, including up to 4 ethics credits. 

Ethics sessions will be offered on both days: one ethics session on Thursday and three ethics sessions on Friday. 

Fees are as follows:
ATTORNEYS ACTIVELY TAKING PUBLIC DEFENDER CASES, PUBLIC DEFENDERS FROM OTHER STATES, CIVIL LEGAL AID ATTORNEYS, ALJs, JUDGES, AND COURT COMMISSIONERS:
$350 both days/$250 one day.

PRIVATE BAR ATTORNEYS NOT ACTIVELY TAKING PUBLIC DEFENDER CASES:
$450 both days/$350 one day.

NON-ATTORNEYS (e.g., private investigators, paralegals, psychologists, social workers, etc.) LEGISLATORS, LEGISLATIVE STAFF, AND LAW CLERKS:
$250 both days/$150 one day.

RETIRED SPD STAFF LAWYERS: $100 for both days or one day.

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State Public Defender

ATTN SPD Fiscal Unit

17 S. Fairchild St., 5th Floor

Madison, WI 53703

Upcoming In-Person Training Programs
 

Event information and registration links will be posted here once they are available.​​

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• Collateral Consequences of Juvenile Delinquency Proceedings​​

  • October 18, 2022 | Superior Region | REGISTER HERE

  • October 19, 2022 | Eau Claire Region | REGISTER HERE

  • October 20, 2022 | Stevens Point Region | REGISTER HERE

  • October 21, 2022 | Green Bay Region | REGISTER HERE

  • October 24, 2022 | La Crosse Region | REGISTER HERE

  • October 25, 2022 | Madison Region | REGISTER HERE

  • October 26, 2022 | Janesville Region | REGISTER HERE​

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• Object Anyway! | RESGISTER HERE

  • October 20, 2022 | West Bend

  • October 21, 2022 | Elkhorn

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• SPD Annual Conference

  • November 3-4, 2022 |Milwaukee REGISTER HERE

  • November  2-3 , 2023 | Milwaukee​

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• Defense Team Basics

  • February 13-15, 2023 | Weston​

  • July 12-14, 2023 | Weston

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• JRATE 2023 - “Confronting the Risk of Unfair Prejudice: Preserving the Record for Appeal and Raising Race"

  • March 2, 2023 | Madison

  • March 3, 2023 | Waukesha

  • March 29, 2023 | Stevens Point

  • March 30, 2023 | Green Bay

  • March 31, 2023 | Fond du Lac

  • May 23, 2023 | Milwaukee

  • May 24, 2023 | Racine

  • May 25, 2023 | Janesville 

  • June 14, 2023 | Superior

  • June 15, 2023 | Eau Claire

  • June 16, 2023 | La Crosse 

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• Trial Skills Academy | May 15-19, 2023 | Lake Geneva​