Arraignment Training and Pleading at Arraignment (Webinar) (1.5 CLE credits)

Friday, June 6, 2025 ~ 1:00pm -2:30pm (Webinar)

$60 CDAM Members/$75 Non-Members

Direct Billing Agreement partners register free of charge. Contact your funding unit for more information.

CLE Credit Hours - 1.5

Description: This session will discuss important information that we need to get from the client as well as special bond conditions that need to be requested at arraignment, such as permission to leave the state or work curfew exception. I will also discuss traffic tickets and how to save your client points and fines. I will also discuss the importance of resolving a case at arraignment if that is what your client would like to do. 

Take-aways:

• Get complete information from client at arraignment
• Find out special bond conditions so you don’t have to file a motion later
• Know the different traffic violation points & fines so you can negotiate
• Try to resolve case same day if that is what your client wants
• Work with the court and prosecutors to develop a system that works in your county

Presenter

~Shayne K. Williams~

Shayne is with the Berrien County Public Defender Office. She has been with Berrien County since 2017 when she worked as a PAAM intern and graduated from Valparaiso Law School in 2018. She joined the Defender's Office in January 2019.