2024 NORML Aspen Legal Seminar Agenda

Thursday, May 30

8:00 Breakfast and Seminar Registration
9:00 Self Introduction of Attendees (No CLE for this session)
10:00 Political Update (No CLE for this session)

10:30 The Legal Significance Between Rescheduling and Descheduling

11:20 Break
11:40 The Basics for Representing A Client in the Industry

12:30 Setting and Collecting Fees in Criminal Cases

1:30 Digging Deeper with Your Toxicology Subject Matter Expert: A Cannabis Intent to Distribute Case Study

2:20 Free Time 
5:00 – 7:00

Opening Reception, The Gant 

  • NORML welcomes seminar attendees to The Gant at a private rooftop terrace reception

Friday, May 31

8:00 Breakfast and Seminar Registration
9:00 Drug Recognition Experts And Workplace Impairment Recognition Experts; Junk Science Having Big Impacts, Especially For Minorities

9:50 Defending Your Marijuana/Drug/Alcohol DUI Case on a Budget

10:40 Break
11:00 The AI Boom: Key Legal Issues for the Cannabis Industry

11:50 The Rapidly Changing Psychedelic Laws

12:40 Special Challenges When Representing a Black or Brown Client in the Criminal Justice System

1:30  Free Time 
5:00 – 7:00

 Cocktail Party

  • Enjoy beer, wine, and hors d’oeuvres at the Aspen home of Gerry and Christine Goldstein

Saturday, June 1

  • Moderator: Keith Stroup, NORML Legal Counsel, Washington, DC
8:00 Breakfast
8:00-12:45 Distribute and collect CLE attendance forms
9:00 TechnoJury: Communication in the Digital Age

9:50 Using State Constitutional Rights to Defend Your Client

10:40 Break
11:00 Federal Cannabis Appeals and Amicus Roundup, 2023-24

11:50 Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail; the Story of Hunter S. Thompson and Aspen, CO (No CLE for this session)

12:40 Annual Review of Important 4th Amendment Decisions

 1:30  Free Time 

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2024 Hospitality Sponsors

CDM Law
King Morse attorneys
Law Offices of Joseph A. Bondy
Cannabis Counsel
John Wesley Hall
Tom Dean

Law Office of Andrew C. Maternowski