Washington, DC: NORML is still accepting registrations from criminal defense lawyers who wish to attend the organization’s 31st annual Key West Legal Seminar.
This year’s event will take place Thursday, December 5th to Saturday, December 7th at the Pier House Resort and Caribbean Spa in Key West, Florida. Join NORML’s staff and many of the nation’s top criminal defense attorneys in one of America’s most ‘pot-friendly’ cities.Presentations at this year’s seminar include: ‘Latest Important Court Decisions,’ ‘The Implications of Marijuana Use on Child Custody and Child Welfare Cases,’ ‘Cross-Examination of a Police Officer,’ ‘Ethical Implication of Brady’, ‘Jury Nullification,’ ‘Motions for a New Trial: “Muligan Please,” and ‘Recreational Marijuana Licensing, Cannabis Civil Litigation, Banking, Taxation, and Intellectual Property.’
Speakers at this year’s conference include: Jerry Cox, current president of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL), and former NACDL presidents Gerry Goldstein, John Wesley Hall and Jeffrey Weiner; family law specialists Natalie Alane and Mary Chartier; William Buckman, former vice-president of the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey; David Baugh, former president of the VA Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; and Hillary Bricken, with Canna Law Group in Seattle.
Social events at the event include an opening night reception, an evening party at The Reach Resort (sponsored by High Times Magazine), and a NORML benefit dinner at Camille’s Restaurant.
Conference agenda and registration information for the 31st annual NORML Key West Legal Seminar is available online. The Key West Legal Seminar is fully accredited in every state that requires continuing legal education (CLE) for attorneys.