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National Alliance of Sentencing Advocates and Mitigation Specialists (NASAMS) Track

The National Alliance of Sentencing Advocates and Mitigation Specialists is offering their Fundamentals of Mitigation Certificate Program through attendance of all the NASASMS track sessions. The sessions will also be open to other track participants, with the exception of the closed small group sessions.

Melissa Kupferberg Annual Training Scholarship Information

NASAMS Session Topics

History and Significance of the Profession, Cessie Alfonso, LCSW

Intersections of Race and Defense-based Advocacy Work, Denise Smith, LCSW-C

Interviewing with Awareness to Gather the Story, Sam Dworkin, MA

Financial Wellness and Private Practice, Mary Veral

Digging Deep to Capture Emotional Content, Eva Buchwald 

Clients with Serious and Persistent Mental Illness, Lyndsey Lewis

Investigation, Collection, and Organizing Records, Katherine Mayer MA/CCDI

Competency to Stand Trial - The Basics, Dr. Julie Brovko

Engaging Restorative Practices in Defense Work, Alane Mabaquiao and Steve Wells 

Persuasive Report Writing, Shannon Keyes-Woodward 

Building Trauma-Informed Defense Teams, Megan Leschak, LMSW 

Sustainability, Social Justice, and Public Defender Office Culture, KC Quirk, LMSW

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