| MCLE Credit: | 6.0 (Ethics: 1.0) |
| Live-Interactive Credit: | 0.0 |
| Designation Credit: | 6.0 Trial Practice/Litigation, 1.0 Ethics (Designations Information) |
| VIDC Re-Certification Credit: | 6.0 Misdemeanor/Felony, 1.0 Mental Health (VIDC Information) |
| Price: | $309 (Includes a downloadable audio version.) |
| Viewable Through: | 01/31/2028 |
$309.00 (or 6 Bundle Credits)
A pre-recorded streaming VIDEO replay from the February live seminar, 55th Annual Criminal Law 2025.
Sponsored by Virginia CLE® in Cooperation with the Section on Criminal Law of the Virginia State Bar
Now in its 55th year, this highly acclaimed annual event begins with a comprehensive review of developments in substantive and procedural criminal law in the past year. You will also receive tips straight from the Bench and an in-depth discussion on timely topics of critical interest to criminal law practitioners in 2025.
Topics covered this year include:
Recent Developments and Criminal Law Update
Professor Julie McConnell, University of Richmond School of Law / Richmond
An annual comprehensive review of developments in substantive and procedural criminal law. This session provides an update on the development of important case law issued over the past year.
§ 19.2-271.6 and § 19.2-303.6: Making Use of Experts and Their Reports
Bradley R. Haywood, Arlington Public Defenders Office / Arlington
Sharon Kelley, UVA Health / Charlottesville
This session pairs a forensic clinician with a criminal defense attorney to demystify the forensic evaluation process from the request to usage in court. They specifically focus on the introduction of mental health evidence under § 19.2-271.6 and deferrals under § 19.2-303.6.
The Download: Cell Phone Technology
Alfred Gray Collins, III, Colonial Heights Commonwealth Attorney’s Office / Colonial Heights
Joshua A. Pickens, Intelligence Research Specialist, Special Operations Division, Technical Operations Branch, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives / Richmond
An Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Intelligence Research Specialist discusses the technical download, and an experienced attorney discusses how the data can help or hurt a case and how to prepare your expert witness.
Authentication and Admissibility of Electronic Evidence in Virginia
Hon. Gerald I. Fisher, Senior Judge, District of Columbia Superior Court / Washington, DC
This session discusses the evidence rules and principles governing the admissibility of electronic evidence and contains illustrative hypotheticals during the presentation.
The Ethical Attorney: How to Avoid the “Personal and Confidential” Letter
William W. Tunner, ThompsonMcMullan, P.C. / Richmond
Paulo E. Franco, Jr., ThompsonMcMullan, P.C. / Richmond
No attorney practicing law in Virginia relishes receiving the dreaded envelope from the Virginia State Bar marked “Personal and Confidential.” In this hour of ethics, former Assistant Bar Counsel Paulo E. Franco, Jr., and William W. Tunner provide you with an overview of the Virginia Attorney Disciplinary System and tips for navigating the process should you be on the receiving end of a complaint. They also offer tips and ethical considerations concerning fee agreements, such as how to handle flat fees to keep meritless bar complaints from turning into trust account violation cases. The session concludes with some hypotheticals regarding ethical issues that confront attorneys in the criminal justice system.
Hon. Gerald I. Fisher, Senior Judge, District of Columbia Superior Court / Washington, DC
Alfred Gray Collins, III, Colonial Heights Commonwealth Attorney’s Office / Colonial Heights
Paulo E. Franco, Jr., ThompsonMcMullan, P.C. / Richmond
Bradley R. Haywood, Arlington Public Defenders Office / Arlington
Sharon Kelley, UVA Health, Institute of Law, Psychiatry, and Public Policy, University of Virginia School of Medicine / Charlottesville
Professor Julie McConnell, University of Richmond School of Law / Richmond
Joshua A. Pickens, Special Operations Division, Technical Operations Branch, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives / Richmond
William W. Tunner, ThompsonMcMullan, P.C. / Richmond
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