Event Calendar

Start Date: 2/14/2023 4:30 PM EST
End Date: 4/4/2023 6:30 PM EDT

Organization Name: National Association for Public Defense

Contact:

Week of February 14- Week of April 4 Final Meeting TBD

Taught online with six 90 minute small group meetings each week (including evening options)

Registrants will be asked to select small group times that work for their scheudle (time options forthcoming)

Price: $600 for NAPD Members, $750 for Non-Members

Apply for a Scholarship Here  - Scholarship Deadline - Jan 3, 12:00 pm Eastern | 9:00 am Pacific
Registration Deadline - Jan 27, 5:00 pm Eastern | 2:00 pm Pacific

NAPD Cancellation Policy

All registration cancellations must be submitted in writing to accounting@publicdefenders.us at least 7 days prior to the first day of the event. Refunds will be processed via the original payment method, minus a $25 administrative fee, after the event. In lieu of a refund, an organization may transfer the registration to another attendee at no additional cost. No refunds will be issued for cancellations received less than 7 days in advance. Should NAPD find it necessary to cancel the event for any reason, a refund will be issued in full.

Lori James-Townes, NAPD Executive Director
Lori earned her Master’s Degree in clinical social work (University of Maryland SSW) and her B.A. in Social Work from Morgan State University. Lori has over 25 years of clinical, training, and organizational development experience, which includes program development, program management, collegiate instruction, as well as leadership and management training. Lori has served as faculty for several universities, and as a member of national and regional leadership, development, communication, and team-building trainings. Lori is also President of Expand-Now, LLC.  Through this entity she can fulfill her lifelong passion of adding value to others through teaching and learning. She is a part-time Clinical Professor in the Family Studies and Community Development Department at Towson University. Prior to joining the Towson University family, she served as Director of Leadership and Program Development at the Maryland Office of Public Defender which has more than 800 employees across the state of Maryland. She also led the agency’s social work staff, consultants, and interns. In 2015, The Daily Record Newspaper named her as one of Maryland’s Top 100 Women. In addition to working as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, she is also an author, and a John Maxwell Certified Coach, Facilitator, Teacher, Trainer, and Speaker. 

Dr. Pamela Love-Manning
"Dr. Pam Love” is the founder of the Finishers Network, an inspirational speaker and has extensive training and leadership consulting experience. Pam has coached and conducted workshops nationally and internationally, has taught for a number of universities including the University of Southern California and has trained violence interrupters and returning citizens. Pam is the author of 5 books including See You At the Finish Line: Cultivating the Mindset of a Finisher. nPam holds degrees in psychology, social work (MSW and PhD) and has an MBA. She is a member of a number of professional organizations and is a mentor to a number of women. Pam has received numerous awards and recognitions for her service to various individuals and organizations. 

Leane Renee

Leane is the Chief of the Capital Habeas Unit for the Middle District of Pennsylvania Federal Public Defender. She supervises attorneys and core staff using an interdisciplinary team approach in representation of state and federal death-sentenced prisoners in federal habeas corpus proceedings. Leane began practicing law in 1996 and, prior to entering federal service in 2016, Leane represented clients in a variety of state public defender offices. As a trial attorney in the NYC Legal Aid Society’s Manhattan Criminal Defense Division, she represented nearly 2,500 clients; as a trial attorney in a small, rural public defender office in California, she became a founding member of one the state’s very first Mental Health Court programs, in 2002. She later her own private practice which focused on criminal, juvenile, child welfare, family law, and mental health litigation in several rural Northern California counties. Leane also served as Mitigation and Policy Director on the leadership team of a mid-size county public defender office in Pennsylvania, where she conducted extensive public outreach and in-house training to develop a client-centered holistic representation model and worked on local and national justice committees to launch programs addressing disproportionate minority contact.

Leonard Noisette
Lenny Noisette is the principal of Noisette Consulting, providing nonprofit management support and executive and leadership coaching. He has over 30 years of experience in senior management and leadership roles. Most recently, Lenny was the director of the Justice team at Open Society Foundations US, where he oversaw $20M in annual grant-making and field engagement activities to advance the foundation's criminal legal system reform efforts. Before joining the Foundations, Lenny was a founding senior staff member and long-serving Executive Director of the Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem (NDS), a nationally renowned community-based public defender office created to demonstrate a radically different approach to providing holistic and effective legal services. Lenny has been on the faculty of several trial skills and leadership development training programs. He currently serves as an adjunct professor at Fordham Law School, where he teaches lawyering skills courses. A lifelong New Yorker, Lenny lives in Queens, NY, with his wife of 35 years, where they raised two sons. In his spare time, Lenny enjoys cooking, gardening, and spending time with his gorgeous granddaughters.

NAPD Cancellation Policy

All registration cancellations must be submitted in writing to accounting@publicdefenders.us at least 7 days prior to the first day of the event. Refunds will be processed via the original payment method, minus a $25 administrative fee, after the event. In lieu of a refund, an organization may transfer the registration to another attendee at no additional cost. No refunds will be issued for cancellations received less than 7 days in advance. Should NAPD find it necessary to cancel the event for any reason, a refund will be issued in full.