Criminal Law and Policy News and Events for the University of Arizona Community

Criminal Law Speaker Wednesday: Source Code and the Right to Confrontation: What it is and why the defense needs it.

On Wednesday, September 2, in Room 164, James Nesci, Nesci St. Louis and West, will speak on Source Code and the Right to Confrontation: What it is and why the defense needs it. Pizza will be served at 12:05 p.m., the talk will start at 12:15 p.m., and end by 1:20 p.m. CLE credit for Arizona attorneys. Download CLE Certificate 9-2-09

Defending Foreign Nationals in Death Penalty Cases: The Mexican Government's Role

Download CLE Certificate 8_26_09On Wednesday, August 26, in Room 164, Greg Kuykendall and Annamarie Valdiva Frank with Kuykendall & Associates will speak on Defending Foreign Nationals in Death Penalty Cases:  The Mexican Government's Role.   Co-sponsored with the Immigration Law Students Association. 

 For background information, see Greg Kuykendall, Mitigation Abroad:  Preparing a Successful Case for Life for the Foreign National Client, 36 Hofstra Law Review 989 (2008) (available at http://law.hofstra.edu/academics/Journals/LawReview/lrv_issues_v36n03.html

Medellín v. Texas, 552 U.S. __ (2008) (available on line at http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/06-984.ZS.html),  and discussing the Case Concerning Avena and Other Mexican Nationals (International Court of Justice) http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/index.php?pr=605&code=mus&p1=3&p2=3&p3=6&case=128&k=18

Pizza will be served at 12:05p.m., the talk will start at 12:15p.m., and end by 1:20p.m. This schedule is subject to change; for the latest information, please consult http://uacj.typepad.com.  CLE credit for Arizona attorneys.