2025
Conference Schedule
Wednesday, June 25th
Registration and Check-in
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
University of Iowa College of Law - Main Lobby
Details: Free coffee, drinks, and snacks will be available. Lunch can be purchased.
2025 Legislative Update Impacting Criminal Defense and Juvenile Justice
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Kurt Swaim
Office of the State Public Defender
University of Iowa College of Law - Levitt Room 295
Materials: Handout
A brief IAJ introduction will follow Kurt’s presentation.
Juvenile Reverse Waivers
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Magdalena Reese
Office of the State Public Defender
University of Iowa College of Law - Room 235
Materials: Presentation
Intellectual Disability in Criminal Defense
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Juliet Yackel
Iowa College of Law - Levitt Room 295
Materials: Handout
Juvenile Case Law Update
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Erin E. Romar, CWLS
Youth Law Center
Iowa College of Law - Room 235
Materials: Presentation Notes
“In Their Hands” - Screening with Filmmaker
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Dan Protess
Protess Communications
Iowa College of Law - Room 225
Cross Examination
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
John Lentine
Sheffield and Lentine PC
Iowa College of Law - Levitt Room 295
Materials: Presentation
Impeachment
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
John Lentine
Sheffield and Lentine PC
Iowa College of Law - Levitt Room 295
Materials: Presentation
Happy Hour
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Bread Garden Market, 225 S Linn St, Iowa City, IA 52240
Details: First drink is free! Live music by Dave Zollo!
Thursday, June 26th
Investigator Roundtable and Use of Force Simulator
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Northeast Wisconsin Technical College
Iowa College of Law - Room 245
Details: For investigators only
Harnessing Your Superpower:
Ethical, Scientific, and Tactical Advantages of Personal Connectivity
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Bobby Rehkemper
Gourley, Rehkemper & Lindholm, PLC
Iowa College of Law - Levitt Room 295
Materials: Outline
Immigration Enforcement Updates / Case Studies
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Barbara Rodriguez and Julia Zalenski
IMMJ and Office of the State Public Defender
Iowa College of Law - Levitt Room 295
Materials: Presentation
Use of Force Simulator and Self-Defense
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Northeast Wisconsin Technical College
Iowa College of Law - Room 245
Details: All attendees are welcome!
Search and Seizure Law
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Sara Hildebrand
Iowa Law and Widener Law School
Iowa College of Law - Levitt Room 295
Materials: Presentation
Dodging the Lurking Dragon: Avoiding Federal Collateral Consequences
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Joe Herrold
Federal Public Defender
Iowa College of Law - Levitt Room 295
Materials: Presentation
Lunch and Annual Meeting
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Details: Several local food trucks will provide lunch, funded by the Public Defenders Association of Iowa.
Use of Force Simulator and Self-Defense
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Northeast Wisconsin Technical College
Iowa College of Law - Room 245
Details: All attendees are welcome!
Injustice and Mental Health Injury:
Strategies to Resist Burn Out, Compassion Fatigue, and Other Traumas
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Hannah Bousek
HB Psychotherapy, PLC
Iowa College of Law - Levitt Room 295
Materials: Resources
1A Based Challenges to Firearm Related Criminal Offenses/Enhancements
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Mary Wolfe
Office of the State Public Defender
Iowa College of Law - Levitt Room 295
Case Law Update
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Mary Conroy
Office of the State Public Defender
Iowa College of Law - Levitt Room 295
Materials: Handout
Juvenile Detention Hearing Advocacy
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Lynn Vogan
Office of the State Public Defender
Iowa College of Law - Room 235
More Than A Case File: What Youth in Foster Care and the Delinquency System Want You to Know
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
K. Powell, M. Malek, R. Antonuccio
HHS and SPD
Iowa College of Law - Room 235
Shifting Perspectives: Client Panel
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Charles Carnes, Kenneth Nixon, Kristofer Lyon
Moderator: Laura Bergus
Iowa College of Law - Levitt Room 295
Friday, June 27th
JusticeText Introduction to SPD
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM
JusticeText
Iowa College of Law - Levitt Room 295
Jury Instructions and Lesser Included Offenses
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Kevin Cmelik
Office of the Iowa Attorney General (Retired)
Iowa College of Law - Levitt Room 295
Materials: Presentation
Time Computations
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Meredith Lamberti and Steve Clarke
Iowa Board of Parole
Iowa College of Law - Room 235
Materials: Presentations
Jury Selection in the Digital Age
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Christy Wolfe
Office of the State Public Defender
Iowa College of Law - Room 235
Artificial Intelligence and the Law
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Joseph Amos
West Law
Iowa College of Law - Levitt Room 295
The Art of Asking: Navigating Sensitive Issues in Jury Selection
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Emily Hughes and Tim Semelroth
University of Iowa College of Law and RSH Legal
Iowa College of Law - Levitt Room 295
Materials: Presentation (PDF)
Flipping the Scripts: Using Bad Law
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Nichole Watt and Josh Irwin
Appellate Defender - Office of the State Public Defender
Iowa College of Law - Levitt Room 295
K-9 Sniff Study: 2014