BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Indigent Defense Services - ECPv6.15.17.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Indigent Defense Services X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.ncids.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Indigent Defense Services REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250909 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250912 DTSTAMP:20260404T101049 CREATED:20250702T164312Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250702T164312Z UID:10000476-1757376000-1757635199@www.ncids.org SUMMARY:2025 Higher-Level Felony Defense Training DESCRIPTION:The 2025 Higher-Level Felony Defense Training\, co-sponsored by the UNC School of Government and the Office of Indigent Defense Services\, is now open. \nPROGRAM OVERVIEW\, DATES\, AND LOCATION: The Higher-Level Felony Defense Training will be held at the School of Government on Tuesday\, September 9 – Thursday\, September 11. Topics will include preparing for serious felony cases\, eyewitness identifications\, habitual felons\, self-defense\, client relations and rapport\, sentencing law and advocacy\, and mitigation investigation. The program consists of a mix of lectures and intensive small-group workshops. Due to the program’s interactive nature\, participants must attend all sessions. \nFEE: The registration fee for private attorneys is $350. There is no fee for IDS state employees and private assigned and managed assigned counsel. \nREGISTRATION: Register here for the Higher-Level Felony Defense Training. The registration deadline is 5:00 pm on Friday\, August 22. \n Due to the expected level of interest\, the intensive nature of the training\, and limits on seating capacity\, the program is capped at a total of 40 participants. You must take the following steps BEFORE you can register. \n If you are in a public defender’s office\, you must obtain the approval of your Chief Public Defender to register. Because of limited space\, each office is allotted one slot. \n\nIf you are a private assigned and managed assigned counsel\, you must currently represent appointed felony clients to register.\n\nCLE CREDIT: This program will offer up to 12.50 hours of continuing legal education credit\, including 1 hour of ethics credit (pending State Bar approval). \nHOTEL INFORMATION: A block of rooms is available at the Tru by Hilton Chapel Hill (1742 Fordham Blvd\, Chapel Hill\, NC) for $129 plus taxes and fees. The hotel reservation deadline is Saturday\, August 9. To reserve a room\, please refer to the hotel’s website here or call the hotel at (984) 291-7200 and ask for room block “918” or “Higher Level Felony Defense Training.” \nTRAVEL INFORMATION: Contact Shannon Simmons\, IDS Accounts Payable Supervisor\, at Shannon.J.Simmons2@nccourts.org or (919) 890-1660. Please note that travel reimbursement forms must be submitted to IDS Financial Services by the end of the month following the travel\, or reimbursement will be denied. \nADDITIONAL INFORMATION: If you have any questions or need further information\, contact Program Manager Kayla Fowler at kfowler@sog.unc.edu.   URL:https://www.ncids.org/event/2025-higher-level-felony-defense-training/ LOCATION:UNC School of Government\, 400 South Rd.\, Chapel Hill\, 27599\, United States CATEGORIES:CLE GEO:35.910194;-79.0419721 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=DESCRIPTION:The 2025 Higher-Level Felony Defense Training co-sponsored by the UNC School of Government and the Office of Indigent Defense Services is now open. \nPROGRAM OVERVIEW DATES AND The Higher-Level Felony Defense Training will be held at the School of Government on Tuesday September 9 – Thursday September 11. Topics will include preparing for serious felony cases eyewitness identifications habitual felons self-defense client relations and rapport sentencing law and advocacy and mitigation investigation. The program consists of a mix of lectures and intensive small-group workshops. Due to the program’s interactive nature participants must attend all sessions. \nFEE: The registration fee for private attorneys is $350. There is no fee for IDS state employees and private assigned and managed assigned counsel. \nREGISTRATION: Register here for the Higher-Level Felony Defense Training. The registration deadline is 5:00 pm on Friday August 22. \n Due to the expected level of interest the intensive nature of the training and limits on seating capacity the program is capped at a total of 40 participants. You must take the following steps BEFORE you can register. \n If you are in a public defender’s office you must obtain the approval of your Chief Public Defender to register. Because of limited space each office is allotted one slot. \n\nIf you are a private assigned and managed assigned counsel you must currently represent appointed felony clients to register.\n\nCLE CREDIT: This program will offer up to 12.50 hours of continuing legal education credit including 1 hour of ethics credit (pending State Bar approval). \nHOTEL INFORMATION: A block of rooms is available at the Tru by Hilton Chapel Hill (1742 Fordham Blvd Chapel Hill NC) for $129 plus taxes and fees. The hotel reservation deadline is Saturday August 9. To reserve a room please refer to the hotel’s website here or call the hotel at (984) 291-7200 and ask for room block “918” or “Higher Level Felony Defense Training.” \nTRAVEL INFORMATION: Contact Shannon Simmons IDS Accounts Payable Supervisor at Shannon.J.Simmons2@nccourts.org or (919) 890-1660. Please note that travel reimbursement forms must be submitted to IDS Financial Services by the end of the month following the travel or reimbursement will be denied. \nADDITIONAL INFORMATION: If you have any questions or need further information contact Program Manager Kayla Fowler at kfowler@sog.unc.edu.  ;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=400 South Rd.:geo:-79.0419721,35.910194 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250918T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250918T140000 DTSTAMP:20260404T101049 CREATED:20250911T200248Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250911T200248Z UID:10000488-1758200400-1758204000@www.ncids.org SUMMARY:Suicide Prevention DESCRIPTION:Part of the  2025 IDS Mental Health and Education Series\n60 minutes of General Education CLE Credit \n  \nSuicide Prevention\nPresented by Dr. Mike Crum \nSchedule: The webinar will be held on Thursday\, September 18th from 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. Please plan to sign on 15 minutes before the start of the webinar to test your connection. The webinar includes a visual presentation\, live audio\, and interactive Q & A. \nCourse Sign Up: here \nFee: There is no registration fee for participants. \nDescription: This 1-hour training covers the basics of recognizing and managing the impact of suicide\, trauma and building best practices to recognize the signs of suicide and how to develop a meaningful conversation.  Participants will be able to learn how to become more suicide aware and discuss how suicide develops from stress\, life events\, trauma and other risk factors. Becoming more suicide aware will be discussed as well as why we may miss\, dismiss and avoid the conversation about suicide. \nAttendees will learn how to be more confident\, take action to talk about suicide and resources available if they find themselves in a position to identify suicide risk. \nParticipants: This webinar is open to public defenders\, private attorneys who do indigent criminal defense work\, and staff. \nDr. Mike Crum: Mike Crum is a former Marine with a Bachelor’s\, Master’s and Doctorate in Social Work. For the last 10 years Mike has worked in Suicide Prevention at a community and macro level educating about the needs of service members and veterans. Mikes work within the Army National Guard has led to training thousands of Soldiers in Resilience and Suicide Prevention Education. Mike currently works to address protective and risk factors for the Army National Guard and informs leadership how to curb trends on topics like suicide\, domestic violence\, sexual assault and abuse and neglect. For the past 10 years Mike has worked in the world of Suicide Prevention\, training\, education\, and working to make more suicide safer communities. \nMike currently lives in Florida with his wife who works for the Public Health Department in Maternity/Infant Healthcare. They have two cats\, Mr. Twiggers and Mr. Milo. They both love sunshine and the beach! URL:https://www.ncids.org/event/suicide-prevention/ CATEGORIES:CLE END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250925T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250925T140000 DTSTAMP:20260404T101049 CREATED:20250603T200016Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250603T200016Z UID:10000463-1758805200-1758808800@www.ncids.org SUMMARY:LME/MCO Information Session* DESCRIPTION:Trillium Health Resources LME/MCO Information Session *for the following counties: \nAnson\, Beaufort\, Bertie\, Bladen\, Brunswick\, Camden\, Carteret\, Chowan\, Columbus\, Craven\, Currituck\,  Dare\, Duplin\, Edgecombe\, Gates\, Greene\,  Guilford\, Halifax\, Hertford\, Hoke\, Hyde\, Jones\, Lee\, Lenoir\, Martin\, Montgomery\, Moore\, Nash\, New Hanover\, Northampton\, Onslow\, Pamlico\, Pasquotank\, Pender\,  Perquimans\, Pitt\, Randolph\, Richmond\, Robeson\, Sampson\, Scotland\, Tyrrell\, Warren\, Washington\, Wayne\, Wilson \nDate/Time: Thursday\, September 25th 1pm-2pm \nRegistration: Here \nThere is no CLE credit offered for this programming. \nDo you have a client who has or may be eligible for the Medicaid Tailored Plan? Are you curious as to what services/supports are available through your local management entity/managed care organization (LME/MCO) responsible for the Medicaid Tailored Plan in your county? \nAnthony Ward\, Regional Vice President of Trillium Health Resources\, will provide an overview of services and answer questions about eligibility and specific programming in your county. \nTrillium Health Resources (here) is one of the four LME/MCOs in North Carolina that manages NC’s Medicaid Tailored Plan\, coordinates certain services for NC Medicaid Direct Beneficiaries and coordinates certain services for Tribal Option Members. The Tailored Plan covers services for mental health\, substance use disorders\, intellectual & developmental disabilities\, physical health and pharmacy. \nFor more information or if you have differing abilities and need an accommodation to participate in this program\, please contact Carla Huff\, Carla.Huff@nccourts.org\, 919-354-7207 or 919-888-0984. URL:https://www.ncids.org/event/lme-mco-information-session-2/ CATEGORIES:CLE END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250926 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250927 DTSTAMP:20260404T101049 CREATED:20250826T153303Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250826T153303Z UID:10000483-1758844800-1758931199@www.ncids.org SUMMARY:Practical Criminal Law 2025 - Rowan County In-Person CLE DESCRIPTION:September 26\, 2025 \n8 a.m. to 5 p.m. \nLocation: \nWallace Educational Forum \n500 North Main Street\, Salisbury\, NC 28144 \n  \nROWAN-CLE BROCHURE CRIM 2025\nApproved for 7 hours of CLE credit (includes 1 hour of ethics and 1 hour of technology CLE). URL:https://www.ncids.org/event/practical-criminal-law-2025-rowan-county-in-person-cle/ CATEGORIES:CLE END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250926T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250926T140000 DTSTAMP:20260404T101049 CREATED:20250627T133953Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250627T133953Z UID:10000471-1758889800-1758895200@www.ncids.org SUMMARY:Mitigation for the Noncapital Client - A Series! DESCRIPTION:The Mecklenburg County Public Defender’s Office and the Federal Defender for the Western District of North Carolina are hosting a FREE-to-attend Mitigation for the Non-Capital Client Series\, either in person at the Mecklenburg County Public Defender’s Office or through Webex. \nEach session is 90 minutes (from 12:30-2pm) and is approved for 1.5 hours of other CLE credit.  If you need CLE credit\, you must sign in if attending in person or if attending online\, you either need to complete the post-CLE survey or email me your name\, NC State Bar # and how long you attended by the Wednesday after the presentation. \n  \nThe series will offer tips and suggestions to answer the below questions: \n\n\n\n\n\nHow did our client get in this position with the charges they are facing? (Sessions 1 and 2)\nCan science\, through an expert or experts\, help explain how our client got into this position and is there is a treatment plan available? (Session 3)\nWhat can be done to prevent this from happening again by developing a probation\, prison and/or reentry plan and who will hold client accountable to this plan? (Session 4)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe final two sessions (Sessions 5 and 6) will offer suggestions on how to create a compelling mitigation presentation for the decision maker.\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n6/27/25: Client and Collateral Interviewing \n7/25/25: Record Collection\, Organization and Finding Mitigation in Unusual Places \n8/29/25: Working with Experts \n9/26/25: Developing the Client’s Plan for the Future \n10/24/25 Creating the Mitigation Package \n11/21/25: Tips to Create a Compelling Mitigation Presentation \n  \nWhere: Anyplace you have internet or the 4th floor conference room of the Mecklenburg County Public Defender’s Office (720 E 4th St Charlotte; take elevator to 4th floor and conference room is on left). You may log on or enter the conference room by 12:15. \n  \nThe below link will register you for the entire series. No confirmation email will be sent\, so please note the dates above for each session. Everyone who registers will receive a link to join the live webcast for all sessions the day before the schedule session. You do not need to attend all sessions. \n*Register for Mitigation for the Non-Capital Client CLE Series*\nPlease email Anthony.F.Monaghan@nccourts.org with any questions. URL:https://www.ncids.org/event/mitigation-for-the-noncapital-client-a-series/2025-09-26/ CATEGORIES:CLE END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR