This week’s power hour will be a Town Hall with Executive Director, Heather Cessna. Heather will be discussing the ongoing projects within the Administrative Office, as well as where we are in the budget process and will be available to answer questions. For this week’s power hour, we are going to use a webinar format, so that we can get the questions in the Q&A and moderate those a bit more efficiently.

 Do not use the regularly power hour link for Thursday. Use the link below.

Town Hall with Heather Cessna

Office hours are a monthly opportunity for BIDS Chiefs and Deputies to virtually drop in to the Administrative Office. Admin Office staff will be on-hand to answer questions, and let our office leaders know what the Admin team is up to.

Email Jude if you need the recurring link.

Join Jeff Dazey, former BIDS attorney, and KALAP to discuss issues surrounding mental health and criminal defense.

Officially meet the members of the training department, including our new Assistant Training Director, Krystal Vokins. We will also be giving a refresher on the process of requesting to go to outside training.

Email Jude if you need the recurring link.

Office hours are a monthly opportunity for BIDS Chiefs and Deputies to virtually drop in to the Administrative Office. Admin Office staff will be on-hand to answer questions, and let our office leaders know what the Admin team is up to.

Email Jude if you need the recurring link.

July 1st is around the corner so please join us for an informal review and discussion about the statutory amendments going into effect, including the jail credit changes that were effective as of May 23, 2024.

Email Jude if you need the recurring link.

1 Hour - Ethics

Danielle Hall of the Office of Judicial Administration will be presenting. Great opportunity to get that last ethics hour in. It will also have some great information on time management and ways to battle procrastination even if you have all of your ethics hours.

Free for BIDS Employees; $25 for assigned counsel.

You can register HERE

You probably know the history of Bleeding Kansas and the pre-Civil War history of our state. But are you familiar with the contributions made by Black lawyers, newly arrived in Kansas from the northeastern US? Do you know the history of lawyers in Leavenworth County who tried cases to all-white juries? You’ve probably been to Kansas City, Kansas, but do you know the history of the Quindaro area and the people of color who practiced law there? Did your commute to law school involve rowing a boat across a river? This two-hour program (approved for both ethics CLE and CJE) will acquaint you with Kansas legal pioneers you don’t already know and inspire you to think about how your own practice can become more courageous.

2 Hours - Ethics

Free for BIDS Employees; $25 for assigned counsel.

Register HERE

Power Hours aren’t offered for CLE credit, but if you attend 10+ in a calendar year and you’ve worked for BIDS for 5 years or less, you’ll get a shiny BIDS travel mug on your 10th training.

Email Jude if you need the recurring link.

John Grube, KSSC Research Director, and Jason Lamprecht, KSSC Senior Research Analyst, will present along with Domo Program Manager, Boris Zipilich. During this training attendees can expect to learn how to log into Domo and navigate to the app, how to begin and fill out an eJE, learn overall case/app flow, learn how to begin, fill out and submit an ePVJE and much more.

Throughout the presentation, attendees will be able to ask questions and engage with presenters to become familiar with Domo.

1 Hour CLE Credit - General (Free)

Register HERE

Office hours are a monthly opportunity for BIDS Chiefs and Deputies to virtually drop in to the Administrative Office. Admin Office staff will be on-hand to answer questions, and let our office leaders know what the Admin team is up to.

Email Jude if you need the recurring link.

Power Hours aren’t offered for CLE credit, but if you attend 10+ in a calendar year and you’ve worked for BIDS for 5 years or less, you’ll get a shiny BIDS travel mug on your 10th training.

Email Jude if you need the recurring link.

Please join us as Houston Bales, of the Sedgwick County Public Defender Office, follows up on Emily Brandt’s Probation Revocations Power Hour with tips for revocation hearings.

Power Hours aren’t offered for CLE credit, but if you attend 10+ in a calendar year and you’ve worked for BIDS for 5 years or less, you’ll get a shiny BIDS travel mug on your 10th training.

Email Jude if you need the recurring link.

This will be the second in a series of opportunities to get to know the people who serve on the BIDS Board a little better! We will have Erica Andrade, MPA. Erica is the public member from the 2nd Congressional District. She will introduce herself, talk about her work on the Board, and take questions as time permits.

These trainings aren’t offered for CLE credit, but if you attend 12+ in a calendar year and you’ve worked for BIDS for 5 years or less, you’ll get a shiny BIDS travel mug on your 12th training.

Email Jude if you need the recurring link.

Please join us as Emily Brandt with the Appellate Defender Office talks about looking beyond the alleged probation violations when representing your clients in a probation revocation hearing. She’ll be talking to us about jurisdiction issues, graduated sanction schemes, and developments in case law regarding probation revocations.

Power Hours aren’t offered for CLE credit, but if you attend 10+ in a calendar year and you’ve worked for BIDS for 5 years or less, you’ll get a shiny BIDS travel mug on your 10th training.

Email Jude if you need the recurring link.

Are you interested in someday doing capital work with the agency. Join us for a panel of attorneys who are currently doing capital work in different capacities with BIDS, and learn about Capital Defense in BIDS, including: the path to those positions, what it is like being a capital defender, highs, lows, pace of work, current vacancies, anticipated job opportunities for the future, and who to contact if you are interested.

Power Hours aren’t offered for CLE credit, but if you attend 10+ in a calendar year and you’ve worked for BIDS for 5 years or less, you’ll get a shiny BIDS travel mug on your 10th training.

Email Jude if you need the recurring link.

Office hours are a monthly opportunity for BIDS Chiefs and Deputies to virtually drop in to the Administrative Office. Admin Office staff will be on-hand to answer questions, and let our office leaders know what the Admin team is up to.

Email Jude if you need the recurring link.

Please join us as Kelson Bohnet talks about the nuts and bolts of the Mental Disease or Defect Defense.

Power Hours aren’t offered for CLE credit, but if you attend 10+ in a calendar year and you’ve worked for BIDS for 5 years or less, you’ll get a shiny BIDS travel mug on your 10th training.

Email Jude if you need the recurring link.

Please join us as we talk about what youth defense looks like in Kansas! Meet Ben Long, Katherine Haggard, and Bridget Schell, three youth defenders that are a part of the Gault Center’s Kansas Ambassador Program, bringing specialization, training, and community to the youth defense world in Kansas. Additional guests will include Gavriella Roisman and Sarah Johnson from the Gault Center.

Power Hours aren’t offered for CLE credit, but if you attend 10+ in a calendar year and you’ve worked for BIDS for 5 years or less, you’ll get a shiny BIDS travel mug on your 10th training.

Email Jude if you need the recurring link.

Please join us for a preview of the BIDS budget request for the upcoming legislative session, a recap of the 2023 BIDS Employee Well-Being Report, and more!

This session will be offered as a “Power Hour”, not for CLE credit.

Email Jude if you need the recurring link.

Bring your lunch, and join us for a quick, informal training put on by a BIDS or friend-of-BIDS expert. These trainings are geared towards newer attorneys. Our expert will speak for 20-30 minutes, leaving time for questions at the end.

These trainings aren’t offered for CLE credit, but if you attend 12+ in a calendar year and you’ve worked for BIDS for 5 years or less, you’ll get a shiny BIDS travel mug on your 12th training.

Email Jude if you need the recurring link.

At its August House of Delegates meeting, the American Bar Association adopted the 14 principles proposed by the Association’s Plea Bargain Task Force. Join us for an hour with Heather Cessna, BIDS Executive Director, where she will discuss the 14 principles and how they apply to the work that public defenders and assigned counsel do.

This CLE is approved for 1 hour of CLE credit. It is $25 for assigned counsel, free for state-employed public defenders, and not open to prosecutors. Register here.

Office hours are a monthly opportunity for BIDS Chiefs and Deputies to virtually drop in to the Administrative Office. Admin Office staff will be on-hand to answer questions, and let our office leaders know what the Admin team is up to.

Email Jude if you need the recurring link.

This will be the first in a series of opportunities to get to know the people who serve on the BIDS Board a little better! First up we’ll have our current Board President, Braden Perry, and our current Secretary, Dr. Michael Birzer. They will introduce themselves, talk about their work on the Board, and take questions as time permits.

These trainings aren’t offered for CLE credit, but if you attend 12+ in a calendar year and you’ve worked for BIDS for 5 years or less, you’ll get a shiny BIDS travel mug on your 12th training.

Email Meryl if you need the recurring link.