Skills Training 101

  • 11 Jun 2026
  • 8:30 AM
  • 12 Jun 2026
  • 4:30 PM
  • Doubletree by Hilton Grand Rapids Airport, 4747 28th St. SE, Grand Rapids
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Registration

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    You must contact your local funding unit to determine if they are paying for your free registration.

    If you do not know the contact information for your court’s local funding unit, contact Deborah Mitchell at the Michigan Indigent Defense Commission at 517-657-3066 or dmitchell@michiganidc.gov. If you email, use the subject line “CDAM.”

Register

    Thursday, June 11, 2026 - Friday, June 12, 2026

16 MIDC Compliant Skill Training Hours

8:30am-4:30pm both days (check in starts 8:00am)


Doubletree by Hilton Grand Rapids Airport

4747 28th Street SE, Grand Rapids


HOTEL ROOMS: A booking link is included in the confirmation email. 

In this hands-on, small group training, attorneys will learn about arraignments, attorney-client relationships, probable cause, preliminary examinations, Circuit Court motions, and more! 

         $640 for CDAM Members/$800 Non-Members

        ~ Breakfast, lunch, beverages and snacks included with registration ~


You may register free of charge if your court funding unit participates in our Direct Billing Program! You can request and receive a registration code if they are participants. All others pay out of pocket and seek reimbursement from your court funding unit, if applicable.

NO refunds on cancellations after June 4, 2026 at 5:00pm. Paid registrations can be transferred to another attorney by calling CDAM at (517) 599-2603.

-FACULTY-

 

                       BRANDON BARTHELEMY    STEPHANIE FARKAS       


    

           ABE GONZALES             JESSICA LAFOND              KAITLIN LOCKE          


      TRICIA SMITH             CHRISTINE TOBER

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