Join us in Biloxi, Mississippi for the 2024 Life in the Balance/Deep South Capital Defense Conference to develop and improve the skills and techniques needed to save lives in all phases of capital defense. Life in the Balance will provide an opportunity to learn from and work with the most successful and forward-thinking attorneys, mitigation specialists, investigators and experts from across the nation. The faculty will offer expert guidance and instruction on such topics as:
Building an effective capital team
Investigation
Mitigation
Trauma informed client communication
Working with experts
Jury Selection and more!
Who should attend Life in the Balance?
Participants must be involved in the defense of persons accused in criminal cases and are typically defense attorneys, mitigation specialists and defense investigators. Participants come from a variety of practice settings and public defender offices; small, solo and large.