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CAROLINE DURHAM, J.D.
- CERTIFIED CRIMINAL LAW SPECIALIST
Minnesota State Bar Association
- BAR/PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
- Trial Lawyers College F Warrior Alumni Board, member since 2014
- Past President, Minnesota Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 2010
- Minnesota Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, former Board Member; former chair of CLE Committee
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Member
- Minnesota Lavender Bar Association, Member, former board member
- American Association of Forensic Science, Associate Member
- National Child Abuse Defense and Resource Center, member
- Training Coordinator, Federal Defender Second Chair Training Program, Minneapolis, MN, 2013 – present
- PRO BONO/COMMUNITY SERVICE
- Former Board Member, African American Family Services, Minneapolis, MN
- Former Board Member, YouthLink, Minneapolis, MN
- SCHOLARLY LECTURES AND WRITINGS
- "State v. Federal: How One Court Affects The Other", Second Chair Training Program, October 2013/ Federal Defender CLE, October 2011
- "DNA: A Primer", Federal Defender CLE, June 2011
- "Showing the Jury: Creative Use of Demonstrative Evidence" Hamline Law School Advanced Trial Advocacy, 2005-2011
- "Effective Storytelling in the Courtroom", Lavender Law Conference, 1999, 2001
- "Burnout: Starting the Conversation", Federal Defender Second Chair Program, 2014
- "Burnout: Starting the Conversation", Hamline Law School Trial Advocacy Program, 2013
- "Burnout: Starting the Conversation", Tenth Judicial District Public Defenders District-wide Meeting, 2012
- Appellate Advocacy, William Mitchell Law School, 2003-2004
- Trial Advocacy, William Mitchell Law School, 2003-Present
- Trial Advocacy, Hamline Law School, 2005-Present
- Additional CLEs:
- Detention Hearing Arguments: A Practical Approach
- Understanding Criminal History Calculations in Federal Court
- Client Interviews: Mining for Mitigation
- Heading Into Trial: A Step-by-Step Approach
- The Anatomy of a Drug Case
- Exercising Subpeona Power: When, Why, How
- Impactful Storytelling: Closing Arguments and Sentencing
- The Impact of Social Privilege in the Criminal Justice System
- DNA: A Primer for Fighting It in Court
- VERDICTS AND SETTLEMENTS (Success Examples)
- U.S. v. Deshun Patterson: Federal indictment for felon in possession of a firearm dismissed. Motion to suppress evidence for unlawful stop granted. Client was facing a mandatory 15 year sentence, under the Armed Careeer Criminal Act. , 2015
- U.S. v. Otis Burkes: Federal indictment for felony drug possession was dismissed. Court granted suppression of evidence for unlawful search by law enforcement.
- PROFESSIONAL STUDIES
- National Clearinghouse for Science, Technology and Law Multi-day Trainings:
- "Forensics for Defenders"
- "DNA for Defense"
- Trial Lawyers College
- EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
- Trial Lawyers College, September 2014
- National Criminal Defense College, Trial School Graduate, 1999
- Tulane Law School Graduate, 1990
- Tulane University, B.A. in History, Cum Laude, May 1987
