Public Defense Education
Higher-Level Felony Defense Training - September 9-11, 2025
This is a collection of digital materials used and referenced in the 2025 Higher-Level Felony Defense Training held September 9- 11, 2025.
Please select the arrows next to each title to access the drop-down of materials. During the training, this page will be periodically updated as we receive additional materials. All available materials from the program will be posted here within three weeks of the conclusion of the course.
More information on the program can be found on the course homepage. If you have any questions, please contact Kayla Fowler.
Course Materials
Presented by Josie Van Dyke, Mitigation Specialist, Sentencing Solutions, Inc., Knightdale, NC
Presented by Laura Gibson, Assistant Public Defender, Beaufort County Office of the Public Defender, Washington, NC
Presented by Phil Dixon, Teaching Associate Professor, UNC School of Government, Chapel Hill, NC
This presentation will be shared via email at the conclusion of the course.
Presented by John Rubin, Professor of Public Law and Government UNC School of Government, Chapel Hill, NC
Presented by Jamie Markham, Thomas Willis Lambeth Distinguished Chair in Public Policy UNC School of Government, Chapel Hill, NC
Presented by Sophorn Avitan and Susan Weigand, Assistant Public Defenders, Mecklenburg Co. Public Defender’s Office, Charlotte, NC
Presented by Jason St. Aubin, Senior Trial Attorney, Marcilliat & Mills, PLLC, Charlotte, NC
Presented by Glenn Gerding, Appellate Defender, Office of the Appellate Defender, Durham, NC
Presented by Hannah Autry, Assitant Capital Defender, Office of the Capital Defender, Durham, NC and Kailey Morgan, Staff Attorney, Center for Death Penalty Litigation, Durham, NC
Presented by Tucker Charns, Regional Defender, Indigent Defense Services, Durham, NC
This presentation will not be made available to download per the presenter's request.
Presented by Emily Coward, Director of the Inclusive Juries Project and Johanna Jennings, Director, The Decarceration Project, Duke University School of Law, Durham, NC
Presented by James Davis, Attorney, Davis and Davis, Salisbury, NC
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