Notes from the National College

By Tom Weilert, Assistant Director of Programs

October 20 to 24, 2007, the National College of District Attorneys will present the Executive Program at the Hilton Marco Island Beach Resort in Marco Island, Florida. The resort is located just minutes from the Florida Everglades National Park, Caribbean Gardens, historic downtown Naples and many of the finest golf courses in Southwest Florida.

The Executive Program is designed for elected and appointed prosecutors and their policy making assistants. The five-day course will include presentations and discussion workshops aimed at helping attendees achieve their ultimate goal of doing justice.

There will be presentations on topics including: Leadership and Management Styles, Ethics and Professionalism, Media Relations, Training, Civil Liability, Employment and Personnel Issues, Community Involvement, Attorney Performance Evaluation, Police/Prosecutor Relations, Alternative Funding Sources and Prosecution Leadership.

Each day’s agenda will include discussion workshops which will allow prosecutors from all over the country to share ideas and information on the listed topics as well as any other issues of interest.

The resort is only 55 minutes from Southwest Florida Regional International Airport at Ft. Myers, Florida, and 90 minutes from Ft. Lauderdale International Airport.

Prosecutors who have a broad ranging felony caseload should plan to join the college faculty for the inaugural edition of Contemporary Trial Issues October 28 to November 1. The Wyndham New Orleans at Canal Place is the setting for this course, which is a blend of instruction on contemporary substantive topics and trial advocacy presentations.

The presentations are scheduled to include topics such as: Eyewitness Memory, Identification Procedure, Recanting and Reluctant Witnesses, Persuasion, Low Cost Technology and more.

Make your plans now to join NCDA and your fellow prosecutors at these informative programs. For further information call 803.705.5005 or go to www.ndaa.org, click on the National College of District Attorneys and follow the links to register.