When Your Client Has a Co-Defendant
About this Event

Join Keeley Blanchard for a one-hour training on how to handle situations where your client has a co-defendant or multiple co-defendants. This training will cover:

-Conflicts of interest

-Severance of trials

-Differing levels of culpability

-Statements and testimony of co-defendants

-Plea deals and cooperation

-Joint Defense Agreements

-Jury Instructions

-Communication with Clients

This course is eligible for 1 CLE credit by the MIDC. Those eligible for the training are Michigan public defenders or assigned counsel.

This free program is made possible by the generous Byrne JAG grant awarded to the Michigan Indigent Defense Commission, JAG-72458-Michigan Indigent Defense Commission-2025.

This project is supported by Byrne JAG #15PBJA-21-GG-00248-MUMU and 15BJA-22GG-00642-MUMU awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Program, U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), and administered by the Michigan State Police (MSP). Points of view or opinions contained within this document do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the MSP or DOJ.