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蜜桔直播 partners with the Fourth and Fifth Judicial District Courts

Published May 19, 2022

A group of people gather in the 蜜桔直播 E. Orum Young Mock Trial Courtroom

The Fourth and Fifth Judicial Districts partnered with the University of Louisiana Monroe Mock Trial Academy to provide training to north Louisiana public defenders.

More than 30 attorneys and students attended the four-hour professionalism and ethics training on April 29 at the 蜜桔直播 Mock Trial Courtroom.

Panelists included John Albert Ellis, Fifth Judicial District chief public defender; Peggy Sullivan, Fourth Judicial District supervisor; and Bob Noel, 蜜桔直播 political science instructor and 蜜桔直播 Mock Trial head coach.

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蜜桔直播 and the Northeast Louisiana Public Defense Districts are working together to provide future trainings to enhance lawyers鈥 skills to provide services to the poor and to solve issues surrounding crime.

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