Criminal Law Update was held Thursday, June 22, 9 AM–5 PM, live (in person) at The Boca Raton and live video webcast with 90-day, on-demand access. Course number 7408. Read The Florida Bar News write-up here. The program is available to buy online 24/7:

• Downloadable Audio
• Online Seminar (On-Demand)
• CD
• DVD
• Course Book (CLE credit not awarded)

Course number 7408 CLE Credit:  7.5 General, 1 Technology, 1 Mental Illness Awareness. Certification Credit: 7.5 Criminal Appellate, 7.5 Criminal Trial, 1 Immigration & Nationality, 7.5 Juvenile Law.

Featuring Justice Jorge Labarga, Hank Coxe, Roy Black, and a very special presentation by Justice Peggy Quince.

The program includes our traditional “updates”—on recent developments in Florida and federal criminal case law, new legislation, and legislation on the horizon, and updates in the all-important worlds of DUI and “crimmigration,” the intersection of our nation’s immigration policies and criminal justice systems.

To begin the morning, Justice Labarga shared the very personal story of his rise to the bench, and how things Florida criminal justice “look” from where he sits.

Our spotlight presentation updated us on the arrest, prosecution, and treatment of those suffering issues with mental health, brought to us by the statewide leader in the field, Judge Steve Leifman.

We also welcomed Professor Christopher Slobogin of Vanderbilt Law School on his latest—and most timely—work, Virtual Searches: Regulating the Covert World of Technological Policing.

Our afternoon session kicked off with the one and only Justice Quince, who spoke passionately on our mutual, professional obligation not merely to serve, but to rescue our democratic Republic.

We ended the day with the panel discussion of all panel discussions: the wise voices of our era, speaking blunt truth to power about “where we are” in Florida criminal justice, how we got here, and, most importantly, what are we going to do to ensure brighter, better criminal justice tomorrows for us all—featuring Justice Quince, joined by Roy Black, Judge Kevin Emas, and Fifteenth Judicial Circuit Public Defender Carey Haughwout, and our moderator of all moderators, Hank Coxe.

SCHEDULE & PRESENTERS

9:00 AM–9:05 AM
Introduction
Professor H. Scott Fingerhut: Program Chair, Co-Chair of the Criminal Law Section CLE Committee, FIU College of Law, and H. Scott Fingerhut, P.A., Miami

9:05 AM–9:10 AM
Welcome
Honorable Samantha L. Ward, Chair, Criminal Law Section, Florida Bar Board Certified in Criminal Trial Law, Hillsborough Circuit Judge, Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, Tampa

9:10 AM–9:30 AM
Feature Presentation: Criminal Justice System Update
Honorable Jorge Labarga, Justice, Supreme Court of Florida, Tallahassee

9:30 AM–9:45 AM
Break

9:45 AM–10:35 AM
Case Law Update
Michael R. Ufferman, Florida Bar Board Certified in Criminal Appellate Law, Michael Ufferman Law Firm, P.A., Tallahassee

10:35 AM–11:25 AM
Scholars Corner: Virtual Searches: Regulating the Covert World of Technological Policing
Professor Christopher Slobogin, Milton R. Underwood Chair in Law, Director, Criminal Justice Program, Vanderbilt Law School, Nashville, Tennessee

11:25 AM–11:40 AM
Break

11:40 AM–12:30 PM
Immigration Law Update
Linda M. Osberg-Braun, Florida Bar Board Certified in Immigration and Nationality Law, Osberg-Braun Immigration, Miami

12:30 PM–1:00 PM
Lunch

1:00 PM–1:45 PM
Feature Presentation: Democracy at Peril
Honorable Peggy A. Quince, Justice, Supreme Court of Florida (ret.), Tampa

1:45 PM–2:35 PM
DUI Law Update
Fleming Kanan Whited, III Whited Law Firm, Daytona Beach

2:35 PM–3:25 PM
Spotlight Presentation: Florida Criminal Justice Mental Health Update
Honorable Steven Leifman, Miami-Dade County Judge, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Miami

3:25 PM–3:40 PM
Break

3:40 PM–4:55 PM
Wisdom of Ages: A Blunt Criminal Justice Discussion About What’s Going On in Florida and What We Are Going to Do About It
Moderator: Hank Coxe, Past President, The Florida Bar, Florida Board Certified in Criminal Trial Law, Bedell, Dittman, DeVault, Pillans & Coxe, Jacksonville
Panelists:
Roy Black, Black Srebnick, Miami
Honorable Kevin Emas, Judge, Florida Third District Court of Appeal, Miami
Honorable Carey S. Haughwout, Florida Bar Board Certified in Criminal Trial Law, Public Defender, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, West Palm Beach
Honorable Peggy A. Quince, Justice, Supreme Court of Florida (ret.), Tampa

4:55 PM–5:00 PM
Conclusion
Professor H. Scott Fingerhut: Program Chair, Co-Chair of the Criminal Law Section CLE Committee, FIU College of Law, and H. Scott Fingerhut, P.A., Miami