Current and previous CLE trainings are available to view here. Please reach out to Sonia Copple at sonia.n.copple@wv.gov if you are interested in upcoming seminars at PDS, or if there is a past seminar listed that you would like to see PDS do again in the future.
Seminars
Upcoming
Sunlight: Strengthening Communication, Coordination, and Support Across Public Defense (presenter Valerie Frost)
Duration: 1 hour
Date and Time: April 17th at 1:30 PM
Registration Link: Zoom Registration
Hosted by the Abuse & Neglect Task ForceThis session provides a practical overview of Sunlight. Sunlight is a secure communication and case coordination platform used by attorneys, caseworkers, Parent Resource Navigators, and court-connected teams across West Virginia and nationally. Participants will learn how Sunlight streamlines communication with clients, improves documentation, enhances coordination across roles, and reduces administrative burdens on practitioners. By the end of the session, attendees will understand how Sunlight supports practice efficiency, strengthens communication, and improves outcomes for families.
Previously Held
- Better Briefs in Plain English - March 2026
- The Power of the Improvement Period - March 2026
- Adjudication of Youth Defense Cases & Problems with BJS Facilities- February 2026
- Working with People with Co-occurring Substance Use Disorders and Other Mental Health Disorders w/ Dr. Jeremy Hustead - February 2026
- Mark Kennedy of Aetna Better Health of West Virginia - January 2026
- Defense of Youth Training Program March-December 2025
- Abuse and Neglect Appeals - December 2025
- Parental Resource Navigators - The GPS for Family Success - October 2025
- Drug Testing Methods - September 2025
- Dried Blood Testing - Abuse & Neglect CLE - August 2025
- 2025 Annual Conference - June 2025
- Gibson Funds: What Works and What Doesn't - May 2025
- Gibson Funds Training - February 2025
- Defense of Youth Training Program August - December 2024
- Things I Wish I Had Known Before My First Abuse and Neglect Case - November 2024
- Ombudsman Training with Elizabeth Hardy - October 2024
- 2024 Annual Conference - June 2024
- Defending Youth with Education Advocacy - May 2024
- CPS File Sealing and Post-Dispositional Modification - March 2024
- The Foster Care Ombudsman: Distinctive in Name and Service with Pamela M. Woodman-Kaehler - February 2024
- Who Decides? States as Laboratories of Constitutional Experimentation with Chief Judge Jeffrey Sutton - November 2023
- Traumatic Brain Injury Webinar - July 2023
- 2023 Annual Conference - June 2023
- Defense of Youth Training Program - May 2023 - January 2024
- Defending the Criminalization of Normal Teenage Behavior - November 2022
- Diversion and Truancy - September 2022
- Unintended Trauma from Defending Children - August 2022
- Juvenile Law Boot Camp - April - May 2022
- "Pot Plane Trial" panel, the latest in the West Virginia Public Defender Services Legends CLE Series - March 2022
- Conducting Effective Depositions in Habeas Cases - February 2022
- Habeas Corpus Tips, Strategies, and Case Law - January 2022
- Mitigation Training for Social Workers - December 2021
- Youth Competency 101 - November 2021
- Recovery Month CLE Featuring Dr. Matthew Christiansen, WV ODCP - September 2021
- Competency Complications Conversation: An Examination of the New Child Competency Statute - October 2021
- Larry Pozner: Cross Examination, Science and Techniques - August 2021
- Mitigation Training for Social Workers - July 2021
- Juvenile Detention Hearings - June 2021
- Impeachment at Trial - May 2021
- Attorney-Social Worker Collaboration for Holistic Defense - March 2021
- Mitigation Training for Social Workers - February 2021
- Substance Use 101 - December 2020
- Law, Vicarious Trauma, and Moral Injury - December 2020
- Juvenile Defender Summit - October 2020
- Mitigation Training for Social Workers - June 2020