2027 Spring Seminar Charleston

Course Directors

Patrick J. McLaughlin Florence, SC

Michelle Behan Tucson, AZ

John Bateman Greenville, SC

Seminar Agenda

Thursday, April 15, 2027 (270 minutes)

  • 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM — DUIDLA Board Certification Exam
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM — DUIDLA Committee Meetings
  • 11:00 AM – 11:45 AM — Registration
  • 11:45 AM – 12:00 PM — Welcome Remarks (Patrick McLaughlin, Course Director; Dan Sabol, President; and Tim Huey, CLE Chair)
  • 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM — Fresh Off the Docket: The Year’s Biggest Developments in DUI Defense (J. Scott Bischoff, JD – SC)
  • 12:45 PM – 1:30 PM — Lawyer Wellness (AnneMarie Rizzo, JD, GC, MS, ACS-CHAL Forensic Lawyer-Scientist – FL)
  • 1:30 PM – 2:15 PM — Certified by Agreement, Not by Accuracy: Crossing the Drug Recognition Expert (Rory Safir, JD, ACS-CHAL Forensic Lawyer-Scientist – FL)
  • 2:15 PM – 2:30 PM — Break (Snacks!)
  • 2:30 PM – 3:15 PM — When Acquittal Isn’t the Answer: Mitigation That Moves the Needle (Shyanne Riddle, JD – TN)
  • 3:15 PM – 4:15 PM — Trying the Case in Two Courtrooms: Defending with the Cameras Rolling (Shaun Kent, JD & Joe McCulloch, JD – SC)
  • 4:15 PM – 5:00 PM — Oral Fluid Testing: It’s Coming (Michelle Behan, JD – AZ)
  • 5:00 PM — End for the Day
  • 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM — DUIDLA Welcome Party!

Friday, April 16, 2027 (255 minutes)

  • 8:15 AM – 9:00 AM — Light Breakfast
  • 8:45 AM – 9:00 AM — Announcements (Michelle Behan, Course Director)
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM — What We Wish We’d Known: Hard-Won Lessons From the DUI Trenches (Drew Carroll, JD; Tim Kulp, JD; and Diedreich Von Lehe, JD – SC)
  • 10:00 AM – 10:45 AM — From Prompt to Proof: AI in Your Law Office, Part 1 (Rory Safir, JD, ACS-CHAL Forensic Lawyer-Scientist – FL)
  • 10:45 AM – 11:00 AM — Break (Bloody Mary/Mimosa Bar & Snacks!)
  • 11:00 AM – 11:45 AM — Scaling Without Hiring: AI in Your Law Office, Part 2 (Jay Ruane, JD – CT)
  • 11:45 AM – 12:45 PM — Grab Lunch (provided), Award Ceremony, and Bad Blood: What Happens Between the Draw and the Report (Dr. Lee Polite, PhD, MS, NREMT – Axion Labs)
  • 12:45 PM – 1:30 PM — Nothing but Hot Air: Where Breath Alcohol Testing Breaks Down (Chuck Rathburn, JD, ACS-CHAL Forensic Lawyer-Scientist – IN)
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM — Lawyers, Drugs & Money (John Bateman, JD – SC)
  • 2:30 PM – 3:00 PM — (Optional) Preparing for the DUIDLA Board Certification Exam (Deandra Grant, JD, GC, MS, ACS-CHAL Forensic Lawyer-Scientist – TX)
  • 3:00 PM — End for the Day
  • 3:15 PM – 3:30 PM — Photos: DUIDLA Board, Officers, District Reps, and State Ambassadors
  • 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM — DUIDLA Board Meeting (all DUIDLA members welcome to attend)

Saturday, April 17, 2027 (240 minutes)

  • 8:15 AM – 8:45 AM — Light Breakfast
  • 8:45 AM – 9:00 AM — Announcements (Kyla Lee, CLE Chair & John Bateman, Course Director)
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM — Legal or Not: Hemp, THC, and the Test That Can’t Tell Them Apart (Heather Harris, MFS, JD, ABC-CC, ABC-DA)
  • 10:00 AM – 10:45 AM — Doctor’s Orders: Defending the DUID Case Built on a Valid Prescription (Deandra Grant, JD, GC, MS, ACS-CHAL Forensic Lawyer-Scientist – TX)
  • 10:45 AM – 11:30 AM — Taking Down HGN in Court (Greg Willis, JD – GA)
  • 11:30 AM – 11:45 AM — Break (Snacks!)
  • 11:45 AM – 12:30 PM — Have Briefcase, Will Travel: Defending the Sympathetic Client in Somebody Else’s Courtroom (Michael Kessler, JD – FL)
  • 12:30 PM – 1:15 PM — Going Viral Without Going Down: Ethical Marketing on Social Media (John Collins, JD – AR)
  • 1:15 PM — Final Wrap-Up (Course Directors)

Total CLE Hours

  • Total: 765 minutes, including 45 minutes of ethics
  • 60-minute states: 12.75 hours
  • 50-minute states: 15.30 hours
  • Ethics: 0.75 hours