Philadelphia 2025

Philadelphia 2025

Travel Shoppe for the DUIDLA room block

Course Directors

Evan Levow Cherry Hill, NJ

Jason C. Pollack Mount Holly, NJ

Gretchen Pousson Fairfax, VA

Scott Wonder Bellevue, WA

Seminar Agenda

Thursday Session: April 3, 2025 [250 minutes]
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM DUIDLA BOARD CERTIFICATION EXAM]
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM DUIDLA Committee Meetings
11:00 – 11:45 AM Registration
11:45 AM – 12:00 PM Welcome Remarks (Evan Levow, Course Director & Tim Huey, CLE Chair)
12:00 PM – 12:20 PM Fight or Flight: Why We Do What We Do (Justin McShane, JD – PA)
12:20 PM – 1:00 PM Freedom Fighters: Representing Ideologically Different Clients (Joseph Scrofano, JD – Wash DC)
1:00 PM – 1:05 PM Video Transition
1:05 PM – 2:00 PM Understanding Breath Testing (Dr. Joseph Anderson)
2:00 PM – 2:15 PM BREAK (snacks!)
2:15 PM – 2:55 PM Philadelp-AI: Using AI in Your Practice (Kyla Lee, JD – British Columbia)
2:55 PM – 3:00 PM Video Transition
3:00 PM – 3:50 PM Finding Freedom Panel: Strategies that Work (Scott Wonder, JD – WA, Makenzie Zarate, JD – TX, Tim Huey, JD – OH, Surprise Guest!)
3:50 PM – 4:05 PM BREAK
4:00 PM – 4:50 PM Fourth Freedom: DWI Probable Cause Analysis (Denise Childress, JD – MO)
4:50 PM End for the Day
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM DUIDLA Welcome Party!
Friday Session: April 4, 2025 [265 minutes]
8:15 AM – 9:00 AM Light Breakfast
8:45 AM – 9:00 AM Announcements (Jason Pollack, Course Director)
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM Free Your Mind: Drug Recognition Evaluations (Evan Levow, JD – NJ)
10:00 AM – 10:05 AM Video Transition
10:05 AM – 10:35 AM Understanding Blood Alcohol Analysis (Dr. Lee Polite, PhD, MS, NREMT – Axion Labs)
10:35 AM – 10:55 AM BREAK (Bloody Mary/Mimosa Bar & snacks!)
10:55 AM – 11:45 AM Finding Freedom Panel: Strategies that Work (Gretchen Pousson, JD – VA, Jason Pollack, JD – NJ, Surprise Guests!)
11:45 AM – 11:50 AM Video Transition
11:50 AM – 12:30 PM Client Control & Management (Robert Schiffner, JD – WA)
12:30 PM – 12:50 PM Grab Lunch (provided)
12:50 PM – 1:10 PM ACS-CHAL Lawyer-Scientist Recognition, DUIDLA Prize Wheel & Scott Joye Award Ceremony
1:10 PM – 1:50 PM A Poor Man’s Guide to Field Sobriety (John Collins, JD – AR)
1:50 PM – 1:55 PM Video Transition
1:55 PM – 2:40 PM Million Dollar Tips for Preparing Your DWI Case (Sarah Schielke, JD)
2:40 PM End for the Day
2:40 PM – 3:00 PM PHOTOS – DUIDLA Board, Officers, District Reps, State Ambassadors
3:00 PM – 3:45 PM DUIDLA BOARD MEETING (all DUIDLA members welcome to attend)
Saturday Session: April 5, 2025 [275 minutes]
8:15 AM – 8:45 AM Light Breakfast
8:45 AM – 9:00 AM Announcements (Gretchen Pousson, Course Director)
9:00 AM – 9:40 AM Ethically Dealing with the Media in High Profile Cases (William Brennan, JD – PA)
9:40 AM – 9:45 AM Video Transition
9:45 AM – 10:25 AM How Accident Reconstruction Won My Case (Mike Sherman, JD – PA)
10:25 AM – 10:40 AM BREAK
10:40 AM – 11:20 AM Confrontation after State v Arizona (Michelle Behan, JD – AZ)
11:20 AM – 11:25 AM Video Transition
11:25 AM – 12:15 PM Amicus Update: Issues You Need to be Litigating (Greg Willis, JD – GA, Blaise Katter, JD – OH, Dan Sabol, JD – OH)
12:15 PM – 12:30 PM BREAK (Heavy Snacks!)
12:30 PM – 1:15 PM Autonomous Vehicles: Has Technology Driven Past the Law? (Judge Thomas Fowler -AR)
1:15 PM – 2:15 PM Freedom for You vs Freedom for Your Client: Making the Hard Calls (Brian Steel, JD – GA)
2:15 PM Final Wrap Up (Course Directors)
Total CLE Hours

Total CLE hours – 820 minutes, Ethics – 60 minutes
60 min states = 13.67
50 min states = 16.40
Ethics = 60 minutes

**Vendor presentations not included in calculation