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📣 COMING TO NEW ORLEANS!

NACDL's 9th Annual Race Matters Seminar is happening August 26-28 in New Orleans, LA! ⚖
Join the conversation as we address the impact of race in the criminal legal system through education, discussion, and advocacy.

📅August 26-28
📍New Orleans, LA

LACDL is proud to share and support this important event!

New Educational Tracks and more: 2026 Making the Case for Life & Race Matters Seminars – TOGETHER IN NOLA! !


Making the Case for Life: https://buff.ly/vPT9eTA
Race Matters: https://buff.ly/gc4qaNM

Congratulations to Missy Owen, NACDL's 2026-2027 President🎉⚖

LACDL is proud to celebrate this incredible achievement and wishes you a successful year of leadership and service.

Congratulations, President Owen! 👏👏

Meet NACDL's latest President Missy Owen! Missy was sworn in at our Annual Meeting on Saturday.

Learn more: https://buff.ly/zgNA2oC

Just wrapped an incredible Annual Meeting in St. Petersburg. The energy in that room was proof of something bigger — NACDL is growing, and growing stronger, because of the people who show up for it. If you've been on the fence about joining, this is your sign. The momentum is real.

Join us: nacdl.org/join

The Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (LACDL) regrets to announce that the upcoming Voir Dire CLE Event has been canceled.
We appreciate everyone who expressed interest and planned to attend, and we apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
Please continue to follow LACDL for information on upcoming CLEs, events, and educational opportunities. We look forward to seeing you at a future event!

Thank you for your continued support of LACDL.

The LACDL Trial Lawyers Workshop: Voir Dire is a two-day, hands-on training built for attorneys with jury trials on the horizon.

📅 August 21-22, 2026
📍 Lake Charles, LA

You’ll use your own upcoming case to:

• Build a clearer voir dire strategy
• Test questions and case themes
• Practice with mock jurors
• Get direct feedback from experienced trial lawyers and peers
• Leave with a plan you can take into the courtroom

This isn’t canned material or passive CLE. You’ll practice asking the questions that matter, reading the room, and adjusting your approach before the stakes are real.

Past attendees have gone directly from this workshop into trial and won. Preparation matters.

Only 24 spaces are available.

Register now at https://lacdl.starchapter.com/meetinginfo.php?id=32&ts=1783955270

Meet the Defense Bar: Daniel Ginnetty

We’re kicking off LACDL’s new member spotlight series with Daniel Ginnetty, whose criminal defense work is grounded in listening, humanity, and telling the full story.

From a formative 1L summer in Cambodia to trying hard cases here in Louisiana, Daniel’s story gets right to the heart of this work.

His advice to our LACDL community is simple:

“Always make time for jail visits. It keeps us grounded.”

Read Daniel’s full spotlight here: https://lacdl.starchapter.com/blog/meet_the_bar_ginnetty

Want to be featured, or know someone we should spotlight next? Submit here: https://forms.gle/opPSeBvn37SqgoQP6

Thank you to everyone who came out to Law & All That Lagniappe in Lafayette! We had an incredible lineup of speakers and a great time at Festival International. We appreciate you trying this brand new format with us, and we hope you gained some useful pointers to bring back to your practice. And major thanks to Lacie Lemoine-Dauzat for all the work she put into this excellent seminar!

We were delighted to have Hallye Casey Braud present at our Law & All That Lagniappe Seminar! She knows the ins & outs of DWIs in Louisiana, and she shared some useful materials to help in practice.