FY-2004 Calendar	Office of Legal Education Department of Justice
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FY-2005 FY-2004 FY-2003	FY-2005 FY-2004 FY-2003	FY-2003

OCTOBER 2003	COURSE	STATUS	LOCATION
1-3	Evidence for Criminal Litigators	Active	NAC
1-3	District Office Security Manager (DOSM) Conference	Active	NAC
1-3	Cybercrimes Seminar, Basic	Cancelled	NAC
2	Ambushes and Minefields in the Courtroom		Arlington, VA
2	Effective Negotiation Techniques		Washington, DC
2	Ethics Show		Arlington, VA
6-7	Victim Notification System	Active	NAC
6-10	ALS Instructor Certification 1	Active	NAC/ITEC
6-10	Legal Skills for Legal Assistants and Paralegals	Active	NAC
8-9	Victim Notification System	Active	NAC
8-10	Internet Fraud	Active	NAC
14-16	Advanced Deposition Workshop	Active	NAC
15-16	Art of Advocacy: Selecting and Persuading the Jury		Washington, DC
15-17	Criminal Chiefs' Conference	Postponed	NAC
15-17	Investigating and Prosecuting Obscenity Cases	Active	NAC
15-17	Money Laundering, Basic	Active	NAC
16	Improper Closing Argument		Albuquerque, NM
20-21	Budget Management: Planning and Implementing the Budget	Rescheduled to Feb 23	NAC
20-24	ALS Instructor Certification 2	Active	NAC/ITEC
20-23	Advanced Environmental Enforcement	Active	NAC
21-23	FOIA for Attorneys & Access Professionals/Privacy Act	Active	Washington, DC
22-24	USAO Financial Reporting	Active	NAC
23	Depositions in Employment Litigation		Arlington, VA
23	Patriot Act Update		Arlington, VA
23	Improper Closing Argument		Albuquerque, NM
23-24	Department of Justice Orientation for New Assistant United States Attorneys	Active	Washington, DC
27-31	Appellate Advocacy	Active	NAC
28-31	Office Automation Conference	Active	NAC
28-Nov 6	Criminal Trial Advocacy	Active	NAC
NOVEMBER 2003	COURSE	STATUS	LOCATION
3-5	USAO Financial Reporting	Active	NAC
3-7	CTC Conference	Active	Destin, FL
3-7	Intelligence Research Specialists' Conference	Active	NAC
3-7	Legal Research and Analysis for Paralegals	Active	NAC
4	Winning Before Trial		Washington, DC
5	Introduction to FOIA	Active	Washington, DC
5	Understanding Business Fraud		Washington, DC
5-6	Trying Cases to Win: Basic Building Blocks		Arlington, VA
6	Winning Your Case With Computers		Washington, DC
7	Effective Appellate Advocacy		Washington, DC
12-14	Attorney Supervisors	Active	NAC
12-14	Financial Litigation: Debt Collection for Paralegals/Collection Agents, Advanced	Active	NAC
12-14	Constitutional Torts	Rescheduled to March 10	NAC
12-14	Grand Jury Practice	Active	NAC
13	Annual Ethics Training for Attorneys for the Government		Arlington, VA
17-21	ALS 101	Active	NAC/ITEC
18	Professional Responsibility Training		Washington, DC
18-20	USAO Management	Postponed	NAC
18-20	FOIA for Attorneys & Access Professionals/Privacy Act	Active	NAC
18-21	Appellate Paralegal	Postponed	NAC
19-21	Advanced Writing Skill for Attorneys	Active	NAC
21	Trying Cases to Win: Basic Building Blocks		Buffalo, NY
DECEMBER 2003	COURSE	STATUS	LOCATION
1-2	Management Symposium on Hiring the Right People	Rescheduled to April 26	NAC
1-5	Support Staff Supervisors	Active	NAC
2-4	Adverse Actions, Drafting Notices of	Active	NAC
2-11	Criminal Trial Advocacy	Active	NAC
3	Annual Ethics Training for Attorneys for the Government		Denver, CO
3	Ethics Show with Mike Levy		Denver, CO
3	FOIA Administrative Forum	Active	Washington, DC
3-4	Law of Evidence		Washington, DC
3-5	Corporate Fraud/Sophisticated White Collar Crime	Active	NAC
3-5	Water Law Conference	Active	NAC
4	Making the Oral Argument: The View from Inside Out		Arlington, VA
4	Advanced FOIA Seminar	Active	Washington, DC
5	Depositions in Employment Litigation		Washington, DC
8-10	USAO Financial Reporting	Active	NAC
8-12	Investigation and Prosecution of Advanced Child Exploitation Cases	Postponed	NAC
9	Professional Responsibility Training		Greensboro, NC
9	Professional Responsibility Training		Washington, DC
10-12	EEO Training for Experienced Counselors	Active	NAC
11	Trying Cases to Win: Evidence at Trial I and II		Washington, DC
11-12	Electronic Case Filing	Active	NAC
15-17	Evaluation Team Leader/Team Evaluator Conference	Active	NAC
15-18	Basic Criminal Federal Practice	Active	NAC
15-18	Introduction to the Federal Judicial System	Active	NAC
15-19	ALS 201	Active	NAC/ITEC
18	Ethics Show with Mike Levy		Charleston, SC
JANUARY 2004	COURSE	STATUS	LOCATION
6-7	Capital Crimes Symposium	Active	NAC
6-8	Adverse Actions	Active	NAC
6-9	Simplified Acquisitions 2	Active	NAC
6-15	Civil Trial Advocacy	Active	NAC
7-9	CTC Network Crimes Workshop	Cancelled	NAC
7-9	Title III Seminar	Active	NAC
7-9	Sentencing Guidelines	Rescheduled to April 13th	NAC
8-9	Training for New EEO Investigators	Active	NAC
12-16	Legal Writing and Analysis for Paralegals	Active	NAC
12-16	ALS 101	Active	NAC/ITEC
13-15	Criminal Chiefs' Conference	Postponed	Washington, DC
13-15	Advanced ACE	Active	NAC
20-23	Management Issues for Assistant U.S. Attorneys	Postponed	NAC
21-22	National Security for United States Attorneys	Postponed	NAC
21-23	RICO Seminar	Active	NAC
21-23	Human Trafficking/Worker Exploitation	Active	NAC
26-28	Native American Issues: Domestic Violence	Cancelled	Arizona
26-30	Fundamentals of Litigation for Criminal Legal Assistants	Active	NAC
26-30	ALS 101	Active	NAC/ITEC
27-29	Administrative Officers' Conference	Postponed	NAC
27-29	First Assistant U.S. Attorney's Conference	Postponed	NAC
28	Professional Responsibility Training		Washington, DC
28-30	USAO Financial Reporting	Active	NAC
29	Annual Ethics Training for Attorneys for the Government		Temple, TX
FEBRUARY 2004	COURSE	STATUS	LOCATION
2-6	Financial Management for Administrative Officers	Rescheduled to March 8	NAC
3-4	Art of Advocacy: Selecting and Persuading the Jury		Washington, DC
3-4	Limited English Proficiency Program Coordinators	Cancelled	NAC
3-5	Advanced Deposition Workshop	Postponed	NAC
3-12	Criminal Trial Advocacy	Active	NAC
4	Ethics		Pittsburgh, PA
4-6	Corporate Fraud Coordinators' Conference	Active	NAC
6	Money Laundering in the 21st Century		Washington, DC
10-13	Simplified Acquisitions 1	Active	NAC
9-13	ALS 201	Active	NAC/ITEC
9-13	Criminal Paralegal	Active	NAC
10-12	Appellate Chiefs' Conference	Postponed	Washington, DC
10-13	Simplified Acquisitions 1	Active	NAC
11-12	3rd Circuit Asset Forfeiture Component Seminar	Active	Atlantic City, NJ
17	Professional Responsibility Training		Washington, DC
18	Ethics Show with Mike Levy		Arlington, VA
18-20	Advanced Criminal Tax Seminar	Active	NAC
18-20	Evidence for Criminal Litigators	Active	NAC
18-20	Federal Tort Claims Act	Active	NAC
18-20	USAO Financial Reporting	Active	NAC
19	Understanding Business Fraud		Temple, TX
23-24	Budget Management: Planning and Implementing the Budget	Rescheduled to July 12	NAC
23-24	Administrative Issues for AOs	Rescheduled to April 6	NAC
23-27	Civil Paralegal	Active	NAC
23-27	Advocacy Skills for Agency Counsel	Cancelled	NAC
23-27	ALS 301	Cancelled	NAC/ITEC
25-27	Online Undercover Investigations	Active	NAC
25-27	Asset Forfeiture for Chiefs and Experts Annual Conference	Active	NAC
MARCH 2004	COURSE	STATUS	LOCATION
2-4	FOIA for Attorneys & Access Professionals/Privacy Act	Active	NAC
2-5	Basic Criminal Federal Practice	Active	NAC
3	Less Boring Direct Examination		Washington, DC
3	Ambushes and Minefields in the Courtroom		Pittsburgh, PA
4-5	Department of Justice Orientation for New Assistant United States Attorneys	Active	Washington, DC
5	Ambushes and Minefields in the Courtroom		Washington, DC
8-9	Health Care Fraud Coordinators' Conference	Active	NAC
8-9	Electronic Case Filing	Active	NAC
10-12	Financial Management for Administrative Officers	Postponed	NAC
10-12	Constitutional Torts	Active	NAC
10-12	Criminal Practice and Procedure for Civil Attorneys	Cancelled	NAC
10-12	Cybercrimes Seminar, Basic	Active	NAC
15-19	ALS 101	Active	NAC/ITEC
15-19	Appellate Advocacy	Active	NAC
16-18	USAO Financial Reporting	Active	NAC
17	Introduction to FOIA	Active	Washington, DC
17-19	Attorney Supervisors	Active	NAC
22	Annual Ethics Training for Attorneys for the Government		Washington, DC
22-26	Introduction to Legal Citation and Research	Active	NAC
23-26	Simplified Acquisitions 2	Cancelled	NAC
23-April 1	Civil Trial Advocacy	Active	NAC
24-25	360 Degree Leadership	Active	NAC
24-26	Enhanced Negotiation and Mediation Advocacy	Active	NAC
24-26	New Evaluator Training	Cancelled	NAC
25	Patriot Act Update		Temple, TX
25	Understanding Business Fraud		Washington, DC
29-30	Child Support Symposium	Active	NAC
29-April 2	Anti-Terrorism Advisory Councils' Conference & Crisis Management Coordinators' Conference	Active	NAC
30	Law of Evidence		Garden City, NY
30	Ethics		Ft. Detrick, MD
31-April 2	Advanced Money Laundering	Active	NAC
31-April 2	ITCOPS Laptop Training	Postponed	NAC
APRIL 2004	COURSE	STATUS	LOCATION
2	Ethics		Washington, DC
5-8	Introduction to the Federal Judicial System Seminar	Active	NAC
5-9	ALS 201	Active	NAC/ITEC
6-8	Advanced Narcotics	Postponed	NAC
6-8	Procurement Management for AOs	Cancelled	NAC
13-14	Trying Cases to Win: Basic Building Blocks		Washington, DC
14-15	Advanced Employment Discrimination Seminar	Active	NAC
14-16	Sentencing Guidelines	Active	NAC
14-16	Advanced Criminal Tax Seminar	Rescheduled to Feb 18	NAC
14-16	Working With Cooperating Co-Defendants and Confidential Informants	Active	NAC
14-16	Advanced Asset Forfeiture for Support Staff	Active	NAC
15	Annual Ethics Training for Attorneys for the Government		Ft. Detrick, MD
15	Ethics		Falls Church, VA
19-23	Advanced Paralegal	Active	NAC
19-23	ALS 303	Cancelled	NAC/ITEC
20	Effective Appellate Advocacy		New York, NY
20	Effective Argument to the Court		Washington, DC
20-23	Civil Federal Practice	Postponed	NAC
20-29	Criminal Trial Advocacy	Active	NAC
21	Ethics Show with Mike Levy		Philadelphia, PA
22	Ambushes and Minefields in the Courtroom		Brooklyn, NY
22	Ethics Show with Mike Levy		Temple, TX
26	Ethics Show with Mike Levy		Ft. Detrick, MD
26-27	Management Symposium on Hiring the Right People	Cancelled	NAC
27	Trying Cases to Win: Evidence at Trial I and II		Washington, DC
27-29	USAO Financial Reporting	Active	NAC
28-30	Basic Health Care Fraud for New Assistant U.S. Attorneys	Active	NAC
28-30	Follow the Money	Postponed	NAC
28-30	Public Lands and Natural Resources	Active	NAC
29	Ambushes and Minefields in the Courtroom		Falls Church, VA
MAY 2004	COURSE	STATUS	LOCATION
3-4	Electronic Case Filing	Cancelled	NAC
3-7	Advanced Support Staff Supervisors	Active	NAC
5-7	Advanced EEO Mediator Training	Rescheduled to July	NAC
5-7	Forensics for Criminal Prosecutors	Active	NAC
6	Ethics		Brooklyn, NY
7	Ethics Show with Mike Levy		Washington, DC
10	Law of Evidence		Atlanta, GA
11-13	Native American Issues: Domestic Violence	Active	Minnesota
11-14	ALS National Conference	Postponed	NAC
12-14	Corporate Fraud/Sophisticated White Collar Crime	Postponed	NAC
13	Winning Your Case With Computers		Falls Church, VA
17-21	ALS 101	Active	NAC/ITEC
12-14	Financial Litigation: Asset Investigations for Financial Litigation Personnel	Active	NAC
17-18	Management Symposium	Active	NAC
18	Ethics		New York, NY
18-20	USAO Financial Reporting	Cancelled	NAC
18-27	Civil Trial Advocacy	Active	NAC
19-21	Violent Crime: Firearms/Gang Violence	Postponed	NAC
19-21	CTC Network Crimes Workshop	Active	NAC
19-21	Advanced DNA Symposium	Cancelled	NAC
21	Freedom of Information Act Overview		Westbury, NY
24-28	Legal Research and Analysis for Paralegals	Active	NAC
25-28	Advanced Environmental Crimes	Active	NAC
26-28	Special Emphasis Program Managers	Cancelled	NAC
JUNE 2004	COURSE	STATUS	LOCATION
2-3	Jury Selection	Active	NAC
2-3	Law of Evidence		Washington, DC
2-4	Basic Asset Forfeiture for Support Staff	Active	NAC
2-4	USAO Financial Reporting	Active	NAC
2-4	Evidence for Criminal Litigators	Active	NAC
3	Less Boring Direct Examination		Brooklyn, NY
4	Ethics Show with Mike Levy		New York, NY
3-4	360 Degree Leadership	Cancelled	NAC
7	The Strategy and Art of Negotiating		Philadelphia, PA
7-11	Fundamentals of Litigation for Civil Legal Assistants	Active	NAC
8-10	Law Firm Management for Administrative Officers	Cancelled	NAC
8-10	Librarians' Conference	Cancelled	NAC
9	Taking Depositions		Rockville, MD
9-11	Intellectual Property Seminar	Cancelled	NAC
10-11	Financial Litigation: Regional Training on Criminal Collections Issues	Rescheduled to August	Los Angeles, CA
11	Logic for Lawyers		Washington, DC
14-16	Immigration for Criminal Assistant U.S. Attorneys, Basic	Active	NAC
14-17	Advanced Criminal Trial Advocacy	Active	NAC
14-18	ALS 201	Active	NAC/ITEC
15	Discovery Techniques		New York, NY
15	Science of Cross Examination		Philadelphia, PA
15-17	Asset Forfeiture Component Seminar - 2nd Circuit	Active	To Be Determined
16-18	Immigration for Criminal Assistant U.S. Attorneys, Advanced	Active	NAC
16-18	Environmental Law Survey	Cancelled	Washington, DC
17	Professional Responsibility Training		Washington, DC
17	FOIA Guide	Active	Washington, DC
18	Trial Evidence: Making and Meeting Objections		Richmond, VA
22	Effective Negotiation Techniques		Washington, DC
22	Ethics		Garden City, NY
23	What Every Litigator Should Know About Mediation		Westbury, NY
23-25	Enhanced Negotiation and Mediation Advocacy	Cancelled	NAC
23-25	Violent Crime/Anti-Terrorism for Paralegals	Cancelled	NAC
23-25	Grand Jury Practice	Active	NAC
24	Trying Cases to Win: Advanced Course and Trying the Civil Case		Washington, DC
24	Effective Negotiation Techniques		Washington, DC
28-July 1	Civil Pretrial Practice	Active	NAC
29-July 1	New Evaluator Training	Active	NAC
29-July 1	Criminal Civil Rights Point-of-Contact Conference	Postponed	NAC
29	Logic for Lawyers		Philadelphia, PA
JULY 2004	COURSE	STATUS	LOCATION
1	Trial Techniques		Washington, DC
7-9	Law Firm Management for Administrative Officers	Cancelled	NAC
7-9	USAO Financial Reporting	Cancelled	NAC
7-9	Adverse Actions, Drafting Notices of	Active	NAC
8	Ethics		Washington, DC
8-9	Bankruptcy Symposium	Rescheduled to Sept	NAC
8-9	Electronic Case Filing	Active	NAC
8-9	Multi-Jurisdictional Complex Drug Investigations	Active	NAC
9	Making the Oral Argument: The View from Inside Out		Washington, DC
12-13	Budget Management: Planning and Implementing the Budget	Cancelled	NAC
12-13	Capital Crimes Symposium	Active	NAC
12-14	Introduction to Legal Citation and Research - Agency Only	Cancelled	NAC
12-16	ALS 101	Active	NAC/ITEC
13	Ethics		Arlington, VA
14	Advanced FOIA Seminar	Active	Washington, DC
14	Ethics		Denver, CO
14-16	Examination Techniques for Agency Counsel	Cancelled	NAC
15	FOIA Administrative Forum	Active	Washington, DC
15	Jury Comprehension in Complex Cases		Washington, DC
15	Ethics Show with Mike Levy		Brooklyn, NY
15-16	Violence Against Women Act Symposium	Cancelled	NAC
16	Jury Trials for Employment Discrimination Lawyers		Richmond, VA
16	Depositions in Employment Litigation		Richmond, VA
20-22	FOIA for Attorneys & Access Professionals/Privacy Act	Active	Washington, DC
20-22	Basic Employment Discrimination	Active	NAC
20-23	Basic Criminal Federal Practice	Active	NAC
20-23	Advanced Civil Trial Advocacy	Cancelled	NAC
21-23	Title III Seminar	Postponed	NAC
22	Professional Responsibility Training		Washington, DC
22	Trying Cases to Win: Basic Building Blocks		Washington, DC
22	Freedom of Information Act Overview		Philadelphia, PA
22	Ethics Show with Mike Levy		Newark, NJ
26-30	ALS 302	Cancelled	NAC/ITEC
27-29	Advanced EEO Mediator Training	Active	NAC
27-30	Simplified Acquisitions 3	Cancelled	NAC
28-30	Introduction to Civil and Criminal Forfeiture Procedure	Active	NAC
28-30	Advanced Writing Skill for Attorneys	Active	NAC
28-30	Evidence for Civil Attorneys	Postponed	NAC
29	Ambushes and Minefields in the Courtroom		Washington, DC
AUGUST 2004	COURSE	STATUS	LOCATION
2-6	Human Resources for Administrative Officers	Cancelled	NAC
3-6	Senior Litigation Counsel Conference	Postponed	NAC
4	Introduction to FOIA	Active	Washington, DC
4-5	Financial Litigation: Regional Training on Criminal Collections Issues	Active	New York, NY
4-6	Advanced Public Corruption Seminar	Active	NAC
6	Understanding Business Fraud		Washington, DC
9-13	Legal Writing and Analysis for Paralegals	Active	NAC
9-13	ALS 201	Active	NAC/ITEC
10-13	ARPA	Cancelled	To Be Determined
10-13	TSA Legal Services	Cancelled	NAC
11-13	USAO Financial Reporting	Active	NAC
11-13	Civil Immigration	Active	NAC
12	Ethics		Brooklyn, NY
16-20	Advocacy Skills for Agency Counsel	Cancelled	NAC
16-20	Experienced Legal Assistants	Active	NAC
17	Professional Responsibility Training		Washington, DC
17-19	Support Services (Property & Records)	Cancelled	NAC
17-19	Asset Forfeiture Component Seminar - 1st Circuit	Active	To Be Determined
18	Effective Negotiation Techniques		Arlington, VA
18-20	Fundamentals in the Prosecution of Child Exploitation Cases	Active	NAC
18-20	ITCOPS Laptop Training	Cancelled	NAC
19	Less Boring Direct Examination		Washington, DC
19	Depositions in Employment Litigation		Newark, NJ
24-27	ACE for Auditors, Investigators and Paralegals Seminar	Active	NAC
26-27	Financial Litigation: Regional Training on Criminal Collections Issues	Active	Los Angeles, CA
26	Winning Before Trial		Washington, DC
27-30	ALS 301	Cancelled	NAC/ITEC
30-Sept. 2	Computer Forensics	Cancelled	NAC
30-Sept. 2	Management Issues for Assistant U.S. Attorneys	Cancelled	NAC
30-Sept. 2	Case Management Conference	Postponed	NAC
31-Sept. 2	Adverse Actions	Cancelled	NAC
SEPTEMBER 2004	COURSE	STATUS	LOCATION
3	Taking Depositions		Washington, DC
8-9	IT Management for Administrative Officers	Cancelled	NAC
8-10	Basic International Issues	Active	NAC
8-10	Internet Fraud	Active	NAC
8-10	Advanced Damages Workshop	Cancelled	NAC
8-10	USAO Financial Reporting	Active	NAC
9	Ethics Show with Mike Levy		Arlington, VA
13-14	ACE Coordinators' Conference	Active	Washington, DC
13-17	ALS 101	Active	NAC/ITEC
13-17	Introduction to Legal Citation and Research	Active	NAC
15-17	Investigating and Prosecuting an Obscenity Case	Active	NAC
14-16	FOIA for Attorneys & Access Professionals/Privacy Act	Cancelled	NAC
15	Law of Evidence		Brooklyn, NY
15	Taking Depositions		Arlington, VA
21	Effective Appellate Advocacy		Newark, NJ
23	The Strategy and Art of Negotiating		Washington, DC
27-29	Advanced Negotiation and Mediation Advocacy	Active	NAC
27-30	FTCA Medical Malpractice Defense	Cancelled	Washington, DC
28-30	Basic Narcotics	Active	NAC
28-30	Criminal Forfeiture: Making Forfeiture Part of a Criminal Case	Cancelled	NAC
28-30	Advanced Bankruptcy	Active	NAC

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