Unlocking the Sentencing Guidelines, A Virtual Series: Session 6 – An Overview of the 2024 Guideline Amendments

This webinar will provide an overview of the 2024 Sentencing Guideline Amendments, which will go into effect on November 1, 2024, absent congressional action to the contrary. We will review the guideline amendments and brainstorm strategies for sentencing advocacy in light of the amendments. By the end of the session, participants should understand the sentencing guideline amendment process; be familiar with the 2024 guideline amendments; and be able to identify related strategies for success at sentencing.

Presenters:

Tina Woehr, Texas-born and Tucson-based, is an attorney with the National Sentencing Resource Counsel Project. Before she joined SRC, Tina was an Assistant Federal Public Defender in the District of Arizona and the Southern District of Texas. Prior to that she was an associate with the New York office of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett. Tina received their J.D. from Columbia Law School, and a B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin.

Leslie E. Scott is an attorney with the National Sentencing Resource Counsel, where she represents Federal Defenders' interests before the United States Sentencing Commission, trains Defenders and CJA panel attorneys nationwide on federal sentencing issues, and provides sentencing litigation support. Leslie earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan and her law degree from American University, Washington College of Law. After law school, Leslie clerked on the D.C. Court of Appeals and the District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. From there, she served as an Assistant Federal Public Defender in the Western District of New York. She also taught evidence and criminal law-related courses at Detroit Mercy School of Law and has authored several law review articles, an amicus brief, and a textbook chapter on sentencing and drug law and policy. She is based in Detroit, Michigan.

CLE Information:

We have applied for CLE accreditation in states that have mandatory requirements. We regret that we cannot respond to telephone inquiries regarding the status of CLE approval prior to the webinar. All information related to CLE will be emailed to attendees within 15-30 days following the program.

• To minimize reporting fees per attorney/program, if you are barred in more than one of the following states NM, TN, PA, NE, attendance will be reported to one state only.
• The attorney is responsible for making sure the appropriate state and bar number is on file with the DSO Training Division.
• For applicable states, attendance will be reported using the bar number and state(s) listed on the registration form submitted for this program.
• Failure to provide the state and bar number may result in the Training Division not being able to report your attendance.