2026 MACDL Annual Conference
Friday, June 12, 2026
Hilton Garden Inn
5 Park Street, Freeport
Please join MACDL in Freeport on June 12th for our annual conference--this year, once again, it's a one-day only event!
The program offers 7.00 excellent total CLE credits, including one live Ethics credit and one live H&D credit.
Registration covers the 7.00 CLE credits, breakfast, lunch, snacks . . . and a post-conference evening event at Maine Beer Company, that includes beer (shocking!) and pizza and more (including non-alcoholic options).
Registration Fees:
MACDL Members: $300.00
Non-MACDL Members: $400.00
MACDL Member Law Student: $25.00
Non-MACDL Member Law Student: $50.00 (note: Special registration code required for non-MACDL member law students. Please contact mainemacdl@gmail.com for details)
(If you want to get the MACDL member discount, become a MACDL member today and register after your membership is paid and processed. Not only do you get discounts on our CLEs, we offer other membership benefits including a motions/brief bank, an active listserv, and legislative advocacy.)
Note: Full payment must be received in advance of the day's events. No refunds will be processed.
You can pay through the portal (via PayPal) or by mailing a check or money order made out to MACDL and mailed to:
MACDL
P.O. Box 17642
Portland, ME 04112
Schedule of Events
7:45 a.m. Sign-Ins & Breakfast
8:30 a.m. Opening Remarks (MACDL President Matt Morgan)
8:45 a.m.-9:45 a.m. The Reality of a Not Criminally Responsible Commitment: Guidance for Advising Your Clients (Dr. Sarah Miller, Robert Lamoreau, and Andrew Wright)
9:45 a.m. Break
10 a.m. Developments in Digital Forensics (Lauren Palmer, Manzo Digital Forensics)
11 a.m. Crimmigration NOW: Fundamentals, Updates and Pointers for Representing Noncitizens (Shannon McKinnon and Kelsey Lee)
12:00 p.m. Lunch
12:45 p.m. Victory Flags & Annual Awards
1 p.m. Automatic for the Police: Tech-Washing Racism, Classism, and Bias in Our Oppressive Criminal Legal System with Predictive Policing & AI Police Reports (Justin Rosas) (H&D Credit)
2 p.m. Songs of Freedom: Making Your Client's Story Really Sing at Sentencing (Tim Zerillo)
3 p.m. Break
3:15 p.m. Defending Karen: Defense Strategies in Commonwealth v. Read (David Yannetti)
4:15 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. Ethical Quandaries & Real Head-Scratchers (Amber Tucker and Tina Nadeau) (Ethics Credit)
5 p.m. Maine Beer Company
Questions? Comments?
Contact Tina Nadeau (Executive Director) at: mainemacdl@gmail.com
***Note: MACDL will be putting on a 4 to 6-part Zoom CLE series this fall, as we have over the past several years, which will include a live H&D and/or Ethics credit, and--we hope!--another live event around the holidays. Stay tuned for those announcements.
