Professional Development

Professional development of management, attorneys, investigators and support staff at the Law Office of the Cook County Public Defender includes in-house training events, external training sources and a library of videos and manuals. Our programs include a four-week training for new attorneys, trial advocacy training for summer law clerks and our annual three-day Nutshell Indigent Defense Conference featuring presenters and lecturers from around the country. Other in-house training opportunities are week-long workshops, day and half-day seminars, orientations, brown-bag lunches and informal sessions.