KCDAA Events

2025 KCDAA Fall CLE Conference:  Materials and Schedule 

Thursday, October 23: 

8am - 8:45: Breakfast / Registration 

8:45am - 9:00am: Welcome by President of the Board, Tabitha Owen and CLE Committee Chair, Shannon Wilson

9am - 10:15am: KDOC and Our Mental Health Programs by Dr. Worley and Gerald Jorgenson

10:15am -10:30am: Break 

10:30am - 11:45am: Post -Charging Interviews: 5th and 6th Amendments by Natalie Chalmers and Tyler Winslow 

11:45am -1pm: Lunch/ Business Meeting/ Awards 

1pm -1:50pm: Difficult Witnesses & Forfeiture by Wrongdoing by Joshua Steward

1:50 -2:40pm: DOMA Utilization by John Grube 

2:40pm - 3:00pm: Break 

3pm-3:50pm: Quiz Show: The Criminal Law Edition by Gayle Larkin 

3:50 - 4:40pm: What Can We Learn from Our Neighbors? Prosecutors' Edition by Gayle Larkin 

4:40pm - 5:30pm: Kansas Prosecutors Foundation Board Meeting: Corporate Hills Ballroom

KCDAA Happy Hour: 6pm - 7:30PM 

Friday, October 24: 

8am - 9am: Breakfast 

9am -10:40am: The Prosecution of Lawyer Alex Murdaugh for the Murder of his Family and Theft from his Clients by Creighton Walters 

10:40am -11am: Break

11am - 11:50am: Appellate Review by Jodi Litfin and Carolyn Smith 

12pm - 1pm: Lunch

1:00pm - 2:40 pm: Case Review on the Kleypas Case by Barry Disney 

2:45 - 3:35: Breakout Sessions (Pick 1):

• Retention Strategies for Prosecutors: Marc Bennett and Steve Howe
• Frequently Asked Questions Related to Sex Crimes by Alice Osburn 
• Updates to DUI Law by Aaron Britenbach