LeslieJillPatterson
PRESENTATIONS INTRO to LIFE NARRATIVES
Mar
3
2023
WHEN A WHITE BOY RECEIVES LIFE
and Our Clients Receive Death
ARC, Inc. | Lubbock, TX
Oct
26
2022
SOCIAL HISTORY NARRATIVE
Putting It Together
UT School of Law Capital Clinic | Online
Oct
12
2022
THE POWER OF STORYTELLING
A Writing Workshop
ARC, Inc. | Jacksonville, FL
July
25
2022
STORYTELLING FOR RPDO
as Criminal Defense
RPDO | Tanglewood, TX
May
20
2022
STORYTELLING & CAPITAL DEFENSE
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NACDL | Durham, NC
Feb
11
2022
NARRATIVES FOR LIFE
in Capital Defense
Southwestern Law School | Online
Nov
18
2021
CREATING & DELIVERING
THE STORY
TCDLA | Galveston, TX
Oct
6
2021
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT AND
Bryan Stevenson's Just Mercy
Texas Tech University Library | Online
Sept
24
2021
RACIAL JUSTICE
in Narrative Defense
NC Racial Equity Network | Online
Mar
15
2021
ADVANCED STORYTELLING
in Capital Cases
NACDL | Online
Mar
12
2021
FUNDAMENTALS OF STORYTELLING
in Capital Cases
NACDL | Online
Dec
16
2020
NARRATIVE DEFENSE:
Developing the Client's Story
Maricopa County FPD | Online
Oct
6
2020
STORYTELLING FOR THE DEFENSE:
Advanced Strategies
ARC, Inc. | Online
May
26
2020
STORYTELLING FOR THE DEFENSE:
The Basics
ARC, Inc. | Online
Dec
6
2019
STORYTELLING
as Criminal Defense
ARC, Inc. | Houston, TX
Oct
24
2019
HOW to TELL YOUR CLIENT'S STORY
Writers on the Death Penalty
Louisiana Public Defenders | Kenner, LA
Apr
29
2019
STORYTELLING
for Capital Defenders
TTU School of Law | Lubbock, TX
Apr
3
2019
STORYTELLING FOR LIFE
Plea Negotiations as Story
Capital Habeas Unit | Mobile, AL
Feb
23
2019
A PARTNERSHIP
Mitigation & Narrative
TCDLA Capital Clinic | Austin, TX
Feb
23
2019
THE CASE with NO MITIGATION
Finding All the Narrative Pieces
TCDLA Capital Clinic | Austin, TX
Feb
22
2019
MITIGATION BECOMES STORY
The Mitigator & The Storyteller
Southern Poverty Law Clinic | Tulsa, OK
Oct
5
2018
WHAT'S THE STORY?
Every Client Has a Life Story
Octoberfest Defender Seminar | Mobile, AL
Sept
20
2018
GRACE
Writing Stories for Change
Western All-Star Defenders | Boise, ID
Aug
2
2018
WHAT'S THE STORY?
Character & Place as Story
CLE in the City | Chicago, IL
July
11
2018
WHAT'S THE STORY?
Storytelling Techniques for Presenters
TCDLA | Padre Island, TX
Mar
21
2018
GRACE
Post-Conviction Stories for Change
Federal Defenders Clinic | Santa Fe, NM
Feb
28
2018
NARRATIVE DEFENSE
Every Case Is Different
BYOC Clinic| Orange Beach, AL
Feb 8
8
2018
CREATING WITNESS VIDEOS
DIY Tips
Deep South Cap Def | Bay St. Louis, MS
Nov
30
2017
DEVELOPING STORIES FOR LIFE
New Narrative Strategies
BYOC Clinic | Joshua Tree, CA
June
3
2017
OUTSIDERS AS INSIDERS
Writing Social Justice Narratives
NonfictioNow | Reykjavik, Iceland
WRITING FOR LIFE
Narrative Defense
PLANTING THE SEED
Death Penalty Narratives
RESOURCES FOR LAWYERS
Click the photos below to download the articles.
Compelling Openings
from The Writer's Chronicle
Narrating Bad Guys
from The Writer's Chronicle
Narrative in Nonfiction
from The Writer's Chronicle
A Primer for Lawyers
from Rutgers Law Journal
Interviews via Story
from Clinical Law Review
Activating Setting
from The Writer's Chronicle
Beginnings
from The Writer's Notebook, II
Inability to Overcome
from UMKC Law Review
Storytelling as Inquiry
from The Writer's Chronicle
Narrative as a Team
from The Warrior
How Jurors Use Story
from Studies in Law, Politics & Society
Endings: Parting is Sweet Sorrow
from The Writers Notebook, II
RECOMMENDED NARRATIVES
MITCHELL JACKSON
KIESE LAYMON
COLSON WHITEHEAD
THI BUI
GRACE
TALUSAN
GARRARD CONLEY
SAMANTHA
ALLEN
NIC SHEFF
JESMYN WARD, ed.
SIDIK FOFANA
TOMMY ORANGE
JOSÉ ORDUÑA
SARAH FAWN MONTGOMERY
STACY JANE GROVER
KATHLEEN BLACKBURN
KOREN ZAILCKAS
Only have time for a quick read?
Click to download these short stories and essays.
On substance use disorders
Laurie Easter, "Searching for Gwen"
Megan Foss, "Fourteen Years in the Making"
Elizabeth K. Brown, "Informed Consent"
On race.
On generational trauma.
On guns and at-risk neighborhoods.
On fatherhood.
A full mitigation narrative.
If you're looking for a book recommendation or a narrative that might help you better understand a particular client, or a book or narrative that will act as a model to follow when shaping your client's experiences into a narrative presentation, or simply more information on using a particular narrative method, please feel free to email me.
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