Agenda

41st Annual Judges and Attorneys Substance Abuse and Ethics Seminar
Friday, December 06, 2024 | 

 

8:25 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.         Welcome and Introductions

8:45 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.      Addiction Updates (1hr)
Speaker:
Thomas Lewis, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, MUSC


9:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.      Ethics in Law (1hr)
Speakers: 

Bryan A. Alfaro, Esq., Alfaro Law firm

Judge Michèle Patrão Forsythe, South Carolina Family Court

 Frank Cornely, Esq., Cornely Law

 

10:45: a.m. - 11:00   Mid-Morning Break

 

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.    Jail In & Jail Out (1hr)
Speakers:
Ashleigh Wojslawowicz, EdD, Charleston County Criminal Justice Coordinating Council

William Malcolm, MSW, Charleston County Sheriff's Office

Jessica Rabon, MA, Charleston Center

Cameron Blazer, JD, Circuit Public Defender
 

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.      Telehealth in South Carolina (1hr)
Speakers:
Christopher G. Pelic, M.D., Medical University of South Carolina

Laura Uminski, South Carolina Department of Mental Health

 
1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.         Lunch Break

 

1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.        Harm Reduction with Narcan Training

Speaker:

Nanci Shipman, WakeUp Carolina

2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.        Gas Station Drugs (1hr)
Speaker:

Thomas Lewis, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, MUSC

Chante Gore-Elmore, MPH, Charleston Center

Kennedy Peterson, Ed.S, Charleston Center

3:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.       Afternoon Break

 

3:45 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.        Lawyers Helping Lawyers & Supporting the Whole Lawyer

Speakers: 

Beth Padgett, M.Ed, MA, Lawyers Helping Lawyers

Michael Ethridge, JD, Ethridge Law Group

4:45 p.m.                            Closing Remarks and Adjourn