Total Credits: 6 including 4 CLE, 2 Ethics
Top criminal defense attorneys and experts will give you practical information on the hottest issues and latest changes that you need to know about. This program is designed for both novice and experienced criminal defense lawyers.
Mr. Wright currently serves as Executive Director of the Alabama Sentencing Commission, and also serves as the Commission's liaison to the Alabama Legislature. He chairs the Commission’s Standards Committee tasked with developing the State’s sentencing guidelines. Prior to joining the Commission, Mr. Wright worked for the federal judiciary at the United States Administrative Office of Courts in Washington, D.C. and before that taught courses including Statistics, Sociology, Criminology, and Deviance at Auburn University. Mr. Wright received his undergraduate degree in criminology and his graduate degree in sociology.
Jason C. Neff has been practicing law in Tuscaloosa for the past twenty-three years. After graduating with a degree in criminal justice from The University of Alabama in 1998, Mr. Neff attended the Birmingham School of Law, and in 2001 was admitted to the Alabama State Bar. Until 2003, Mr. Neff served as Deputy District attorney prosecuting DUI’s and felony drug cases. Since then Mr. Neff has privately been practicing law in Tuscaloosa. Handling all types of cases, from Death Penalty to Misdemeanors, Mr. Neff has represented clients at the local, state, and federal levels. Mr. Neff is a member of the Alabama Bar Association, Alabama Criminal Defense, and the Tuscaloosa Bar Association; and he is currently the city prosecutor for Centerville, Brent and Northport, as well as the municipal judge for the Town of Brookwood and Town for Vance. Jason has held teh appointment for the CJA Resource Council for the Northern District since February 2021, when he accepted the appointment by the 11th Circuit and continues in that role today. Mr. Neff is licensed to practice in the State of Alabama, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, and the Eleventh Circuit.
Chris Colee is the Practice Management Advisor for the Alabama State Bar and has led the Law Practice Management program since December 2021. Chris provides law practice management advice and assistance to bar members as well as manages the bar’s member benefits. Chris started his legal career as a prosecutor and later ran his own solo practice. Prior to working for the bar, Chris was a staff attorney with the Alabama Administrative Office of Courts for over seven years. Chris has degrees from the University of Alabama and the University of Nevada Las Vegas, and graduated from Jones School of Law in 2005.
