The mission of Utah Prosecution Council is to provide quality training for state and local prosecutors as well as law enforcement officers through an exchange of information and experience to ensure the administration of justice reflecting the highest ethical and professional standards.

2023 UMPA Conference

Annual CLE training for prosecutors who work with misdemeanor cases.

CLE Credits: 9.5 General; 1 Ethics

Date/Time: 

November 2-3, 2023

Location: 

1215 Zion Park Boulevard, Springdale, UT 84767

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Conference Topics

Thursday, Nov 2nd

Evidence in a Digital Age (1 General CLE)

Trent Dressen - Sexual Assault/DV Resource Prosecutor, UPC

The Misdemeanor Prosecutor's Role in Restitution (1 General CLE)

Restitution for Misdemeanor Prosecutors Slides (view) Download Presentation Slides Dan Strong - Director, Sentencing Commission

Psychology of the DV Abuser and Working with DV Victims (1.5 General CLE)

Jenn Oxborrow, LCSW
Evening Presentations (dinner provided - 6:00 pm)

UMPA Business Meeting (1 General CLE)

Mark Smedley - Heber City Prosecutor

Wet Lab - SFST's (2 General CLE)

Presentation Trooper Jered Taylor - Utah Highway Patrol Trooper Robert Gray - Utah Highway Patrol Trooper Jeff Daems - Utah Highway Patrol Trooper Kim Riddle - Utah Highway Patrol

Friday, Nov 3rd

Take a Bow: Dancing Through Utah's Protective Order Law to the Music of Rihanna (1 General CLE)

Presentation Slides Will Carlson - Chief Policy Advisor, Salt Lake County District Attorney

Prosecutor Panel: Best Practices - Hot Topic Discussion - Charging (1 General CLE)

Moderator: Tyson Skeen - Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutor, Utah Prosecution Council Panel: Rhiannon Mann - West Valley City Bob Trombly - Provo City Samantha Smith - Bluffdale City

Immigration - What Prosecutors Need to Know (1 General CLE)

Adam Crayk - Partner, Stowel Crayk, PLLC

Relationships Matter: May We Interact with Poise (1 Ethics CLE)

Presentation Slides Mark Smedley - Heber City Prosecutor