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.

2026 UPAA Conference

Training for paralegals and secretarial staff in prosecutor offices.

CLE Credits: 11 General; 1 Civility/Professionalism

Date/Time: 

June 10-12, 2026

Location: 

1294 S Interstate Drive, Cedar City, Utah 84720

There are several hotels for room reservations. Please see the attached brochure for details. Make reservations by May 8, 2026

Agenda: 

Registration: 


Conference Topics

Speaker Bios (PDF)

Wednesday, June 10th

1:00 PM - The Comedy of Errors: When Communication Breaks Down: Part I (1.25 General CLE)

Presentation Slides (PDF) Rachel Child - HR & Leadership Consultant, Rachel May Enterprises, LLC

2:30 PM - Let's Kill All Lawyers: Legislative Update (1.25 General CLE)

2026 Legislative Summaries (PDF) Trent Dressen - Sexual Assault/DV Resource Prosecutor, UPC

4:00 PM - The Clerk's Burden: On Declinations in eProsecutor (0.5 General CLE)

Ron Weight - IT Director, UPC

To Study or Not to Study: CUPA Practice (0.75 General CLE)

JoEll Rowley

Thursday, June 11th

8:45 AM - Much Ado About Nothing: 16 Years with Faucheux (1.5 General CLE)

Presentation Slides (PDF) Gary Millward - Deputy Provo City Attorney, Civil Division Cecelia Zarbock - Litigaton Paralegal, Provo City Attorney's Office

10:30 AM - From Silence to Speech: Adult Forensic Interviewing (1 General CLE)

Presentation Slides (PDF) Kasidy Rowley - Adult Forensic Interviewer & Victim Witness Coordinator, Washington County Attorney's Office

12:30 PM - The Comedy of Errors: When Communication Breaks Down, Part II (1 General CLE)

Presentation Slides (PDF) Rachel Child - HR & Leadership Consultant, Rachel May Enterprises, LLC

1:30 PM - Grief Fills the Room Up: Juvenile Homicide (1.5 General CLE)

Presentation Slides (PDF) Jennette Turner - Deputy Attorney, Salt Lake County DA's Office

3:15 PM - Heavy is the Pen That Records the Deed: GRAMA (1 General CLE)

Presentation Slides (PDF) Jacob Franklin - Government Records Counsel, Utah Attorney General's Office

Friday, June 12th

9:00 AM - All Things are Ready if Our Minds Be So: AI and the Law and How to Use It (1.25 General CLE)

AI and the Law (PDF) Case Wade - Deputy Attorney, Wasatch County Attorney's Office

10:30 AM - All the Web's A Stage: Predators, Victims, and Digital Disguise. An Intro to ICAC Investigations (1 General CLE)

Presentaton slides (minus case study) (PDF) Agent Casandra Robertson - Utah ICAC Special Agent

11:45 AM - The Taming of the Stressed: Self Care and Resilience (1 Civility CLE)

Diane Passey - LCMHC, Senior EAP Consultant, Intermountain Health