PUBLICATONS AND PRESENTATIONS


In keeping with his commitment to providing the highest quality legal representation, Todd Bussert regularly writes and presents on issues of importance to individuals facing the prospect of imprisonment, their families and their attorneys. Those highlighted below are .pdf documents that can be accessed using Adobe Acrobat. They are made available for personal (i.e., noncommercial) review.

Co-author, New Time Limits on Federal Halfway Houses: Why and how lawyers challenge the Bureau of Prisons shift in correctional policy - and the courts’ response, Criminal Justice (ABA Spring 2006).
Presenter, “Federal Practice Update” sponsored by the New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Bureau of Prisons Designations and Half-Way House Litigation (Brooklyn, New York February 2006).
Presenter, Criminal Justice Act Committee and Office of the Federal Public Defender for the District of Maryland’s Criminal Justice Act Panel Training Program, How to Navigate the Bureau of Prisons (Greenbelt, MD December 2005).
Presenter, Office of the Federal Public Defender for the District of Connecticut’s One-Day Training, BOP Advocacy (Westbrook, CT September 2005).
Co-author, BOP Update: More Beds, Less Rehabilitation, The Champion (NACDL March 2005).
Contributing author, Minimum Security and Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 in Encyclopedia of Prisons and Correctional Facilities (Mary Bosworth, ed.) (Sage Publications 2005).
Author, Cases question halfway house rule; BOP now “proposes” change, 14 FAMMGram 4 at 20 (FAMM Winter 2004).
Author, Federal Halfway House Litigation, 15 Prison Legal News 8 at 40 (PLN September 2004).
Author, Getting to Know the Bureau of Prisons: Extending Advocacy Beyond the Courtroom, The Doing Time Times (Federal Defender Services of WI, Inc. Spring 2004).
Co-author, Developments continue in halfway house litigation effort, 14 FAMMGram 1 at 15 (FAMM Spring 2004).
Co-author, Front or back, a halfway house is still a correctional facility, 13 FAMMGram 4 at 27 (FAMM Winter 2003) (district courts invalidating BOP halfway house rule change).
Co-author, Halfway house policy change curtails placement opportunities, 13 FAMMGram 1 at 26 (FAMM Spring 2003) (Federal Bureau of Prisons changes rules concerning the use of Community Corrections Centers (a.k.a., CCCs or halfway houses)).

Author, The Tough Getting Tougher, Federal CURE Newsletter (Winter 2003) (Federal Bureau of Prisons changes rules concerning the use of Community Corrections Centers (a.k.a., CCCs or halfway houses)).

Author, BOP Update, 12 FAMMGram 4 at 24 (FAMM Winter 2002) (Presentence report restrictons and other Bureau of Prisons' rule changes).
Author, Prisoners and phones: a sensitive issue, 12 FAMMGram 3 at 17 (FAMM Fall 2002) (The Federal Bureau of Prisons' 300-minute telephone restrictions and what you can do to help).
Author, Getting to Know the Bureau of Prisons: Extending Advocacy Beyond the Courtroom, The Champion (©NACDL July 2002) (Useful primer for anyone interacting with the Federal Bureau of Prisons).
Author, New BOP Policy Changes..., 12 FAMMGram 2 at 26 (FAMM Summer 2002) (Addresses changes to the Federal Bureau of Prisons Security Designation and Custody Classification Manual).
Author, Federal Furloughs: Getting Home, 12 FAMMGram 1at 25 (FAMM Spring 2002) (Overview of Federal Bureau of Prisons' furlough policy).
Presenter, National Association of Sentencing Advocates' Tenth Annual Conference, The Non-Attorney Advocate's Role Under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines (Washington, D.C. May 2002).
Panelist, "The Year of Opportunity: Sentencing Reform in 2002" sponsored by Families Against Mandatory Minimums, Ask The Experts (Washington, D.C. February 2002).
Contributor, Prison News: Ask Andrea, 11 FAMMGram 3 at 28 (FAMM Fall 2001) (Article concerning transfers within the Federal Bureau of Prisons).
Presenter, District of Columbia Public Defender Service-Offender Rehabilitation Division's New Staff and In-Service Training, Getting to Know the Federal Bureau of Prisons (Washington, D.C. August 2001).
Presenter, National Association of Sentencing Advocates' Ninth Annual Conference, Sentencing Options Under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines (Nashville, Tennessee June 2001).
Panelist, "Counseling the Client Facing Prison" co-sponsored by the New York Council of Defense Lawyers and the Criminal Law and Criminal Courts Committees of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Federal Prison Institutions and Programs (New York, New York April 2001).
Presenter, Critical Resistance East Conference, Jury Independence: Changing Laws By Refusing to Enforce Those Which Are Unjust (New York, New York March 2001).
Contributor/Co-Editor, The Sentencing Advocate (Newsletter) (NCIA February 1999).
Presenter, National Association of Sentencing Advocates' Sixth Annual Conference, Advanced Report Writing (Arlington, Virginia April 1998).
Contributor, White-Collar Offenders' Most Frequently Asked Questions, The Champion (NACDL March 1998).
Presenter, Maryland Juvenile Justice Advisory Council's Juvenile Sex Offender Assessment and Treatment Training sponsored by the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention, Understanding the Criminal Justice Process: The Goals of Sentencing and Client Specific Planning, Maryland Regional Mental Health Hospital (Cambridge, Maryland May 1997).
 
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