First Admitted: 2006, Texas

Professional Webpage: https://sarahroland.com/about/

Bar/Professional Activity:

State Bar College, 2022
Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Project, Chairperson, 2012-2013
Eastern District of Texas, 2011
Denton County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, President, 2011
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Member
Innocence Project of Texas, Board of Directors, 2018
Texas, November 2006
Denton County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, President, 2010, 2011
Denton County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Treasurer/Secretary, 2008
Collin County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Member, 2011
Editor, Voice for the Defense
Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (TCDLA), Member since 2001, 2018
Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Board of Directors
Denton County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Vice-President, 2009
State Bar of Texas, Member, 2011

Honors/Awards:

Clifford W. Brown Award for Excellent as a Student Attorney; Texas Tech School of Law Criminal Clinic (2006)
Hal Jackson Award, Denton County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, 2014
Outstanding Clinic Student Award; Texas Tech School of Law (2006)
Rising Star Award 2012, Super Lawyers, Texas Monthly May Issue
Excellence for the Future for Achievement in Advanced Criminal Law; Center for Computer- Assisted Legal Instruction (2006)

Educational Background:

Baylor University, B.A., Major: English Literature, Minor:Business, Honors: Baylor's Phi Alpha Delta chapter, President, 2003
Texas Tech University School of Law
, 2006

Scholarly Lectures/Writings:

prepared for and presented at 35th Annual Rusty Duncan Advanced Criminal Law Course, speaker, Taking on the State's Forensic Expert, Criminal Defense, 2022
presentation at TCDLA's Mental Health Seminar, speaker, Don't be Complicit, Criminal Defense, 2022
Presented on topic of Experts and Other Witnesses for the Criminal Defense Lawyers Project, Speaker, Special Teams: Experts and other Witnesses, TCDLA, Criminal Defense, 2021
Speaker at Battling the Resistance Seminar in McKinney on March 19, 2021, speaker, Controlling the Perceptions: Experts, Criminal Defense, 2021
Speaker at TCDLA's Annual Rusty Duncan Advance Criminal Law Course (June 18-20, 2020) (live stream), speaker, Starting at the End: The Court's Charge to the Jury, Criminal Defense, 2020
Speaker at the SBOT's 46th Annual Advanced Criminal Law Course (July 13-16, 2020) (live stream), speaker, Starting at the End: The Court's Charge to the Jury, SBOT, Criminal Law, 2020
“Technology in the Courtroom,” presented to the Denton County Bar Association (October 1, 2010)
Course Director and Presenter at TCDLA's Cross-Examination Seminar (livestream) March 4-5, 2021, speaker, Cross Examining the "Soft" Science Expert, 2021
"Seeing is Believing: A Discussion About Demonstrative Evidence," presented at the TCDLA Trial College (Huntsville, March 22, 2012)
"Top 10 Tips for Being a Better Trial Lawyer," presented at Rusty Duncan Advanced Criminal Law Course (San Antonio, June 7, 2012)
3rd Annual Jolly Roger Criminal Law Seminar, Course Director (Denton, 2010)
4th Annual Jolly Roger Criminal Law Seminar, Course Director (Denton, 2011)
TCDLA Trial College, Faculty (Huntsville, March 2012)
Rusty Duncan Advanced Criminal Law Course, Associate Course Director (San Antonio, June 6-9, 2012)
“Present Before Piercing: Analyzing the Presentation Requirement of Article 18.06(b) as Applied to Searches for Blood in Light of Wilson v. Arkansas,” 36 Voice for the Defense 1 (January/February 2007)
“Coerced to Blow: Evaluating the Coercive Language of the DIC-24 and Ineffective Consent with Specific Regard to Persons Younger than 21 Years of Age,” 37 Voice for the Defense 4 (May 2008)
“2009 Legislative Changes, Additions, Etcetera,” presented to Collin County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association and Denton County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (September 2009)
“Silence is not Effective: Our Constitutional Duty in the Wake of Padilla v. Kentucky,” presented to Denton County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (April 14, 2010)
“Defendant’s Motion for Recall of Capias Pro Fine Warrant Issued for Non-Payment of Indigent Court Costs,” 40 Voice for the Defense 6 (July/August 2011)
“Confessing a Lie,” written by Sarah Roland and presented at the State Bar of Texas Advanced Criminal Law Course and Criminal Law 101 in San Antonio, Texas, by H.F. Rick Hagen (July 26-29, 2010)

Other Outstanding Achievements:

Editor of The Voice for 5 years, 2021

Firm News (Newsletters):

Sarah prepared a written paper and presented on the Jury Charge at the 2020 Rusty Duncan Advanced Criminal Law Course and at the State Bar's 2020 Criminal Law Course, Jury Charges, Criminal Defense

Industry Groups:

Criminal Defense

Sarah E. Roland