Senior Legal Instructor
Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC)
Glynco, Georgia, United States
Mary Mara serves as a Sr. Legal Instructor at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC), providing both basic and advanced instruction on a wide variety of topics. She also serves as Subject Matter Expert (SME) on legal aspects governing use of force and travels extensively providing training to state and local officers in FLETC’s well-regarded Use of Force Instructor Training Program. Prior to joining FLETC in 2018, she practiced law in the Detroit area for 27 years. She served as an Assistant Prosecutor in Oakland County, MI for 11 years, trying more than 100 capital felony cases with a special emphasis on the investigation and prosecution of child sexual predators. She then served as chief of civil litigation for Oakland County for 16 years. In this role, she acted as police legal advisor for the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office defending Sheriff Deputies against claims alleging excessive force in Federal District Court in Detroit. She is a proud graduate of Michigan State University (BA 1987), Michigan State University College of Law (JD 1991 magna cum laude) and Western Michigan University (LLM Homeland and National Security, 2017, with high honors).
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Tuesday, October 17, 2023
8:15 AM – 9:30 AM PST
