Virtual Training Event Description
Women clients often have complex histories of trauma and abuse, normally at the hands of people in positions of authority or power. The criminal legal system is overflowing with people who have more authority than your woman client, including you—her advocate. It is important to understand how your client’s trauma responses and programed responses to authority can affect a client’s communication at all stages of a criminal case from Miranda waiver, to consent to search, to decision to fight or plead, and to the attorney-client relationship.
Presenter(s)
Professor Sarah Gerwig, Professor of Law, Mercer University School of Law
Professor Sarah Gerwig teaches Criminal Law, Law & Literature, and clinical courses at Mercer Law School, where she previously served as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. In 2013, she received the AALS Shanara Gilbert Emerging Clinician Award for work in developing and teaching the Habeas Project, a clinic providing pro bono appellate and habeas representation in pro se cases pending before the Supreme Court of Georgia. A former public defender, she is a graduate of Emory Law School and Candler School of Theology. Her textbook, What Brings You Here Today? An Introduction to Client Counseling, was published in Spring 2020. Sarah lives in Macon, Georgia with her sons and rescue pets.
Not a CLE event
We did not apply for CLE for this program. However, attendees will be provided a Certificate of Attendance for their records within 15-30 days of the broadcast, which may be used to self-apply for CLE, depending on the bar rules for your jurisdiction.
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