Coping When Your Clients Can’t: Effective Representation of Clients with Mental Health Issues
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In Person CLE
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Jun 19, 2009 from 01:00 pm to 05:00 pm |
| Where | UW School of Law, Seattle |
| Contact Name | Alycia Delmore |
| Contact Phone | (206) 623-4321 |
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Join civil service, pro bono and criminal defense attorneys for this half-day training. Learn how to ethically and effectively represent your clients with mental health issues. The program will include Dr. Devlin, an expert who specializes in mental health issues to explain mental health diagnoses and their treatments, a group of attorneys with significant experience handling cases with mentally ill clients and a social services coordinator who can speak about what resources are available for your clients.
To download the brochure, click here.
| Time | Topic |
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| 1:00 | Introduction |
| 1:15 | Overview of Common Mental Health Issues Dr. James Devlin (Prof., Seattle Pacific University School of Education) |
| 2:30 | Break |
| 2:45 | Ethical Communication and Effective Strategy Panel Cindy Arends (Washington Defender Association) John Carpenter (The Defender Association) Merf Ehman (Columbia Legal Services) Russell Kurth (Associated Counsel for the Accused) |
| 4:00 | Access to Services for the Mentally Ill Client Meghan Szczebak (Harborview Medical Center) |
| 4:45 | Adjourn |
