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Friday, November 6 • 4:15pm - 5:45pm
Where's My Attorney? Providing Counsel at Three Stages

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While public defense reformers struggle with constructive denial of counsel, actual denial of counsel remains a great problem in the United States. From arrest, to bail hearings, to guilty pleas, many Americans are cycled through the justice system without a lawyer. The failure to provide counsel raises myriad legal and ethical questions: What are the critical stages at which counsel is required? How do we ensure that counsel is provided? Should counsel be provided even if the stage is not critical? This session will explore the right to counsel at three stages: (1) the police station; (2) first appearance; and (3) guilty pleas. The session will emphasize that the first-appearance and guilty-plea stages are often combined in a single court appearance, further complicating this issue. Participants should leave with an understanding of (1) when the right to counsel is triggered; (2) the critical difference counsel can make; (3) how the right to counsel is often denied; (4) the inadequacies of current waiver forms and colloquies; and (5) the ways in which public defense reformers are attempting to expand the right to counsel.
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Robert Boruchowitz

Professor from Practice, Seattle University School of Law
Robert C. Boruchowitz was an attorney at The Defender Association, a nonprofit public defender office in King County, for 33 years. He is leading an initiative at the law school to advance efforts to improve public defense representation for thousands of people in Washington and provide... Read More →
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Geoffrey Burkhart

Attorney & Project Director, American Bar Association
Geoffrey Burkhart is an Attorney and Project Director at the American Bar Association (ABA), where he leads the ABA's public defense reform efforts. He previously worked for five years as an attorney at the Illinois Office of the State Appellate Defender, as a law clerk to Justice... Read More →
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Jee Park

Deputy Chief Defender, Orleans Public Defenders Office
Jee Park is Deputy Chief Defender at Orleans Public Defenders Office, where she previously served as Special Litigation Counsel and Supervising Attorney. She previously worked at the Bronx Defenders and was a Barrett E. Prettyman fellow at Georgetown Law Center.
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Eliza Solowiej

Executive Director, First Defense Legal Aid
Eliza Solowiej has been executive director of First Defense Legal Aid for more than four years. She is dedicated to stopping the cradle-to-prison pipeline and replacing it with government accountability for human rights. For 20 years, she has focused her career on youth, community... Read More →

Friday November 6, 2015 4:15pm - 5:45pm CST
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