Part 2: Legal Practice

This session will focus on best legal practices, specifically trauma-informed advocacy for treatment-focused outcomes, with an emphasis on disrupting stigma and ensuring the health and safety of justice-involved individuals in both criminal and family law settings. The program will equip attorneys with practical tools and strategies to more effectively represent clients with mental health challenges.

Location: Virtual
CLE: 1.5 MCLE Credits in Areas of Professional Practice

Presenters:
Katherine LeGeros Bajuk, Esq., New York County Defender Services, Mental Health Attorney Specialist
Jeffery Berman, Esq., Legal Aid Society – Criminal Defense Division MICA and Mental Health Attorney Specialist
Aubrey Rose, Esq., Brooklyn Defender Services Family Defense Practice, Mental Health Attorney Specialist

This program is free to NYSBA members, and for New York Women’s Bar Association members who use this code: 69NYWBA26,  and $395 for non-members.

REGISTRATION

1) Go to the event page: https://nysba.org/events/best-practices-in-navigating-the-criminal-legal-system-with-clients-with-mental-health-challenges-legal-perspective-part-ii/

2) Sign up for a NYSBA first account and then register using NYWBA code. 

3) Register using the coupon code: 69NYWBA26

Presenters:
Katherine LeGeros Bajuk, Esq., New York County Defender Services, Mental Health Attorney Specialist
Jeffery Berman, Esq., Legal Aid Society – Criminal Defense Division MICA and Mental Health Attorney Specialist
Aubrey Rose, Esq., Brooklyn Defender Services Family Defense Practice, Mental Health Attorney Specialist

Presented by NYSBA Committee on Mandated Representation, Mental Health Subcommittee &
Co-sponsored by New York Women’s Bar Association, Criminal Law Committee