Elizabeth Kelley

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Representing People with Mental Disabilities: A Practical Guide for Criminal Defense Lawyers

A Practical Guide for Criminal Defense Lawyers

Beschreibung

Representing People with Mental Disabilities: A Practical Guide for Criminal Defense Lawyers takes a look at the challenges and opportunities that are presented in these types of cases.

Autor

I am a criminal defense lawyer with a nationwide practice focused on representing people with mental disabilities. My family settled in the Palouse Country of Washington Territory in 1872. I was born and raised in Spokane and I returned to the Inland Northwest in 2012. My experience includes: * Co-chairing the Criminal Justice Advisory Panel of The Arc's National Center on Criminal Justice and Disability. * Editing of Representing People with Mental Disabilities: A Practical Guide for Criminal Defense Lawyers, which is scheduled to be published by the American Bar Association in 2018. * Serving on the Editorial Board of the ABA's Criminal Justice Section Magazine. * Serving three terms on the board of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL), chaired its Mental Health as well as Membership Committees and am a Life Member. * Traveling to Liberia in 2009 and 2014 as part of a delegation sponsored by the U.N. Commission on Drugs and Crime and NACDL to train that country's criminal defense bar. * Lecturing across the U.S. as well as abroad on representing people with mental disabilities and frequently provide commentary for radio and television. * Serving as a Vice President of The Spokane Symphony and the board of The Arc of Spokane and have served on the board of the Museum of Arts and Culture (The MAC). * Being appointed by the Spokane City Council to the Police Ombudsman Commission. * Completing my 200 hour Yoga certification and currently working on my 500 hour certification through Semperviva Studio in Vancouver, BC.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: American Bar Association
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. August 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9781641051767
• ISBN-10: 1641051760
• Artikelnr.: 57093202