Events Calendar
Practitioner Panel: Indigent Defense
- Date:
- March 7, 2017
- Start:
- 11:45am
- End:
- 12:45pm
- Save to your calendar:
- iCalendar (.ics)
- Location:
- TNH 3.140 (Jeffers Courtroom)
- Event type:
- Workshop / Training Program
- For more info:
- Please contact Nicole Simmons, Director of Public Service Programs, at 512-232-1160 or nsimmons@law.utexas.edu.
Learn about careers in indigent defense from Texas Law alumni and friends serving as public defenders. Panelists will discuss their careers and offer advice on how to land a job as a public defender. Panelists include Jessica Brand, Attorney, Fair Punishment Project; Genesis Draper, ’06, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Office of the Federal Public Defender for the Southern District of Texas (Houston); Katy Dyer, Director of Holistic Defense, Capital Area Private Defender Service; and Rhiannon Hamam, ‘16, Attorney, Starr County Public Defender, Texas RioGrande Legal Aid. Moderated by Chris Roberts, Clinical Professor and Director of the Texas Law Criminal Defense Clinic.
Refreshments will be served. RSVP by Monday, March 6, on Symplicity by selecting the "Events" tab.
Individual meetings with the panelists will be announced closer to the event.
- Specific audiences:
- Texas Law students
- Faculty
- Staff
- Sponsored by:
- Career Services
If you need an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the sponsor listed above or the Texas Law Special Events Office at specialevents@law.utexas.edu no later than seven business days prior to the event.