Courts and Judicial Administration

This class serves as an introductory program for attorneys new to misdemeanor cases. Participants develop interviewing, negotiating, and bench trial skills through role play and small group work, and engage in a discussion with prison inmates about the role of counsel and attorney-client relationships. Topics of discussion include stops and searches, impaired driving, sentencing and jail credit, probation violations, domestic violence, and other issues in misdemeanor cases. For information about other indigent defense education courses, visit our Indigent Defense Education site.