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A DEFENSE ATTORNEYS ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITIES IN A SPECIALTY COURT Paper by Morgan Shell Presentation by Scott Ehlers (Texas Indigent Defense Commission) and Trudy Strassburger (Capital Area Private Defender Service, Travis County) WHY DOES

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A DEFENSE ATTORNEY’S ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITIES IN A SPECIALTY COURT

Paper by Morgan Shell Presentation by Scott Ehlers (Texas Indigent Defense Commission) and Trudy Strassburger (Capital Area Private Defender Service, Travis County)

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WHY DOES THE INTERSECTION OF AN ATTORNEY’S ETHICAL OBLIGATIONS AND SPECIALTY COURTS MATTER?

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THE EVOLUTION OF PROBLEM SOLVING AND SPECIALTY COURTS

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DEFENSE BAR’S RESPONSE TO PROBLEM- SOLVING COURTS

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DUE PROCESS CONSIDERATIONS IN SPECIALTY COURT

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DUE PROCESS CONSIDERATIONS IN SPECIALTY COURT

Pre-Adjudication

v.

Post-Adjudication

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CONSIDERATIONS IN DESIGNING A SPECIALTY COURT

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ETHICAL CONSEQUENCES OF ABSENT ATTORNEYS

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WHAT DOES ZEALOUS ADVOCACY MEAN?

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MEETING CLIENTS’ NON-LEGAL NEEDS IN SPECIALTY COURTS

The Client

Mental Health

Trauma

Substance Abuse

Poverty

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QUESTION 1

Mr. Jones has a dirty urine. The

team wants to put him in jail for 5 days. What should the defense lawyer do?

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QUESTION 2

Your client is compliant when not taking medications, and his criminal offense did not occur because he wasn’t

n his medications. However, the doctor at his facility has

prescribed him traditional medications for his diagnosis. Your client tells you that he won’t take the medications because the side effects make him sick. The team wants to violate him for not taking his meds. What do you do?