As public defenders, we work with the people we represent at some of the most difficult times of their lives. Often, our work involves managing moments of crisis both individually and as teams of defenders in different roles. As social worker and trauma exposure researcher Laura van Dernoot Lipsky reminds us, it is critical to "metabolize all that we are experiencing" in the course of our work. In this session, we will discuss a model for bringing structured "crisis debriefings" into public defender offices as one way to metabolize our experiences and learn from managing moments of crisis.
Thursday September 17, 2026 5:00pm - 5:45pm EDT Lealanau
