Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Mar. 10, 2023
Trauma-informed lawyering is our professional responsibility
The neurobiology of trauma is an established science, despite often being cast as junk science. Representing a client who has suffered trauma requires California lawyers to be educated on what causes trauma, how trauma impacts clients’ brains and physiology, and how to manage the challenges that trauma symptoms present in the client’s legal matter.
Lawyers are generally not trained in how to represent clients who have suffered trauma, but the effects of trauma have major implications for the representation. To competently represent such clients, lawyers should understand the science of trauma, including the unusual way those impacted store memories of the traumatic event, why clients may have difficulty recalling relevant details, and how challenging it can be for them to relive the event through litigation. Un...
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!
Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)
Already a subscriber?
Sign In