Briggs and Morgan, Professional Association and

Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights

present

Women’s Human Rights Speaker Series

Ethical Considerations in Working with Advocates

When Representing Battered Women

Rana SA Fuller, Esq.

Battered Women’s Legal Advocacy Project

Tuesday, August 14, 2007, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.

Briggs and Morgan, Minnesota Room

2200 IDS Center, 80 S. 8^th St., Minneapolis

Application will be made for one Ethics CLE credit.

This presentation will focus on how attorneys and domestic violence advocates can work together as a team to provide the best services to domestic violence victims.  Discussion topics will include what advocates and attorneys can and cannot do, their responsibilities, and how they can be helpful to each other; conflict resolution when a tension arises in the team approach; and the ethical considerations for both attorneys and advocates when using a team approach to legal advocacy.  Discussion will include attorney-client relationship and how advocates being present during attorney-client conversation does not violate or break the privilege.  Other options for protecting client confidentiality, for both advocates and attorneys, via work product agreements and releases of information will also be considered.

Rana Fuller has worked in the domestic violence field since 1997.  Currently, Ms. Fuller is Managing Partner at the Battered Women’s Legal Advocacy Project (BWLAP).  Ms. Fuller’s responsibilities include heading the Housing Project, which provides training, technical assistance and legal advice on the intersection of domestic violence and housing.  Ms. Fuller also works with other projects at BWLAP and is responsible for training and outreach to attorneys involving issues of domestic violence and the law.  Ms. Fuller is a 2003 graduate of Northeastern University School of Law in Boston, Massachusetts, and received her Bachelor of Science degree, with distinction, in Psychology and Women’s Studies from Iowa State University in 1999.  Ms. Fuller is licensed in both Massachusetts and Minnesota.

Free and open to the public (registration required).  Please RSVP to Tina at shouareau@briggs.com or 612-977-8126 by Friday, August 10^th.  Lunch will be provided for those who RSVP. 

This is one in a series of lunchtime speakers dedicated to improving awareness of women’s human rights issues.  Please join us the second Tuesday of October and December for additional presentations.  For more information, contact Mary Hunt at Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights, mhunt@mnadvocates.org or 612-341-3302, ext. 107, or see our website at www.mnadvocates.org.