Neel Lalchandani, partner at Brown, Goldstein & Levy, recently spoke with students in the Social Work and the Law class at the University of Maryland School of Social Work. The class provides an introduction to the structure and operations of the legal system as it affects social work practice, covering areas such as child welfare, education, advocacy, and juvenile justice. It also provides an overview of skills used in courtroom testimony, analysis of court decisions, and professional responsibility.
Neel has significant experience representing clients in a diverse array of civil rights and commercial matters. Among other areas of practice, he handles matters involving disability rights, housing discrimination, and wrongful convictions & police misconduct. During his presentation with the class, Neel discussed his experience in various civil rights matters, including his work on behalf of victims of police misconduct.
Due to his depth of experience, Neel served as an adjunct faculty member at the Georgetown University Law Center, where he teaches a semester-long seminar on wrongful convictions. The course surveys the problem of wrongful convictions in the United States by exploring their primary causes, discussing the legal landscape of innocence litigation and considering the moral, ethical and philosophical implications of wrongful convictions for our justice system Neel enjoys the opportunity to speak with students from a variety of disciplines about his career and knowledge of civil rights law.
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