Handbook of Mitigation in Criminal and Immigration Forensics
Humanizing the Client Towards a Better Legal Outcome
Published on 14. February 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
324 pages
978-0-557-28495-5 (ISBN)
Description
This book is an essential companion to any criminal or immigration lawyer who wishes to better advocate for his client by humanizing the individual and presenting important psychosocial details from the client's life, which will also impact on the factual analysis of the case. (Revised 5th Edition)
Both experienced and novice lawyers will glean important insights into criterion to consider for pre-sentence memorandum of law, all immigration cases, mitigation factors, challenges posed by difficult clients, heuristics and biases in the judicial system, the benefits of mitigation consultation, factual analysis, and related matters in the advocacy process.
Ultimately, this book will fill in the gaps left out in law school, such that the lawyer will more accurately understand his client's needs, and the lawyer will be equipped with the tools to proceed in a professional manner.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
black & white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
531 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-557-28495-5 (9780557284955)
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MARK S. SILVER is a New York State Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and lawyer with a doctorate in psychology, masters in political science, and post-graduate certificate in family therapy. He is the author of several publications, including "Handbook of Mitigation in Criminal and Immigration Forensics: Humanizing the Client Towards a Better Legal Outcome" Seventh Edition (2021), "Psychosocial Evaluations and Consultation in Civil Litigation: Strategies to Understand and Humanize the Client" (2021), and two novels: The Mystery of the Dead Dean: Res Ipsa Loquitor (2018) and The Arranged Marriage: My Kalpa (2018).He has lectured to thousands of lawyers throughout the United States on a wide range of forensic issues with case samples. His primary focus is showing how psychosocial evaluations can assist lawyers to better understand the client's clinical issues, allowing for more informed legal advocacy. Since 2002, he has worked as a consultant for many law firms throughout the United States conducting psychosocial evaluations and writing formal forensic and mitigation reports in criminal, immigration, and personal injury cases. He has worked with clients from over 50 countries on various individual, family, and mental health issues. He has been qualified to provide expert testimony for numerous cases in Federal Immigration Court.