Defenders is excited to welcome Seema Ahmad from the Federal Defender Program for the Northern District of Illinois, Theodore Thomas from the Cook County Public Defender, and Brooke Troutman from Lawndale Christian Legal Center. Panelists will discuss what it is like to practice indigent defense in Chicago, their trajectories to defense work, and how University of Chicago students can best equip themselves for a career in indigent defense.

Please come prepared to ask questions!