Law professor
Abbe Smith discusses how accused citizens are entitled to the right of counsel and to engage in a vigorous criminal defense based on the Bill of Rights.
Abbe Smith teaches and writes in the areas of criminal defense, legal ethics, juvenile justice, and clinical legal education. She is the author (with Monroe H. Freedman) of Understanding Lawyers' Ethics (2nd ed. 2002, 3rd ed. 2004, 4th ed. forthcoming 2007). She is also a published cartoonist. A collection of her cartoons, Carried Away: The Chronicles of a Feminist Cartoonist, was published in 1984. From 1982 to 1990, Professor Smith was a trial attorney with the Defender Association of Philadelphia. She continues to be actively engaged in criminal law practice and frequently presents at public defender and legal aid training programs.
