“I have been doing this long enough to know that I am nobody’s savior. It’s my responsibility to communicate and collaborate with my clients, to know their case, research, investigate, prepare a defense, advocate on their behalf and counsel them. However, it’s important for my client to have agency in their case: this is their life, they are ultimately responsible for certain decisions and the potential consequences of those decisions. I have also learned that you can’t do this work in a vacuum and that you often have to call on colleagues."