{"page_header":"Romie Griesmer","top_image":"","page_intro":"","page_content":"<div><img style=\"float: left; padding: 5px;\" src=\"{staticroot}files\/resources\/griesmerromiegdm4914webv600px.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"33%\" \/><\/div>\r\n<p>Supervising Attorney\/Lecturer at Law<br \/> B.A., Vassar College<br \/> Junior Year, Lincoln College, Oxford University, England<br \/> J.D., Temple University School of Law<\/p>\r\n<p>Email: <a href=\"mailto:rgriesmer@widener.edu\">rgriesmer@widener.edu<\/a><br \/> Phone: 302-477-2096<\/p>\r\n<p>Romie Griesmer has been a clinic instructor at Widener since 2001. Ms. Griesmer received a B.A. from Vassar College in 1989, and a J.D. from Temple University School of Law in 1992.<\/p>\r\n<p>Following graduation from law school, Ms. Griesmer served as Law Clerk to the Honorable Mary D. Colins, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas from 1993-1994, and Assistant Public Defender of Chester County from 1994-2001.<\/p>\r\n<p>Ms. Griesmer joined Widener in 2001 as the supervising attorney for the Criminal Defense and Family Law Clinics. Ms. Griesmer now devotes all of her time to the Criminal Defense Clinic, which is her passion. This year Ms. Griesmer presented oral argument in a Juvenile Life without Parole clinic case pursuant to <em>Miller v. Alabama<\/em>. In addition to teaching in the clinical program, Ms. Griesmer has presented at community forums regarding the expungement of criminal records. Ms. Griesmer is a member of the Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the Delaware County Bar Association. She is admitted to practice before the state and federal courts in Pennsylvania.<\/p>\r\n<h5>What inspires me to teach?<\/h5>\r\n<p>I love seeing the enthusiasm in third year law students who are anxious to be lawyers, rather than students. This enthusiasm propels the students into action which is exactly what is needed for our &ldquo;leave-no-stone-unturned&rdquo; motto of representation. As a clinic teacher, I have the privilege of witnessing the evolution from student to lawyer first hand.<\/p>\r\n<h5>Why do lawyers matter?<\/h5>\r\n<p>In indigent criminal defense representation, it is easy to see why lawyers matter. Our clients do not get to choose their lawyer, they have to rely on the lawyer they are assigned. Our clients put the trust of their future in our hands. This is a great responsibility and makes our students want to work that much harder to obtain the best possible result.<\/p>","callouts":[]}