Robyn Mar
Robyn Mar is the Chief Practice Officer at The Bronx Defenders. In that capacity, Robyn oversees the office’s direct service practice areas, including criminal defense, family defense, immigration, social work, and advocacy in housing, employment, and other civil matters.
Before becoming Chief Practice Officer, Robyn served in a variety of roles in the Criminal Defense Practice, including as a staff attorney, practice supervisor, Director of Early Advocacy, Deputy Managing Director and interdisciplinary Training Team Leader. Robyn has also taught Persuasion and Advocacy at Seton Hall University School of Law as an adjunct professor.
Robyn graduated from New York University School of Law and Columbia University. At NYU, Robyn participated in the Juvenile Defender Clinic, representing children accused of crimes in the Bronx, and the Capital Defender Clinic; served as an Executive Editor of the Review of Law & Social Change; and was a teaching assistant for the late Professor Derrick Bell.
News:
- Buzzfeed: An ICE Detainee Who Was Released After Getting The Coronavirus Fears What’s Next: “This Has Hit My Whole Body”
- One Zero EXCLUSIVE: The NYPD Is Using Sealed Mug Shots in Its Facial Recognition Program
- VICE: There’s a New Way for People Arrested in NYC to Avoid Jail
- Village Voice: Here’s What the Legal Aid Community Thinks of de Blasio’s Bail Reform Plan
- HuffPost Live: NYC To End Cash Bail For Low-Level Offenders
- The Bronx Defenders testifies before NYC Council on the need for bail reform
- Sixteen Bronx Defenders staff members presenting as panelists at the 2014 National Legal Aid & Defender Association Conference
- Bronx Defenders Social Workers Represent Holistic Defense at This Year’s National Organization of Forensic Social Work Conference