
Law & Social Work Service Program Manager
Phone: (410) 706-7356BA, 1993, Johns Hopkins University
MSW, 1999, University of Maryland at Baltimore, School of Social Work
Biography
Rebecca Bowman-Rivas is a clinical and forensic social worker who began her career in human services working in Baltimore with homeless adults suffering from severe and persistent mental illness. After completing clinical training at Clifton T. Perkins Hospital and the Patuxent Institution, she worked in the Baltimore Office of the Public Defender, doing mitigation work and alternative sentencing/treatment planning with felony defendants, including those with capital charges. She has been the Social Work Supervisor at the UMB Clinical Law Office since August, 2002.
Her areas of specialization include forensic mental health and capital mitigation. She has presented at several conferences and trainings focusing on work with individuals in the criminal justice system.