Course Details
Timing
One semester course offered both Fall and Spring semesters
Credits
5 credits (may drop one credit in exchange for satisfying 35 hours of student’s pro bono requirement)
Pre- or Co-requisites
Criminal Procedure and Evidence
Class Years
Open to JD 3L students and 2nd semester 2L students
Lawyering Skills Taught
- Interviewing and counseling clients
- How to conduct an effective investigation
- Effectively arguing pre-trial suppression motions and speedy trial issues
- How to best develop a case theory
- Asserting affirmative defenses and evidentiary issues
- Negotiating productively with the opposing party
- How to best argue for bail reduction and sentencing
- Extensive trial advocacy skills and techniques for representing clients in court in felony preliminary hearings and misdemeanor trials
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Hands-On Criminal Defense Experience
Criminal Defense Clinic students protect the rights of the accused