LAWS 757 - Criminal Practice Clinic

Credits: 6

The clinic will afford participating students an opportunity to gain first-hand, closely supervised training and experience in the representation of real clients and the practice of the arts/skills of litigation planning, client counseling, fact development, negotiation and courtroom advocacy. The vehicle for such training and experience is the planning, preparation and presentation of the legal defense in actual cases involving allegations of criminal conduct. All casework will be done under the supervision of a clinical professor. In addition to the cases there will be assigned readings, lectures, discussions, and demonstrations. Criminal Practice Clinic places emphasis on jury trial practice before the Municipal Court for the City of Columbia.

Prerequisites: Evidence and Criminal Procedure, Students must have taken or be enrolled in Professional Responsibility or Problems in Professional Responsibility.

Note: GRADUATION REQUIREMENT:
Experiential Course Requirement, must earn a grade of C or better

REGISTRATION:
Subject to Client Contact Clinic Lottery.

EFFECTIVE as of FALL 2020:
A student who is enrolled in or has been enrolled in a clinical course may not enroll in Interviewing, Counseling, and Negotiation.

Basis of Grade: Performance on casework and participation in class discussions and exercises

Form of Grade: Letter Grade

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