LAW 7927

Appellate Criminal Defense Clinic

Course Description

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2023-2024.

In this one-semester clinical course, students will take on the professional responsibilities of handling a criminal appeal in New York State. Students will work in pairs to review the full appellate record, research and select the most salient appealable issues, and draft the opening appellate brief on behalf of an indigent client convicted of a felony in Manhattan or the Bronx. Throughout the process, students will collaborate with their incarcerated client.

When Offered Spring.

Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: LAW 6401 and LAW 6264 are recommended but not required.

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