Clinic - Barbara C. Salken Criminal Justice Clinic LAW 831A/831B
Course Number: LAW 831A/831B, ULSR
Course Credits: 6 credits (4 clinical, 2 academic) each semester
Two semesters required.
The Criminal Justice Clinic has two components: representation of clients in Criminal Court and an intensive seminar in criminal practice. Students represent indigent clients charged with misdemeanor offenses in the Bronx County Criminal Court, from arraignment through sentence. Student work includes: client interviews and counseling, bail applications, fact investigation, discovery, legal writing, hearings on motions, plea bargaining, trial and sentencing advocacy. Students must be able to spend at least one full day per week in the Bronx and attend two weekly seminars.
Permission of the professor, based on application and interview, is required. Professional Responsibility is required. Criminal Procedure-Investigation, Trial Advocacy, and Evidence are required but may be taken simultaneously or waived at the discretion of the professor. Preference will be given to third- and fourth-year students.