LAW 896J - Capital Post Conviction Defense Clinic (Section: LS1)

Description: Capital Post Conviction Defense Clinic introduces students to the representation of indigent defendants challenging their convictions and death sentences on direct appeal and through habeas corpus proceedings in the California Supreme Court. In addition to discussing legal and topical issues concerning death penalty representation at the weekly seminar sessions, students will work under the supervision of experienced capital defense attorneys to represent indigent defendants in their research and drafting of pleadings, the investigation of claims, and the collection and preservation of evidence. GGU law students in the past have drafted appellate arguments and habeas corpus claims, reviewed capital trial testimony, witness statements, and police reports, evaluated crime scene evidence, researched and drafted office memoranda and resource materials on various topics, collected defendant life history documents, and prepared litigation outlines and chronologies. In addition, CAP student externs are encouraged to attend oral arguments, to participate in litigation meetings, and to visit a client on death row. Please contact CAP Deputy Director Patricia Kern, <b>PKern@capsf.org</b>, if you have questions about this clinic. CAP is located at 101 Second Street, Suite 600. This course is graded on a Credit/No Credit basis.

Term: Fall Law School   Units: 3 - 4   Course Type(s): Criminal Law, JD Elective, Lawyering Skills, Pub. Interest/Human Rights
Offered: Wednesday 4:30PM - 6:10PM from August 17, 2009 through December 12, 2009
Location: San Francisco
Meeting room: Building: TBA, Room TBA
Instructor: Patricia Kern
Capacity/Available: 10/3
Status: Open — register online »
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Comments: Students interested in a hands-on clinical experience at the California Appellate Project (CAP) should enroll in this course. Clinic students will attend a mandatory weekly seminar at CAP, 101 Second Street, Suite 600, each Wednesday from 4:30 to 6:10 p.m., as part of the mentoring and training provided to the students who work as externs at CAP on capital cases. Each clinic student will attend the seminar and additionally work at CAP for 45 hours for each unit of credit. Students may take the clinic for 3 to 4 credits. For more information contact CAP Deputy Director Pat Kern at pkern@capsf.org or by phone at (415) 495-0500. Students must be in good academic standing and have completed at least 29 units. No student may enroll in more than one clinic or judicial externship per semester, and students who have had no clinical courses may receive preference over other students.  

Syllabus: kern_CapitalDefenseClinicSyllabusandReadingsFall2009CAP.pdf (posted Wednesday, July 29, 2009)

Current and planned sections:

	Term	Section	Location	Dates	Offered	Instructor	Syllabus
»	09/FL	LS1	San Francisco	Aug 17 - Dec 12, 2009	Wednesday 4:30PM-6:10PM	Patricia Kern