LAW 7927

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LAW 7927
Appellate Criminal Defense Clinic

Course information provided by the 2024-2025 Catalog. Courses of Study 2024-2025 is scheduled to publish mid-June.

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.


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

Last 4 Terms Offered 2025SP, 2024SP, 2023SP, 2022SP

When Offered Spring.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LAW 7928

  • 1-6 Credits Graded

  •  9248 LAW 7927   CLN 301

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    • Jan 21 - Apr 28, 2025

    • Goldberg, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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