Externships: Putting Theory into Practice
Post-Conviction Externship - Southern Center for Human Rights
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Description
Prerequisites: Law 5020, Law 7165, and Law 6010. Students work with the Southern Center for Human Rights, assisting in the provision of legal assistance to indigent prisoners in challenges to the death penalty, and inhumane and unconstitutional conditions of confinement. Students perform legal research, draft pleadings, interview clients and witnesses, prepare and, where possible, participate in post-conviction hearings and oral arguments in state and federal courts.
Credit hours: 3
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