Students will work in teams to review and summarize the trial record in a death penalty case, identify potential issues for appeal, and create various documents that will facilitate defense counsel’s appellate and post-conviction representation.
Organization
Capital Punishment Clinic
The Capital Punishment Clinic assists indigent defendants charged with or convicted of capital offenses. The Clinic works on cases at the trial, appellate, and post-conviction stages of litigation.
Project Details
- Project Start Date
November 2018
- Approximate hours of work requested
- 20-60 hours total over a two- to three-month period
- Training
- Thursday, November 15, 6pm-7:30pm (Jury Room, CCJ 2.310); additional training and supervision will be provided by Profs. Schonemann and Marcus on an as-needed basis
- Skills used
- Document review; legal research and writing; litigation preparation
- Project location
- The law school and other locations at the student’s discretion
- Number of student volunteers requested
- 10
- Class year preference
- 1L, 2L, 3L, LLM
- To Apply
- Submit email stating interest to Sarah Sedgwick at ssedgwick@law.utexas.edu