LAW 7870 - [Juvenile Justice Clinic]

(CU-CEL)

Fall. 4 credits. Letter grades only.

Students who have previously taken Criminal Procedure, Capital Punishment Seminar, Advanced Criminal Procedure or the Capital Punishment will have a preference in the selection process, but it is not required that a student have taken one or more of those courses if they have some other relevant experience. Permission of instructor required. Satisfies the skills requirement.

J. H. Blume, S. L. Johnson, K. M. Weyble.

This clinic will respond to the Supreme Court's recent decision in Miller v. Alabama holding that juvenile offenders cannot be sentenced to mandatory terms of life without parole. Students will assist counsel appointed to represent juveniles sentenced to life without parole terms and juveniles facing potential life without parole sentences in the development and presentation of mitigating evidence in regard to both the crime and the juvenile's life history. Travel may be required as most students will be involved in investigation.

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