U.S. Attorney's Office
Credits: 3
Ext-Criminal-Justice
Innocence Project
Credits: 4
Students review prisoner requests and obtain and summarize scientific evidence. The major portion of time is spent analyzing and summarizing trial transcripts and recommending project action on assigned cases. Students may also draft motions that seek the testing of evidence and, if appropriate, the release of wrongly incarcerated inmates in Florida. Students work closely with project attorneys to create and implement a strategy for one or two primary assigned cases.
Florida Regional Conflict Counsel
Credits: 4
Students will assist attorneys in their representation of indigent criminal defendants and will also observe a variety of court proceedings. Students will perform legal research and draft memoranda or motions, and may conduct fact investigation, process discovery, and interview clients or witnesses.