Juvenile Defense Clinic Faculty

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Juvenile Defense Clinic Faculty
The candidate engage in the actual representation of juvenile defendants in delinquency proceedings before the East Baton Rouge Parish Juvenile Court. Second-year students assist supervising professors and certified student attorneys with representation. All students receive intensive training in litigation skills and close individual supervision by clinic faculty to ensure representation is consistent with best practices in juvenile and criminal defense. Third-year students make frequent court appearances and have the opportunity to engage in plea bargaining, trial advocacy, and dispositional advocacy. All students gain experience in client interviewing and counseling, factual investigation, motions practice, trial preparation, and holistic advocacy. Students may also have the opportunity to engage in writs and appellate practice. Students meet as a group on a weekly basis to engage in case conferencing and universalize the learning arising from each individual representation experience. Third-year student attorneys are certified under Louisiana Supreme Court Rule XX to engage in the actual representation of juvenile defendants in delinquency proceedings before the East Baton Rouge Parish Juvenile Court. Second-year students assist supervising professors and certified student attorneys with representation. Receive intensive training in litigation skills and close individual supervision by clinic faculty to ensure representation is consistent with best practices in juvenile and criminal defense. Third-year students make frequent court appearances and have the opportunity to engage in plea bargaining, trial advocacy, and dispositional advocacy. All students gain experience in client interviewing and counseling, factual investigation, motions practice, trial preparation, and holistic advocacy. Students may also have the opportunity to engage in writs and appellate practice. Students meet as a group on a weekly basis to engage in case conferencing and universalize the learning arising from each individual representation experience. Must hold a Juris Doctor degree (or foreign equivalent) from an accredited law school and be licensed to practice in Louisiana or willing to become licensed to practice in Louisiana through completion of the state bar examination.

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