Capital Punishment Clinic

The Capital Punishment clinic offers opportunities for students to represent clients with capital sentences through placements at law firms and capital punishment resource centers. Students work primarily at capital punishment resource centers in the southern United States, working on-site during the winter term and remotely in the spring. Past placements have included

• Capital Post-Conviction Project of Louisiana
• Center for Death Penalty Litigation
• Defender Association of Philadelphia - Capital Habeas Unit
• Equal Justice Institute
• Office of Capital Writs
• Southern Center for Human Rights
• Texas Defender Service

Exact clinical placements are coordinated through the Office of Clinical and Pro Bono Programs after a student's enrollment.

Clinical and Course Information

Capital Punishment Clinic
Winter-Spring clinical
Open to 2L, 3L students
Pre-requisite: Criminal Law
Co-requisite: Capital Punishment in America (offered in Fall 2012)