Death Penalty Clinic

The Death Penalty Clinic offers opportunities for students to represent clients with capital sentences, through placements at law firms and capital punishment resource centers throughout the U.S. Students in thic clinic work primarily at capital punishment resource centers in the southern United States, working on-site during the winter term and long-distance in the spring. Past placements have included Texas Defender Service, Southern Center for Human Rights, Defender Association of Philadelphia - Capital Habeas Unit, Center for Death Penalty Litigation, and the Equal Justice Institute.

Clinical Information

Winter-Spring clinical
Open to 2L, 3L students
Pre-Requisites: None

09/10 Clinical Courses

Capital Punishment in America
Instructor: Carol Steiker
Spring course with Winter-Spring clinical
Pre-Requisites: None