Criminal Defense: Theory and Practice: Seminar
Spring term, Block I
T 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Mr. R. S. Sullivan, Jr.
2 classroom credits LAW-91115A Spring
This course will explore and critique the fundamentals of zealous, client-centered criminal defense advocacy. The first part of the semester will focus on the complex moral universe that the criminal defense lawyer inhabits by analyzing relevant ethical rules and social norms that organize and define the criminal defense lawyer's conduct. The second part of the semester will focus on how the criminal defense lawyer develops a "theory of the defense" with the various ethical dilemmas that entail in formulating a defense theory. The third part of the course will focus on motions practice under the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments. Short Paper.