Fall 2021: Criminal Defense Clinic

FROM THE DESK OF PATRICK S. METZE
DIRECTOR, CRIMINAL DEFENSE CLINIC

Just a short note to let everyone know the students in the Criminal Defense Clinic are, as always, busy representing real people in real cases in real time. This semester the students have handled or are handling 106 cases for 69 different clients. Students handle all phases of representation from initial interview through appearance in Court. The responsibility of representation falls entirely on the clinic students' shoulders under the ever-watchful eyes of the Clinic Director and Clinic Fellow, Dwight McDonald.

This column is reproduced only in brief. Read the whole thing in the Fall 2021 issue at Texas Tech Law.