Fall 2008: Criminal Defense Clinic

By Professor Patrick Metze, Director of the Criminal Defense Clinic. Originally published in the Fall 2008 Texas Tech Law Newsletter.

Mid-year Defense Section update with caseload counts (77 cases for 60 clients), student names, TCDLA board meeting attendance, and mentor attorney listings.

(Note: extracted from a multi-column PDF; columns are interleaved line-by-line in the source text.)

From the Desk of Patrick S. Metze
Director, Criminal Justice Clinic – Defense Section

Just a short note to let everyone know the students in the Criminal Defense Clinic are busy representing real people in real cases in real time. Since the beginning of this semester, students have handled or are handling 77 cases for 60 different clients. Students handle all phases of representation from initial interview through appearance in Court.

This column is reproduced only in brief. Read the whole thing in the Fall 2008 issue at Texas Tech Law.