Spring 2011: Criminal Defense Clinic

By Professor Patrick Metze, Director of the Criminal Defense Clinic. Originally published in the Spring 2011 Texas Tech Law Newsletter.

Year-end report on the 2010-2011 Criminal Defense Clinic, with statistics on cases handled, the addition of the Caprock Regional Public Defender Office, mentor and seminar experiences, and parting advice to graduating students.

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

As is our custom, the students in the 2010-2011 Criminal Defense Clinic were busy all year representing real people in real cases in real time. This year, the students handled 167 cases for 108 clients. Of these cases, 64 are still pending, 52 were disposed of through some type of negotiated plea, 51 cases were dismissed.

This column is reproduced only in brief. Read the whole thing in the Spring 2011 issue at Texas Tech Law.