Fall 2015: 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. Since the beginning of this semester, through November 23rd, students have handled or are handling 97 cases for 53 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 semester, to date, of those 97 cases, 15 have been completed with…

This column is reproduced only in brief. Read the whole thing in the Fall 2015 issue at Texas Tech Law.