Fall 2016: Criminal Defense Clinic

By Professor Patrick Metze, Director of the Criminal Defense Clinic. Originally published in the Fall 2016 Texas Tech Law Newsletter.

Fall 2016 Criminal Defense Clinic mid-year update with case counts, dismissal rate, and discussion of TCDLA membership and forensics seminars.

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 30th, students have handled or are handling 85 cases for 59 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 2016 issue at Texas Tech Law.