Fall 2019: Criminal Defense Clinic

By Professor Patrick Metze, Director of the Criminal Defense Clinic. Originally published in the Fall 2019 Texas Tech Law Newsletter.

Update on the Fall 2019 Criminal Defense Clinic's caseload, students, TCDLA membership, and the clinic's pro bono representation of indigent clients on the South Plains.

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 95 cases for 70 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 2019 issue at Texas Tech Law.