Fall 2023: Criminal Defense Clinic
Fall report on the Criminal Defense Clinic, with caseload, 79% dismissal rate, forensic science seminar attendance in Austin, and gratitude for student work.
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 112 cases for 81 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, Professor Metze, and the Clinic Fellow, Dwight McDonald.
This column is reproduced only in brief. Read the whole thing in the Fall 2023 issue at Texas Tech Law.