criminal la want to be trial lawyers“We tell students whoW that they can try more cases in the criminal UC Hastings has graduated some of the country’s most distinguished leaders process than anywhere in the field of criminal justice, including local, state, and federal judges; district else. As the rest of the attorneys; public defenders; and policymakers. The law school has achieved law moves away from this exceptional record by providing an integrated curriculum of theory, doc- trine, and practice in one of the nation’s most exciting legal environments. All students in this concentration take core courses of criminal law, criminal trial and toward ADR, procedure, and evidence, as well as numerous electives that explore the most important issues that face today’s criminal lawyer. Students are given ample criminal law is still all opportunity to apply their knowledge by participating in the school’s criminal about trials. So, as a practice, local government or legislation clinics, or by participating in the Legal Externship Program that provides work in a criminal law setting. long-term job strategy, it makes sense. Not to noteworthy courses include: • california appellate Process mention, it’s really fun.” • capital Punishment seminar —Rory Little, • comparative criminal Justice seminar • Forensic evidence seminar Professor of Law • international criminal Law • international War crimes Prosecution seminar • Law and morality seminar • Law, Psychiatry and the mental Health system • Legal interpretation: The Language of Jury instructions • Post-conviction remedies • race, racism and american Law • roles and ethics in Practice • scientific method for Lawyers • sociology of criminal Justice seminar • Theoretical criminology • Trial advocacy www.uchastings.edu / UC hastings 7
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