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This intensive course is offered to students who are interested in taking an in-depth look into the criminal justice process from arrest to post-trial relief. Students taking this class will have an opportunity to develop their oral and written advocacy skills. The course will cover various aspects of the post-investigative stage of the criminal process, commonly referred to as 鈥渂ail to jail.鈥 It examines what occurs after the criminal investigation has been completed, and an arrest has occurred. The individual is no longer a mere suspect, but now a defendant. Presently, the plan for the class is to cover such diverse areas as pre-trial release (bail), pretrial motions, preliminary hearings, trial objections, sentencing, and post-conviction challenges. Students will be expected to both learn important concepts in criminal law, procedure and evidence and apply that law by arguing, and鈥搊n occasion, drafting鈥攎otions based upon fact patterns which raise related issues. This class provides a unique opportunity, because it combines substantive law with the opportunity to advocate in a skills setting. |
