Symposium

 

When the Criminal Appeals Program (CAP) was established by the NCJRL at The University of Mississippi School of Law in 2002, one of the primary goals established by the Center for the CAP was to publish a symposium edition of the Mississippi Law Journal to demonstrate to other law schools across the country the all-around educational value of offering a criminal appeals clinic within their general curriculum. The symposium issue was published in a Spring 2006 special edition of the Journal (75 Miss. L.J. 645-915) and concentrates on the “nuts and bolts” of creating and maintaining an appellate clinic at other law schools, strives to provide insights from the bench to appraise the advantages of this highly specialized training to law students, and outlines specific programs, techniques, and examples that have been successfully employed in other law school’s appellate clinics throughout the country.

Criminal Appeals Symposium Articles

The CAP Symposium Issue articles were published in a 2006 Special Edition of the Mississippi Law Journal and may be found at 75 Miss. L.J. 645-915.

Foreword
Thomas K. Clancy, Director, National Center for Justice and the Rule of Law, The University of Mississippi School of Law

Perspective from the Bench
Hon. Ruggero J. Aldisert, Senior Circuit Judge, Third Circuit Court of Appeals

A Model Program for Creating and Maintaining a Criminal Appeals Clinic at your Law School: More Bang for Your Buck
Phillip W. Broadhead, Director and Clinical Professor, Criminal Appeals Program, The University of Mississippi School of Law

The Clinic as a Public Interest Law Office
Thomas F. Geraghty, Director of Clinical Programs, Northwestern University School of Law

Special Challenges for Rural Law School Criminal Appeals Clinics
Diane Courselle, Professor of Law, Defender Aid Clinic, University of Wyoming School of Law

Ethical Considerations for the Clinical Director: Balancing Education With Effective Representation
J. Thomas Sullivan, Professor of Law, University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law

Confessions of a Public Defender Turned Criminal Appeals Clinic Professor
Howard K. Blumberg, Assistant Public Defender/Adjunct Professor of Law, Appellate Litigation Clinic, St. Thomas University School of Law (Miami, FL)

The Evolution Through Experience of Criminal Clinics: The Remington Clinical Center
John Pray and Keith Findley, Professors of Law, Criminal Appeals Project, University of Wisconsin School of Law.

The New Hampshire Appellate Defender Program: An Apprenticeship Clinic
Christopher M. Johnson, Chief Appellate Defender and Professor of Law, Appellate Defender Program, Franklin Pierce Law Center (NH)

On the Value of Prison Visits with Incarcerated Clients Represented on Appeal by a Law School Criminal Defense Clinic
Timothy H. Everett, Clinical Professor, University of Connecticut School of Law

Oral Argument: The Student Advocate
Michael Vitiello, Professor of Law, University of the Pacific School of Law.