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Sep 27, 2024
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LAW 948 - Public Defender Externship6 Credit Hours
Supervised fieldwork requiring students to practice as a public defender and to assume substantial responsibility for the defense of criminal cases in state or federal courts. Externship students will attend classes about practical lawyering skills, local practice and procedure, and Tennessee or federal criminal law. Each student will work under the direct supervision of a full-time, experienced public defender as well as other public defenders in the office. Students may assist in the investigation of crimes, the interview and preparation of witnesses, drafting of relevant documents, negotiation and formal presentation of guilty pleas, and representation of the accused in preliminary hearings or trials.
Credit Restriction: May not be taken concurrently with 905, 947, or 949.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 813, 920, and either 854 or 855.
(RE) Corequisite(s): 814.
Comment(s): Third-year standing required; second-semester second-year students may be eligible by waiver, space permitting.
Registration Restriction(s): Law students only.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
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