Criminal Law Clinics
Students enrolled in the Criminal Law clinics carry full responsibility for the prosecution or defense of criminal cases in several Boston courts. Under direct faculty supervision, students serve as defense counsel or student prosecutor, gaining hands-on experience in the following:
- Conducting investigations
- Formulating trial strategy
- Filing and arguing pretrial motions
- Participating in plea bargaining
- Trying cases
- Making sentencing arguments
- Drafting appellate briefs
If you’d prefer a less-intensive exposure to criminal law, without devoting as many credits, you may enroll in the clinic in the third year. Students on this track take Introduction to Criminal Practice in the fall. In the spring, they try cases in court as members of the Defender Program or the Prosecutor Program.
