{"id":1096,"date":"2015-06-26T12:14:55","date_gmt":"2015-06-26T16:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/?page_id=1096"},"modified":"2026-03-04T16:27:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T21:27:02","slug":"criminal-law-clinical-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/experiential-learning\/clinics\/criminal-law-clinical-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Criminal Law Clinical Program"},"content":{"rendered":"

Students enrolled in the Criminal Law Clinical Program learn first-hand what it means to be a criminal law attorney. They formulate case strategies, engage in client counseling, draft legal pleadings, and litigate trials, evidentiary motion hearings, bail hearings, sentencing hearings, and other matters in court. Their investigative fieldwork includes interviewing witnesses and visiting crime scenes. Students follow their cases from beginning to end; in some years clinic students have even taken their cases to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Criminal Law Clinical Program is composed of two separate year-long clinics: a Defender Clinic and a Prosecutor Clinic.<\/span><\/p>\n

Clinic students work as 3:03 student-attorneys and carry full responsibility for their own cases. Defenders represent indigent clients in the Boston Municipal Court, Roxbury Division, in a variety of misdemeanor and felony cases. In addition to their case-related work, Defenders also work on criminal law related projects. Prosecutors handle felonies and misdemeanors on behalf of the Norfolk District Attorney\u2019s Office in the Quincy District Court.<\/span><\/p>\n

Students may enroll in either clinic as a 2L or 3L, with priority going to 3Ls.\u00a0 All students participating in the Criminal Law Clinical Program are eligible for the Concentration in Litigation and Dispute Resolution.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pre-\/co-requisites: Please see below for each semester. <\/b><\/p>\n

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