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A notable new clinic at the University of Chicago Law School

By Douglas A. Berman

As detailed in this announcement and as explained more fully on this official webpage, the University of Chicago Law School has a just created a terrific new legal clinic:The Mandel Legal Aid Clinic is proud to announce the creation of a new clinical opportunity, the Federal Criminal Justice Project (FCJP).  FCJP will be led by Director Alison Siegler, formerly an attorney with the Federal Defender Program and instructor of Federal Sentencing course here at the Law School. The primary mission of the FCJP is to zealously represent indigent defendants charged with federal crimes while giving students a unique opportunity to practice in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The FCJP will represent clients from arrest through trial/plea bargaining and sentencing and will also represent clients on appeal...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on May 15, 2008 (boomark / email).