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Criminal Practice. Second and third-year students at the School of Law can begin developing a specialty in the field of criminal practice. The following are the requirements for the Criminal Practice Statement of Completion:

1. Students must satisfactorily complete:

Criminal Adjudication
Criminal Investigation
Criminal Law
Evidence

Trial Practice

2. In addition, students must satisfactorily complete a total of two courses selected from the following list:

Children & the Law (spring 2007, fall 2007)
Defense Clinic (both semesters)
Prosecution Clinic (both semesters)
White Collar Crime (fall 2006, fall 2007)
Cybercrime (spring 2008)
Selected Issues in Criminal Procedure (fall 2007)
Criminal Responsibility Seminar (spring 2008)
Post Conviction Remedies (spring 2007, spring 2008)

Note: Advanced Prosecution Clinic cannot be used to satisfy this requirement.

3. Students must complete an academic research paper of high professional quality concerning criminal justice issues. They may fulfill this requirement in conjunction with any of the above-listed courses and seminars, or through one of the schoolÕs journals or legal writing offerings. The paper must be equivalent in depth and quality to the schoolÕs Writing Requirement. Advance approval of the topic is required.

Members of the Criminal Practice
Certification Committee: Ibrahim Gassama, Leslie Harris, Tom Lininger, Joe Metcalfe and Margie Paris.