Criminal Practice Clinic Director
Kenneth W. Gaines
Professor Emeritus of Law
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Through this Clinic, students will represent clients who have been accused of criminal conduct. Hearings will take place before a jury in the Municipal Court for the City of Columbia.
The clinic will afford participating students an opportunity to gain first-hand, closely supervised training and experience in the representation of real clients and the practice of the arts/skills of litigation planning, client counseling, fact development, negotiation and courtroom advocacy. The vehicle for such training and experience is the planning, preparation and presentation of the legal defense in actual cases involving allegations of criminal conduct.
All casework will be done under the supervision of a clinical professor. In addition to the cases there will be assigned readings, lectures, discussions, and demonstrations. Criminal Practice Clinic places emphasis on jury trial practice before the Municipal Court for the City of Columbia.
Kenneth W. Gaines
Professor Emeritus of Law
Learn more about Kenneth