Clinic Spotlight
"Students enrolled in the Wrongful Convictions Clinic have an opportunity to apply critical legal skills in an immensely important context. They review case files, interview witnesses, uncover evidence, develop investigative and legal strategies, and draft legal documents, all in furtherance of inmates' claims of actual innocence. Often these students are the first people who have paid any attention to the inmates' claims -- a position they take in earnest."
Wrongful Convictions Clinic
Co-Director Theresa Newman
The Wrongful Convictions Clinic investigates inmates' claims of actual innocence. Clinic students study the causes of wrongful convictions and, working in small teams of students, manage their own cases and perform a wide range of duties, including interviewing the inmates, locating and interviewing witnesses, gathering documentation, writing legal documents and memos, and working with experts.