Charles Matthews, Jasmine Heatly, Nathaniel Judge, Michelle Bradley, Victoria Wilson, Cassandra Rideau Noel and Ashley Messina are sworn in by by East Baton Rouge Parish Juvenile Court Judge Adam J. Haney for the LSU Law fall 2016 Juvenile Defense Clinic. Not pictured is 2L student Kimberly Gubert.
The LSU Law fall 2016 Juvenile Defense Clinic students were sworn in by East Baton Rouge Parish Juvenile Court Judge Adam J. Haney.
The Juvenile Defense Clinic includes Charles Matthews, Jasmine Heatly, Nathaniel Judge, Michelle Bradley, Victoria Wilson, Cassandra Rideau Noel, Ashley Messina and Kimberly Gubert. The course is taught by Professors Hector Linares and Jack Harrison.
Open to both 2Ls and 3Ls, the LSU Juvenile Defense Clinic is an intensive, live-client representation experience in which 3Ls are certified as student attorneys under LASC Rule XX and have the opportunity (under the close supervision of clinic faculty) to defend local youth in juvenile court delinquency proceedings. Students admitted to the clinic as 2Ls assist with this representation.
This in-house clinic is comprised of two separate, but integrated, co-requisite courses – a seminar-based course component and a fieldwork-based practicum. Third-year students make frequent court appearances, and all students gain experience in client interviewing and counseling, factual investigation and trial preparation.
