Month: October 2016

Please join the Joseph G. Miller and William C. Becker Center for Professional Responsibility for our next  Prosecutors, Ethics and Promoting Justice Lecture Series. On Friday, Oct. 28 at 4 pm in Room 160, Professor Jane Campbell Moriarty will present Turning a Blind Eye: Prosecutorial Ethics and Expert Evidence.

This lecture will look at how criminal prosecutions are critically dependent on expert evidence—to prove identity with DNA and fingerprints, and even to prove a defendant’s location with triangulation tracking. But attached to such evidence are ethical concerns: What to do with potentially unreliable evidence; whether and when to disclose test results; and how to respond to claims concerning post-conviction exonerations.  This presentation aims to illuminate the path that connects the prosecutor’s ethical use of expert evidence with the overarching goals of criminal justice.

About Jane Campbell Moriarty 

Jane Campbell Moriarty is the Carol Los Mansmann Chair in Faculty Scholarship and Professor of Law at Duquesne University School of Law in Pittsburgh, PA, where she served as the Inaugural Associate Dean of Faculty Research at Duquesne.  Previously she was a professor at The University of Akron School of Law, where she was the Faculty Research Director and a fellow in the Miller-Becker Center for Professional Responsibility.

Professor Moriarty’s academic interests are wide-ranging and include expert evidence, neuroscience and law, and legal/judicial ethics.  A frequent public speaker, she is the author of articles, book chapters, and treatises, including SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE (Giannelli, Imwinkelried, Roth, & Moriarty, 5th Ed. 2012).

To Register

To register, please contact Shannon Aupperle at sfauppe@uakron.edu or330.972.7988.

If you are interested in participating in this full-time clinic, please email Professor Knowles for an application. Please note that registration for the co-requisite seminar and fieldwork courses is by professor approval only, and will be determined after  candidates are interviewed. Posted registration deadlines do not apply to this clinic.

Please submit the following to Professor Knowles via email by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, November 4, 2016:

1) Your completed application;
2) Your updated resumé; and
3) Your complete Spring 2017 weekly schedule including all classes and commitments in Excel table format;

Professor Knowles will conduct in-person interviews the week of November 7-11 and you will be notified regarding your space in the clinic on Monday, November 14.

Immigration & Human Rights Law Clinic:

The Immigration & Human Rights Clinic introduces students to the practice of immigration removal defense with a focus on asylum as a form of relief for individuals seeking protection from persecution in their home countries. Under the professor’s supervision, students will work in teams of two to provide direct representation for an individual seeking asylum while detained in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Students will learn immigration court procedure, client interviewing and counseling skills, trial advocacy skills, legal research and writing in the civil, administrative context, and the fundamentals of asylum as a defense to removal. Students will become familiar with essential asylum case law and will advocate for their clients before a U.S. Immigration Judge.

The clinic consists of both a classroom seminar component and fieldwork component. Students will draft a pre-hearing brief, two journal responses, a direct examination, closing arguments, and prepare all necessary motions and applications for submission to the court. Students will also help conduct “know-your-rights” presentations for groups of detainees and (time-permitting) will assist with non-court based relief such as U-visas, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), and prosecutorial discretion requests. The clinic will require frequent visits to the Geauga County Jail and appearances at the Cleveland Immigration Court.

Technology in Law is a 3 credit hour course that counts towards your Substantial Skills Requirement.  This course is designed to introduce students to the kinds of technology, information knowledge and technology skills essential to law practice.  Students will work on multiple short weekly assignments and simulations, engaging them in the technology used in all areas of law practice.  These assignments are designed to introduce students to different types of legal software and hardware using a hands-on approach that will simulate real world legal scenarios.  This course primarily focuses on practical technology skills and how technology affects the law.  Examples of types of technology covered include intranet software, virtual law practice, billing software, presentation technology, background research and due diligence, e-discovery, e-filing, knowledge management, case management, and tablets, iPads, netbooks, notebooks, MACS and PCs.

The final letter grade is based on weekly assignments, participation, and a major course technology project (or paper if students opt for a paper) and a presentation.