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U.S. criminal law depends on attorneys who are passionate about seeing justice done. USF Law provides the practical and theoretical training all criminal attorneys need to succeed as justice warriors, in whatever area of the criminal justice system you practice.
Whether you are interested in working as a prosecutor or a criminal defense attorney, resolving disputes, or safeguarding civil liberties, USF's criminal law and procedure curriculum prepares you to hit the ground running after graduation.
我们的 dynamic Criminal and Juvenile Justice Law Clinic provides hands-on experiences where you’ll take a leadership role in cases and learn the problem-solving, 策略, and advocacy skills you’ll need in your career.
As part of our extensive Civil and 刑法 Externship Program, you receive academic credit while putting your education to use in the offices of district attorneys, public defenders, and other Bay Area criminal law employers. The nationally recognized Keta Taylor Colby Death Penalty Project at USF sends our law students to work with capital defense attorneys in the southern United States, and often becomes students’ most memorable law school experience.
USF's criminal law courses build on the essentials, addressing the constitutional and statutory framework for criminal prosecution. 我们的 Intensive Advocacy Program, a two-week course focusing on litigation and trial techniques and strategies, brings seasoned lawyers and judges from across the nation to train our students in the art of advocacy.
The most interesting part of my externship was working intimately and daily with clients and their families, allowing me to see first hand the ways in which the criminal legal system disproportionately affects low-income communities of color. With my mentor’s guidance, I made court appearances nearly every week and was able to advocate for clients as well as meet and speak with attorneys and judges regularly."
Cecilia Fierro ’15 Externed at the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office and was hired by the Contra Costa Public Defender Office immediately after graduation
选择课程
- Advanced Criminal 过程
- 刑法
- Criminal 过程
- 证据
- 国际 刑法
- 审讯 & 《在线博彩平台。》
- 青少年法律
- Wrongful Convictions
教师
- 劳拉Bazelon is an expert on juvenile law and director of the criminal juvenile justice clinic and the racial justice clinic
- 理查德·利奥 is an acclaimed legal scholar on false confessions and wrongful convictions and criminal procedure
诊所
Special Program
Representative 校外实习期
- Alameda County District Attorney's Office
- Alameda County Public Defender's Office
- District Attorney's Office of Sonoma County
- Law Offices of B.C. 麦科马斯
- Law Offices of Douglas Horngrad
- San Francisco District Attorney's Office
- San Francisco Public Defender's Office
- San Francisco Superior Court, Criminal Division
- U.S. Attorney’s Office
Student Organization
- 刑法 Society