BLSA & DC Public Defender Service Partner Up for 2014 Criminal Defense Trial Practice Institute
Want to spend your spring break brushing up on your lit skills? The Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia has got you covered:
The Black Law Students Association Alumni Committee of the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia is pleased to present the 2014 Spring Break Criminal Defense Trial Practice Institute (Institute). The Institute seeks to help students cultivate effective trial advocacy skills and explore indigent criminal defense work. The program consists of a week of workshops on how to conduct opening statements, direct examinations, cross examinations, and closing arguments. In addition, students will learn how to develop theories of defense, master the rules of evidence, and impeach witnesses at trial. At the end of the program, students will participate in full-length mock trials presided over by Superior Court judges.
The Institute will be held March 10 – March 14, 2014. The program is free of charge to students, although students are expected to provide their own transportation and lodging.
To apply, students must be a member of the school’s Black Law Students Association and commit to the entire program. Students should submit their applications electronically by clicking the link under the ‘events’ tab of the PDS website, www.pdsdc.org The deadline to submit applications is Friday, February 26, 2014.
If you have any questions, contact Jennifer Thomas, the Legal Recruiting Director, at JenThomas@pdsdc.org. Good luck!