Appellate Advocacy Project

The Appellate Advocacy Clinic is available to four (4) third-year students.  Each of the students will be responsible for briefing and arguing a criminal appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in Chicago.  Professor Richard McAdams and Clinic Instructor Jason Huber will work with students in the preparation of briefs and mooting them for oral arguments.  Each of the students will receive a license under Illinois Supreme Court Rule 711 for these purposes and Jason Huber will serve as the attorney of record.  The principal brief will be due in early December, and the reply brief and oral argument will be scheduled for the Winter Quarter.  All of the appeals stem from the trials that have taken place in the U.S. District Court.  Applicants must have completed a course in Evidence and at least one course in Criminal Procedure.  Students who are selected will be undertaking a major responsibility for which they should be prepared to devote substantial time.