LAW - 984A Advanced Trial Advocacy: Homicide Prosecution

(2 hrs.)

Focuses on a prosecutor’s role in a homicide case from the discovery of the victim up to and through prosecution and sentencing of co-defendants. The course will expose students to the day-to-day work of local prosecutors and covers many essential skills and motions filed by prosecutors. Depending on the case file used for the course, students will gain an appreciation for societal issues such as gang violence and various prosecutorial strategies to combat these issues, including such means as specialized gang statutes and gang injunctions. Prerequisites for this course are Criminal Procedure, Evidence, and one of the following: Criminal Trial Advocacy, Civil Trial Civil Trial Advocacy or Criminal Justice Clinic. Acosta, Wennar Spring