LAW - 984B Advanced Trial Advocacy: Challenges and Obligations of the Prosecutor

(2 hrs)

This course seeks to give students an understanding about the daily responsibilities of a prosecutor and the typical challenges that prosecutors face in practice. Topics covered include what factors to consider when deciding whether to prosecute a case, responding to discovery requests, ethical obligations that are specific to prosecutors, and grand jury practice, as well as other prosecution related trial preparation and presentation issues Advocacy or Criminal Justice Clinic. Acosta, Wennar Fall