Criminal Justice: Crime Victim Litigation Law Clinic

Limit: 6 students

Under the supervision of Professor Doug Beloof, and the lawyers of the National Crime Victim Law Institute (NCVLI), students support crime victim attorneys nationwide through legal research and writing that is used in a variety of ways, including: to support lawyers nationwide who are directly representing crime victims in criminal cases; to help NCVLI write amicus curiae briefs that are filed in trial and appellate courts nationwide; to help NCVLI anticipate and prepare for future litigation at both the trial and appellate levels; to contribute to NCVLI’s library and brief bank on victims’ rights issues; and to support the work of NCVLI’s Center for Law and Public Policy on Sexual Violence, which advances the law for sexual violence survivors through litigation, legislation, and policy work.

The Clinic is open to all law students after their first year is complete. This is a three-credit course, with grading on a pass/fail basis. Students are expected to commit approximately 4-5 hours of work per week outside of class time plus a minimum 30-minute mandatory weekly meeting with individual supervising attorney. Each semester the class will meet for two hours weekly at an assigned time. The number of students participating is restricted to 6.