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Day Four:
Teaching Professional Skills in Law School 557
1) Court hearings by law firms representing the defendant and the
State at sentencing. (Court imposes a sentence of probation with 6
months jail, drug treatment, clean-up costs, probation service fee, etc.;
court fills out form and defendant signs it.)
2) Discussion about preparing the case for sentencing, including
client preparation.
3) Question and Answer session on any subject relating to the
practice of criminal law with faculty. (Suggest we use the same
procedure as previously used in other modules, i.e. each law firm
decides on four questions that would be of interest to the class. Then
each law firm asks its top question and the same process continues for
rounds two, three, and four, as time permits.)