{"id":653,"date":"2008-04-23T11:38:52","date_gmt":"2008-04-23T16:38:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ezing.me\/transfer\/?p=653"},"modified":"2014-09-23T09:24:34","modified_gmt":"2014-09-23T14:24:34","slug":"court-of-appeals-to-hold-special-session-at-ole-miss-law-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/court-of-appeals-to-hold-special-session-at-ole-miss-law-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Court of Appeals to Hold Special Session at Ole Miss Law School"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nOXFORD, Miss. – For the fourth consecutive year, the Court
\nof Appeals of Mississippi plans to move its proceedings to
\nthe University of Mississippi School of Law for a special
\nsession in which law students have the unique opportunity
\nto deliver oral arguments in cases pending before the
\ncourt.
\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\nThe court convenes at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday (April 22) in the
\nWilliam N. Ethridge Jr. Moot Court Room on the third floor
\nof the Lamar Law Center. The three-judge panel plans to
\nallow law students to participate in a brief
\nquestion-and-answer session after hearing two cases
\npresented by third-year law students enrolled in the law
\nschool’s Criminal Appeals Clinic.
\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\nThe proceedings are open to the public and all UM students
\nare encouraged to attend, especially those with an interest
\nin attending law school. The special session is to be
\nconducted with full security search requirements, and no
\nexit and re-entry will be allowed. Cell phones are not
\nallowed in the courtroom.
\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\nArrival by 12:30 p.m. is strongly encouraged to ensure that
\neveryone can be seated before court is called to order.
\nOverflow seating is to be available in Moot Court Room II.
\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n“Statistically, since 2002, the Criminal Appeals Clinic has
\nrepresented 34 indigent defendants in criminal appeals
\nbefore the Mississippi Supreme Court and the Court of
\nAppeals,” said Phillip W. Broadhead, clinical professor of
\nlaw and director of the Criminal Appeals Program. “Both the
\nCourt of Appeals and the state Supreme Court have been very
\nsupportive of the Criminal Appeals Program.”
\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\nThe program, created in 2002 as part of UM’s National
\nCenter for Justice and the Rule of Law, is designed to give
\nthird-year students practical experience in criminal law
\nand procedure in the pro bono representation of indigent
\npersons in cases pending before the state appellate
\ncourts.
\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\nThrough the program, students research, write and file a
\nbrief on an assigned case pending before the court. If the
\ncourt agrees to hear oral arguments in a pending case, two
\nCriminal Appeals Clinic students are chosen to argue the
\ncase before a panel of three judges, Broadhead said.
\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\nThis year, students are to argue cases that originated in
\nRankin and Oktibbeha counties. Students Angela M. Gallagher
\nof Magnolia and Jay Hurdle of Memphis are presenting oral
\narguments in the case of Luckett v. State, which involves
\nan embezzlement conviction. Students William Andrew Lewis
\nof Fayetteville, Ga., and Daniel B. McLeroy of Center,
\nTexas, are to present arguments in the case of Brooks v.
\nState which involves a conviction on two charges of
\naggravated assault on a police officer.
\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\nThe students are allowed to be appointed as special counsel
\nin the cases by order of the state appellate courts under
\nthe Mississippi Limited Practice Act, which permits
\nthird-year law students to be admitted to the Bar under the
\noversight and supervision of a clinical professor who also
\nis a licensed, practicing Mississippi attorney. Since the
\nprogram began in 2002, 86 students have received training
\nin the highly specialized field area of appellate practice,
\nBroadhead said.
\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n“One of the features of the Criminal Appeals Program’s
\nteaching goals is to expose the students not only to the
\nart of brief writing and the skills of legal research, but
\nalso to general trial practice,” he said. “The most
\nsatisfying part of the program has been seeing the students
\ndevelop a passion for trial practice, which may change the
\ndirection of their career plans, with many graduates going
\ninto public service positions.”
\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\nFor assistance related to a disability, call 662-915-6900.
\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\nFor more information about the Criminal Appeals Program and
\nthe National Center for Justice and the Rule of Law, call
\n662-915-6897 or go to
\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n http:\/\/www.ncjrl.org<\/a>.
\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\nFor more information on the School of Law, visit
\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n
\nhttp:\/\/www.law.olemiss.edu<\/a>.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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