Courtroom Advocacy in Criminal Justice

Theory and practice of criminal case advocacy. Students will participate in various stages of criminal pre-trial and trial litigation in criminal case exercises. Corse topics include discovery, case preparation, motions, and trial advocacy. This course provides competencies to meet the program outcome to allow students to demonstrate an understanding of learning the basic rights guaranteed to each individual by both state and federal constitutions and laws. Open to non-majors. Offered alternate years.