Legal Research Guides by Course - Criminal Advocacy Defense Externship Program
Course Description
Students, working under the supervision of an on-site staff attorney, represent indigent criminal defendants (both adults and juveniles) in state court. Students are required to complete 280 hours of legal work with the Office of Conflicts Counsel over the academic year in exchange for 6 credits. The students are also required to attend a weekly two-hour seminar. Prerequisite: Evidence (6 credits: 3 classroom credits, 3 non-classroom credits) (Formlery called Criminal Advocacy Clinic)
Faculty Who Teach This Course
- Kirsha J. Weyandt (adjunct clinical professor)
Subject Presently Covered in Collection by:
Print Collection
KF9201-KF9827 Criminal Law
KFP561-KFP598 Pennsylvania Criminal Law
Legal Research Databases
Hein Online
Bloomberg Law
BNA Online
Westlaw and Lexis
Legal Scholarship Network
Pa Legislative Bureau Capitol Toolbox
SmartLitigator
- CALI - Criminal Law - http://www.cali.org/category/cali-topics/1l-first-year-lesson-topics/criminal-law
- CALI - Criminal Procedure - http://www.cali.org/category/cali-topics/2l-3l-upper-level-lesson-topics/criminal-procedure
- CVN - Video Training Library
- LoisLaw - Treatises - General Litigation Library
- Criminal Law Resources (FindLaw) - http://www.findlaw.com/01topics/09criminal/index.html
- Criminal Law - Guide to Penal Law (hg.org) - http://www.hg.org/crime.html
- Criminal Law (LII) - http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/criminal_law
- Criminal Law (Virtual Chase) - http://virtualchase.justia.com/wiki/criminal-law
- Criminal Law Articles and Criminal Information and Links (AllLaw) - http://www.alllaw.com/topics/criminal
- Pennsylvania Criminal Laws (FindLaw) - http://statelaws.findlaw.com/pennsylvania-law/pennsylvania-criminal-laws/
- Pennsylvania Commission on Crime & Delinquency - http://www.pccd.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/pccd_home/5226
- Pennsylvania Office of the Victim Advocate - http://www.ova.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/information_and_victim_rights/9243
- The Sentencing Project - http://www.sentencingproject.org/template/index.cfm
- Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape - Legal Advocates - http://www.pcar.org/legal-advocates
- CrimProf Blog - http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/crimprof_blog/
- Pennsylvania Criminal Defense Blog - http://www.pennsylvania-criminal-defense.com/blog/
- Pittsburgh Criminal Law Blog - http://www.pittsburghcriminaldefensefirm.com/
- Pennsylvania's Unified Judicial System - http://ujsportal.pacourts.us/
- Pennsylvania Attorney General - http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/
DCLI Webpage Links
- Primary Legal Research: Case Law, Statutory Law, Administrative Law (contains quick links to our federal and state statutes, our federal and state administrative codes, federal and state case law)
- Legal Research Guides: Criminal Law, Practice Skills
rev. 10/17/2012
Patricia Horvath