This course covers the right to counsel; preliminary appearance and hearings; pre-conviction release; the charging process; joinder; discovery; pleas; speedy trial; jury trial; publicity of proceedings and court records; double jeopardy; burdens of persuasion; selected aspects of New York criminal practice.

This course covers the substantive and procedural laws surrounding the criminal adjudication process.

Recommended for the Following Professional Pathways: Civil Rights/Civil Liberties; Criminal Defense; Criminal Prosecution; Family Law; Government/Public Sector; General Practice – Litigation/Dispute Resolution

3 Credits