Federal Appellate Clinic
Students in the Federal Appellate Clinic have the opportunity to represent a criminal defendant on direct appeal, ultimately arguing the case before the Seventh Circuit. Teams of students, supervised by Sarah Schrup, handle all aspects of the case, from researching and selecting the issues to drafting the brief to preparing for oral argument. Students also have the opportunity to participate in some state-level appellate litigation, federal habeas corpus work, and federal petitions for rehearing and for certiorari to the Supreme Court. Since its founding in 2006, the clinic has garnered victories in more than three of its first eight cases. The goal of this center is to provide indigent criminal defendants with the best possible representation and to teach students the appellate process and the art of oral and written advocacy in the context of live-client cases.
Please feel free to contact Sarah Schrup at s-schrup@law.northwestern.edu if you have any questions about the program.
Faculty
Sarah Schrup (Profile | Articles)
Representative Cases
Becker Opinion (pdf)
Thornton Opinion (pdf)
Millet Opinion (pdf)
Simpson Opinion (pdf)
Oral Arguments
