New for the 2013-14 academic year, second- and
third-year law students have the opportunity to participate in the Frank J.
Remington Center's Federal Appeals Project (FAP), an expansion of the Oxford Federal Project. These expanded Fall-Spring opportunities combine class work on federal appellate procedure, client-centered
representation, issue spotting, and persuasive writing, with work on an actual
criminal appeal assigned by Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.
Students in FAP will work in pairs on a criminal
appeal under the supervision of Clinical Assistant Professor Adam Stevenson.
Appeals will be timed so that the transcripts begin arriving in the fall.
Assuming that a case has merit, briefing in the Seventh Circuit will take place
during the late fall and spring semesters. Please note that each student must make a 2-semester
commitment, to ensure that he or she can take a case from start to finish.
In the fall, students will take a 2-credit class
entitled "Special Problems in Criminal Justice Administration: Federal
Criminal Appeals," along with additional credits of clinical work. This
class qualifies for the 60-credit rule. The class features weekly large group and
small group discussion sections. In large group sessions, students will learn
about federal appellate procedure, the ethics of appellate representation,
issue spotting, and persuasion. At the same time, in the small groups and
clinical components, students will be communicating with their appeal clients,
reading transcripts, and researching and investigating their client’s cases.
During spring semester, students again take the seminar components, along with a
clinical course for 1-3 credits. Credits are variable depending on how much
work each student's appeal requires. There may be large group sessions during
the spring, but most of the work will be on the appellate cases.
The Federal Appeals Project uses a competitive
application process. To apply, please
see the attached information form. FAP typically starts accepting applications in March of the year before the
clinic begins, with applications due in early April to allow time for enrollment and
scheduling.
If you are interested in the Federal Appeals
Project opportunities in the Oxford Federal Project, please contact Clinical Assistant Professor Adam Stevenson in Room 4315E.
You can reach Professor Stevenson by phone at 262-9233; or email at clastevenson@wisc.edu.
