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LAW 7403 - Criminal Justice Policy Practicum

This practicum exposes students to an interdisciplinary approach to criminal justice reform policy. Through the CJPP, students learn how their lawyering can influence local, statewide, and national criminal policy. For the Spring of 2019, the CJPP project is Misdemeanor Justice in Dallas County Courts. Students study Texas misdemeanor criminal procedure rules and observe Dallas County misdemeanor practice. Working with a dataset of nearly 200,000 Dallas County misdemeanor cases, students examine the basic tenets of criminal justice data assessment and analysis. As part of that process, students learn to clean data sets, design research inquiries, code data, and report on the results of data assessments. By the end of the semester, students write an empirical report describing the results of their data-driven inquiry into Dallas County Misdemeanor Justice. Professional Responsibility (LAW 7350 ) may be taken prior to enrolling or simultaneously. Constitutional Criminal Procedure is recommended but not required. (*updated* 11/30/2018; effective Spring 2019)


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