Appellate Advocacy Clinic
The Appellate Advocacy Clinic was established in 1988 and is taught by experienced attorneys from the Appellate Division of the Colorado Public Defender's Office and the Criminal Division of the Colorado Attorney General's Office. Up to eight students may enroll. Each student, under direct supervision of the instructor, is responsible for completing an appellate brief for a case currently on appeal in the Colorado Supreme Court or the Colorado Court of Appeals and for attending the oral argument. In addition, students receive formal instruction on appellate procedure, issue identification, appellate brief writing, and oral advocacy, and must conduct oral argument for their case before a panel of attorneys.
