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Criminal Procedure Simulations: Bridge to Practice

2nd Edition
Michael Vitiello
ISBN: 9781684670055
Subject: Criminal Procedure
Format: Print - Softbound
Page Count: 172
Copyright: 2021 | Status: In Stock
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Legal educators are beginning to recognize the need for their students to hit the ground running when they graduate. This book is designed to help students do just that. It consists of nine simulations, covering a wide array of issues arising under the Fourth Amendment, the Fifth Amendment, and Sixth Amendment taught in the basic Criminal Procedure course and gives students the opportunity to learn essential lawyering skills. For example, it puts students in the role of counselor, trial and oral advocate, and legal writer. Some of the chapters include role summaries and require students to present testimony before the trial court hearing the defendant’s motion to suppress evidence. Others consist of transcripts of hearings and require students to present arguments to the court. Further, written by an experienced educator and expert in Criminal Procedure, the Teacher’s Manual describes how these exercises can be successfully integrated into a traditional “podium” course.

Why a second edition? The Supreme Court has changed the law in some key areas, including whether an officer can search a cell phone as part of a search incident to lawful arrest. One new simulation involves an issue dividing lower courts: whether digital cameras are like cell phones. Importantly, two new simulations allow a full discussion of racial profiling in policing practices.


Imprint: West Academic Publishing
Series: Bridge to Practice
Publication Date: 10/22/2020
Related Subject(s): Professional Identity Formation

Michael Vitiello, University of Pacific School of Law

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