Criminal Procedure Adjudication (Hendricks)
Faculty
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| Anjelica Hendricks Assistant Professor of Law ahendri@law.upenn.edu |
Additional Information
Grading
100% Exam
Exam
Short Answer,
Essay,
In Class,
Partial Open Book (Casebook and personal outlines)
No
Class meets in person.
Course Continuity
Students are encouraged to stay home if you are ill or experience flu-like symptoms. If you miss a class for any reason, it is still your responsibility to make up the work missed.
I offer the following to students who miss class due to illness:
- If you are absent, due to illness or some other unavoidable circumstance, email me and I can ask for volunteers among your classmates to share their notes with you.
- When you are better, please make an appointment to meet with me and I will review/answer questions about what you missed.
Meeting Times/Location
MW 3:00PM - 4:20PM
Silverman Hall M28
Category
Upper-Level
Credits
3.0
Welcome to the heart of the criminal legal system. This course follows the action after arrest—charging decisions, bail, preliminary hearings, grand juries, plea bargaining, the right to counsel, speedy trial rights, and more. We study not just doctrine, but strategy, leverage, and how constitutional law plays out in real courtrooms.
Each class pairs readings from the casebook with hypotheticals designed to challenge your instincts and judgment. Think like a prosecutor. Think like defense counsel. Think like a judge. We bring these roles to life through class discussion—and through our (optional but recommended) visits to the Philadelphia Criminal Justice Center.
The Criminal Procedure: Investigations course is not required; the material does not overlap. The final exam is partial open-book. This is the course for students drawn to litigation, fascinated by criminal law, or just eager to see the law in motion. If you want to understand how prosecutions really happen, start here.
Courts and the Judicial System Learning outcomes: Demonstrate a core understanding of both substantive and procedural issues in the operation of our legal system; Perform legal analysis in the context of procedural issues and the judicial process; Communicate effectively on topics related to procedure and the judicial process; Demonstrate an understanding of how procedural issues and the judicial process affect all other area of our legal system.
Criminal Law and Procedure Learning outcomes: Demonstrate a core understanding of criminal law and procedure; Perform legal analysis in the context of criminal law and procedure; Communicate effectively on topics related to criminal law and procedure; Demonstrate an understanding of the role criminal law and procedure play in society and their impact on other areas of law and society.
Public Interest Learning outcomes: Demonstrate a core understanding of the varied legal aspects of public interest law; Perform legal analysis in the context of public interest law; Communicate effectively on topics related to public interest law; Demonstrate an understanding of how public interest law is connected to and affected by a wide variety of legal and regulatory structures and doctrines.
Textbooks
"Adjudicative Criminal Procedure in Focus" by Todd Berger |