Externship: Philadelphia District Attorney's Office - Appeals Unit (Bluestine)
Faculty
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| Marissa Boyers Bluestine Assistant Director mblu@law.upenn.edu |
Additional Information
Experiential CourseYes
Skills Training
Oral Presentations
Drafting Legal Documents
Other Professional Skills: Litigation skills
Grading
100% Other (100% pass/fail (fieldwork + required bi-weekly tutorial))
No
Class meets in person.
Meeting Times/Location
TBA
TBA
Category
Clinics/Externships
Credits
3.0
PLEASE SEE IMPORTANT ENROLLMENT PROCEDURES FOR EXTERNSHIPS AVAILABLE ON THE REGISTRAR'S WEBSITE.
Assistant District Attorneys in the Appeals Unit represent the Commonwealth in the Pennsylvania Superior Court and Pennsylvania Supreme Court, filing briefs and presenting oral arguments in state post-conviction appeals. Externs will be assigned to work with an Appeals Unit ADA to research, write, and edit appellate briefs filed in state appellate courts. In addition to meeting regularly with their supervising ADA, externs will be assigned to a “team” of Appeals ADAs and will participate in weekly team meetings to discuss their cases and relevant legal and writing issues. Over the course of the semester, externs will write and edit two to three briefs that will be filed in the Pennsylvania Superior Court.
The Appeals Unit is supervised by Lawrence Goode and Joanna Kunz and is one of four appellate units that comprise the Law Division. The Law Division is supervised by Nancy Winkelman. Externs will have the opportunity to meet and work with the unit and division supervisors as well as ADAs in the other Law Division units.
Skills Learning outcomes: Demonstrate an understanding of the individual course skill; Demonstrate the ability to receive and implement feedback; Demonstrate an understanding of how and when the individual course skill is employed in practice.
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.