LAWS 6605 BC Defender Seminar
The weekly defense class involves readings, discussions, role-plays, case rounds, mock trials and hearings, and reflections on the students experiences, their clients and cases, professional ethics, the role of the public defender, and other issues relating to the criminal justice system.
Course overview
- Department
- Law
- School
- LAW
- Credits
- 2
- Level
- Graduate
- Offered
- Every Fall, Every Spring
Catalog details
- Prerequisites
- Evidence or Trial Practice, Criminal Procedure or Permission of Department
- Corequisites
- LAWS8304
Course evaluations
- Course rating
- 4.36 / 5 · Very Good
- Instructor rating
- 4.41 / 5 · Very Good
- Terms evaluated
- 9
| Term | Instructor | Course overall | Instructor overall | Well organized | Clear learning objectives | Intellectually challenging | Helpful assignments | Applicable beyond course | Attendance necessary | Weekly effort | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2026 | Steven Van Dyke | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 10+ hrs/week | 6 of 6 |
| Fall 2025 | Steven Van Dyke | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4–6 hrs/week | 6 of 6 |
| Spring 2025 | Lumina Sato | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 1–3 hrs/week | 7 of 7 |
| Fall 2024 | Lumina Sato | 3.7 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4–6 hrs/week | 7 of 7 |
| Spring 2024 | Jenna Cobb | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4–6 hrs/week | 7 of 8 |
| Spring 2024 | Lumina Sato | 4.7 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 10+ hrs/week | 3 of 4 |
| Fall 2023 | Jenna Cobb | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 10+ hrs/week | 11 of 13 |
| Fall 2023 | Lumina Sato | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 10+ hrs/week | 11 of 13 |
| Spring 2023 | Jenna Cobb | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.5 | — | 2 of 6 |
| Spring 2023 | Lumina Sato | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 4.8 | — | 5 of 5 |
| Fall 2022 | Lumina Sato | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4–6 hrs/week | 6 of 7 |
| Spring 2022 | Lumina Sato | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 4.8 | — | 4 of 6 |