LAWS 6605 BC Defender Seminar

Name: BC Defender Seminar
Rating: 4.36 (75 reviews)

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

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Requirements fulfilled

No source-backed degree requirement is attached to this course yet.

Official evaluation summary

4.36 / 5

Based on 75 aggregate responses from BC Avalanche/Blue evaluations.

Data freshness

Course and evaluation data last updated 2026-08-02. Source details and limitations are documented in Data Sources and Methodology.

Instructors

Jenna Cobb
Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023 · Official rating 4.59/5
Lumina Sato
Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022 · Official rating 4.18/5
Steven Van Dyke
Spring 2026, Fall 2025 · Official rating 4.90/5

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