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LAWS 8308 Compassionate Release & Parole Clinic

Students represent inmates who have become eligible for parole from life sentences after serving at least 15 years in prison. Inmates often appear without counsel and are unable to effectively represent themselves. Students help prepare such inmates for their parole hearings; represent them at the hearings, prepare a petition for grant of parole. Students also represent inmates who are within 18 months of death or mentally or physically incapacitated. Working with graduate social work students and nursing students, law students prepare a petition for medical release.

Course overview

Department
Law
School
LAW
Credits
4
Level
Graduate
Offered
Every Fall,Every Spring

Catalog details

Prerequisites
Permission of Department

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Requirements fulfilled

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Official evaluation summary

4.91 / 5

Based on 55 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

  • Francis Herrmann
    Spring 2026, Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021 · Official rating 4.76/5

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