This clinic is a special project conducted with the Regime Crimes Liaison Office of the Department of Justice. Second and third year students will be researching and writing legal memos on ten questions provided by the DOJ with the memos to be provided to the judges of the Iraqi Special Tribunal in Baghdad trying Sadaam Hussein and others. The client is the DOJ and students will be preparing the memos under the supervision of Professor Malone who is the supervising attorney for the project. Depending upon the number of participants, students will be expected to research and write 25-40 pages on the provided questions. There will also be a weekly, one-hour classroom meeting on substantive background issues, student discussion of their work, and international legal research. Students will also be expected to conduct an hour-long public program on the general issues facing the Iraqi Special Tribunal. Graded Pass/Fail.
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