| The Innocence Project | |
| Short Description | |
The Innocence Project is a national litigation and public policy organization dedicated to exonerating wrongfully convicted people through DNA testing and reforming the criminal justice system to prevent future injustice. |
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| Long Description | |
| The Innocence Project is an initiative where students work alongside practising criminal lawyers to review cases of alleged innocence, and look for possible grounds for appeal. Volunteering for the Innocence Project is one of the closest experiences to actual legal practice available to a student. The Project also seeks to challenge the assumption that our criminal justice system is flawless. | |
| Where does it take place? | Off Law School Site | ||||||
| Who takes part (eg staff, students, outside lawyers)? | students | staff | |||||
| outside lawyers | external organisation(s) | ||||||
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| Is the activity supervised? | Y | ||||||
| If so, by whom? | external lawyers | ||||||
| If the activity is a clinic, what is the address of the clinic? | |||||||
| Can the work in the activity form part of an assessed module? | N | ||||||
| If yes, how? (eg exam, essay) | |||||||
| Activity contact: | [Send Email] |
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| Activity website | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innocence_Project [Visit Website] | ||||||
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