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ASUM Legal Services
University Center
Supervising Attorneys: Annie Hamilton, Tom Trigg, and
Teresa Thompson
Faculty Supervisor:
Professor Cynthia Ford
406.243.4267
cynthia.ford@umontana.edu
Academic Year – Maximum of 10 students
Summer – Maximum of 3 students
Prequisite: Criminal Procedure, effective Fall 2012
This office provides a variety of legal services to students at the University. The cases encountered are 70% civil and 30% criminal. The civil cases are of a broad variety, including dissolutions (divorces), negligence, consumer, contract drafting, landlord/tenant, simple wills, and domestic cases (adoption, name-change, etc.). The criminal matters are generally limited to misdemeanors such as drug possession, DUI and other traffic citations, shoplifting, and disturbance and assault charges. Interns will meet one-on-one with clients and will be primarily responsible for their cases. Interns can expect to perform the full range of attorney activities, from negotiating, researching, drafting, and plea-bargaining, to court appearances which may include hearings, non-jury trials and occasional jury trials.
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