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Prosecution Clinics
U.S. Department Of Justice
Supervising
Attorneys: Kris McLean, Josh Van de Wetering,
Robert Anderson, and Tim Racicot
Faculty Supervisor:
Margaret A. (Peggy) Tonon
406.243.5597
peggy.tonon@umontana.edu
(Maximum of 4 students)
Students placed with U.S. Department of Justice may work with both the U.S. Attorney's Office and the Environmental Crimes Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division.
The U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana has established an office in Missoula. The Assistant U.S. Attorneys in the Missoula office, Kris McLean and Josh Van de Wetering, have primary responsibility for all criminal cases which involve the United States in the Missoula Division of the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana. Although law students selected for this clinic will not have access to grand jury or other sensitive information, they will be involved in all aspects of the office's caseload.
Assignments for the criminal work in the office may include appearances (initial appearances and detention hearings) and trials involving misdemeanor offenses before U.S. Magistrate Judge Leif B. Erickson, research and pretrial briefing for criminal cases, and research and brief writing for appeals before the Ninth Circuit.
The Environmental Crimes Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice has office space within the U.S. Attorney's Office. The primary responsibility of this office is to prosecute federal criminal cases involving violations of wildlife laws and federal pollution cases like the Endangered Species Act, Lacey Act, Migratory Bird Treaty Act, Marine Mammal Protection Act, Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act and other federal anti-pollution statutes. Many cases arise from long-term undercover investigations of criminal syndicates engaged in organized illegal international trafficking in protected wildlife species. Students working with Robert Anderson will primarily assist him with research and writing.
Note: Students will be required to obtain a federal security clearance through the submission of an application which must be completed prior to the end of the Spring Semester.
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