U.S. Department Of Justice-Billings
Field Placement
Single Semester, Fall or Spring
Faculty Supervisor
Supervising Attorneys
Lori Suek
This Field Placement requires an extensive background check and security clearance. The security clearance application process begins approximately three (3) months prior to the start of semester in which the student is enrolled. If you have any questions about the federal security clearance process, you should speak with Geri Sturgill before making your clinic selection.
Students in this Placement must live in Billings for the semester in which they are enrolled.
Prerequisite
Professional Responsibility, Trial Practice
Pre- or Co-Requisite
Criminal Procedure-Investigative, Criminal Procedure-Adjudicative
Recommended
White Collar Crime
Prerequisites for Indian Law Certificate Students
This Placement can satisfy the clinic component of the Indian Law Certificate if a student meets one of the prerequisite for an Indian Law Clinic (Tribal Courts/Tribal Law, Federal Indian Law, or approval and waiver of the prerequisite by the Indian Law Clinic Co-Directors).
This Placement is not limited to Indian Law Certificate students. But priority will be given to Indian Law Certificate students who have satisfied the Criminal Justice Clinic prerequisites.
Areas of Emphases
Federal violent crimes in Indian Country; litigation, research and writing, negotiation, communication.
Sample Projects
- Appear in court
- Communicate and negotiate with defense counsel and pro se defendants
- Interview witnesses
- Perform legal research, draft motions.