Looking for chico states law professors who will look at a 3 strike case

[savagebreed]

I am needind any names of law professors out of chico state in chico california that would be willing to look & take on a 3 strike case any information or suggestions i will be ever so grateful

[patchouli]

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[Gryphon]

Very rarely, a professor will take on an acedemically interesting case (usually having hot and current constitutional issues). That usually means the professor/lawyer is associated with a law school. Nearly all law school professors are lawyers.

Chico State doesn't have a law school unless they very recently added one. The geographically closest law schools would be Sacramento (McGeorge would be the ABA accredited school; or Lincoln or Paterno are the State accredited schools); or UC Davis. The next closest are probably teh Bay Area law schools.

I have to say that during my many years of working in court rooms, I've never once seen a pro bono professor/lawyer in a court room. I've heard of it happening once (I know the professor) in another State in the mid 1980s. I know that one of the Stanford professors was doing some pro bono 3rd strike appeal work not too long ago; which is a very different thing than doing trial work.

Originally Posted by savagebreed

I am needind any names of law professors out of chico state in chico california that would be willing to look & take on a 3 strike case any information or suggestions i will be ever so grateful

[Colorado_Lawyer]

I work with a professor at the Colorado University of Law at Boulder, Colorado. His appellate clinic students take one, two or three of my appeals every Fall -- usually high profile cases that received a lot of press or have very complex cutting edge issues. This allows me to convert the case to pro bono (if it was not already a state appointed case).

So, it is possible to get assistance from a law professor and his students, but rare. I would not count on being able to do this.