During this course, you will learn to:

• Understand how issues related to effective and ineffective legal representation in capital cases impact every stage of a capital trial, as well as the appeal, and in subsequent collateral proceedings;
• Explore pitfalls that are common in capital defense and potential consequences;
• Address methods of monitoring, identifying, and addressing defense deficiencies before they have impacted the outcome of the case; and
• Recognize the appropriate analysis for applying the Strickland standard in collateral proceedings.