LAWS8263 · Law
Boston College Law School
BCIP Clinic students work under the supervision of Prof. Beckman and Staff Attorneys Charlotte Whitmore and Lauren Jacobs to investigate and litigate post-conviction cases on behalf of clients who maintain they were wrongfully convicted in Massachusetts for crimes they did not commit. BCIP Clinic students meet with, interview, and counsel clients; plan and carry out factual investigations, including witness interviews; evaluate potential innocence cases to determine which ones to litigate; collaborate with co-counsel; work with expert witnesses; meet with prosecutors; draft legal research memoranda, investigative reports, correspondence, motions, affidavits, and memoranda of law; and prepare for and participate in judicial proceedings to obtain access to scientific testing of physical evidence, and to vacate the convictions of innocent clients and free them from wrongful imprisonment.
Course experience
Averages use the original five-point historical evaluation scale.
Organization
4.6 / 5
How well the course was organized
Challenge
4.7 / 5
How intellectually challenging students found it
Attendance
4.7 / 5
How necessary attendance was
Assignments
4.6 / 5
How helpful assignments were
Weekly effort
~9
hours per week
Estimated from the original workload response buckets. Individual sections may differ.
Instructor options
Ratings below reflect only recovered evaluations connected to this course.
Across time
Section-level results available in the recovered archive.
Spring 2025
1 sectionFall 2024
1 sectionSpring 2024
1 sectionFall 2023
1 sectionSpring 2023
1 sectionFall 2022
2 sectionsSpring 2022
2 sectionsFall 2021
2 sectionsSpring 2021
2 sectionsFall 2020
2 sectionsSpring 2020
2 sections