09/22/2025
📚💼 At Chase Law, our students don’t just learn the law—they practice it. From representing clients to drafting legal arguments, they apply classroom knowledge to real-world cases, gaining the kind of hands-on experience that builds confident, capable attorneys. ⚖️✨
STUDENTS KRISTINA HALL (she's on the left in the photo) AND LAUREN EARHART just achieved the type victory every defense lawyer wants: Getting charges against their client dismissed without having to go to court to do it.
• What they did: “We recently represented a juvenile client through the Chase Children’s Law Center Clinic who was facing multiple serious charges. After carefully reviewing hours of camera footage and other discovery, we determined the evidence against our client was extremely weak. Ultimately, we persuaded the prosecutor that there was not enough implicating evidence to pursue any charges, leading to the dismissal of all charges.”
• Their takeaway from it: “This experience underscored how much time and effort can matter in a case. We have been able to work with clients at the Children’s Law Center clinic under limited licenses to practice law, with the supervision and guidance of Professor Jennifer Brinkman, who has been an incredible mentor and resource throughout this process.”
• How Chase prepared each of them: For Lauren, “There’s really no way to fully prepare for this type of work in a classroom alone – it’s very much learning by doing. At the same time, my coursework was invaluable. The Pretrial Litigation course helped me understand what discovery to look for and how to request it. Interviewing, Counseling, and Negotiation gave me practical skills for working with clients and prosecutors. And Criminal Law provided me with a foundation for understanding juveniles’ rights.” For Kristina, “The clinic and Professor Brinkman have helped me tremendously to be prepared for a case like this one. Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure helped me see what the prosecutor actually had to prove, weigh whether the discovery really showed that, and understand how the case could move forward.”
