HANS P. SINHA School of Law, P. O. Box 1848, University, Mississippi 38677-1848. (662) 915-6884. hsinha@olemiss.edu. Academic CLINICAL PROFESSOR AND DIRECTOR UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF LAW 2002 - Present Director Externship Clinic Direct externship clinic wherein second and third year law students are placed in government, judicial and public service offices as for-credit externs. Established guidelines, drafted manual, and developed clinical program. Teach accompanying seminar class. The Prosecution Function Course covers the history, role and ethical and professional duties of the America Prosecutor. Developed course and compiled material. Comparative Law Course covers history and development of Civil Law and comparison of such law to Common Law system. CLINICAL INSTRUCTOR 1998-2002 TULANE SCHOOL OF LAW CRIMINAL CLINIC Supervised third year law students representing defendants charged with criminal offenses ranging from misdemeanors to second-degree murder prosecutions in Orleans Criminal Court at trial level, and at appellate level before the Louisiana Court of Appeals and Supreme Court. Taught accompanying criminal defense advocacy seminar. ADJUNCT PROFESSOR OF LAW 1995-1999 TULANE SCHOOL OF LAW Taught in the Tulane Law School s Trial Advocacy Program Professional PROSECUTOR JEFFERSON PARISH DISTRICT ATTORNEY 1997-1998 Assistant District Attorney Gretna, LA Prosecuted criminal cases ranging from misdemeanors to first-degree murders cases as trial division prosecutor. Also served as Special Gang Prosecutor. Developed gang prosecution unit, maintained intelligence on gang arrests, and conducted vertical prosecutions of gang cases.
CAPITAL DEFENDER LOUISIANA INDIGENT DEFENDER BOARD 1996-1997 Capital Murder Defender Represented indigent defendants charged with capital murder on trial and interlocutory appellate level. Assembled defense team, prepared and tried cases as lead counsel. PUBLIC DEFENDER ORLEANS INDIGENT DEFENDER PROGRAM 1994-1996 Assistant Public Defender Capital Defender Division - Represented indigent defendants charged with capital murder in Orleans Parish Criminal Court. Lead attorney in guilt and penalty phases. Trial division - Represented indigent defendants charged with crimes ranging from misdemeanors to second-degree murder. Pre-trial, trial and interlocutory appellate representation. PROSECUTOR ORLEANS PARISH DISTRICT ATTORNEY 1989-1993 Senior Trial Assistant District Attorney Juvenile Division - Prosecuted criminal and neglect cases in juvenile court. Magistrate Division - Prosecuted misdemeanors, extraditions, first appearances, and assorted pre-trial hearings in evening and night court sessions. Trial Division (Section Chief) - Prosecuted cases ranging from misdemeanor to capital murder. Supervisory responsibility over and training of junior prosecutors. Sex Crimes Screening Division - Screened all sex crime arrests in Orleans Parish. Conducted post-arrest investigations, victim and witness interviews. Determined whether to charge and what charges to bring. Presented cases accepted for prosecution to grand jury. Appellate Division - Wrote and argued appeals, post conviction and habeas corpus proceedings in state and federal courts. OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL 1984-1985 Intern / Speech Writer Los Angeles, CA Intern in executive office of California Attorney General John van de Kamp. Researched and wrote speeches for the Attorney General.
Education MASTER OF LAWS IN INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE LAW With distinction July, 2001 TULANE SCHOOL OF LAW JURIS DOCTOR TULANE SCHOOL OF LAW May, 1988 Common and Civil Law Curricula BACHELOR OF ARTS UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA May, 1983 History and International Relations Philadelphia, PA DIPLOMA THE THACHER SCHOOL May, 1979 Ojai, CA Service AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF LAW SCHOOLS Executive Committee, Section on Clinical Legal Education. 2005-2008. Planning Committee, 2007 Workshop on Clinical Legal Education Co-Chair - Externship section, Section on Clinical Legal Education. 2003-2005. Ad hoc Membership and Outreach Committee. Clinical Section on Clinical Legal Education. 2009-2011 Bar Admission Louisiana. Mississippi. United States Supreme Court. Publications : A CRITICAL ANALYSIS AND A PRACTICAL SOLUTION. 63 Maine Law Review 176 (2010) MISSISSIPPI CRIMINAL TRIAL PRACTICE: 2010 SUPPLEMENT WEST THOMSON REUTERS. 2010. Co-author MISSISSIPPI CRIMINAL TRIAL PRACTICE: 2009 SUPPLEMENT WEST THOMSON REUTERS. Fall 2009. Co-author
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ADVOCATE OR MINISTER OF JUSTICE?: THE SPECIAL ETHICAL DUTIES OF A PROSECUTOR February, 2009 Corporations, Courtrooms, and the Constitution: Jackson, MS Shades of Gray in the World of Ethics A Legal Symposium Mississippi College of Law THE SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF November, 2008 A PROSECUTOR Des Moines, IO A two-hour ethics presentation Iowa County Attorneys Fall Training Conference ETHICS FOR PROSECUTORS IN A WIRELESS AGE October, 2008 Computer Crimes in a Wireless Age National Attorney General Training & Research Institute PROSECUTORIAL IMMUNITY AND SELECTED November, 2006 RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT Gretna, LA Office of the District Attorney, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana THE DISCIPLINE OF PROSECUTORS April, 2006 Tunica, MS Mississippi Prosecutors Association ETHICS AND THE PROSECUTOR October, 2005 What guides the prosecutor as he strives to be a Tunica, MS Minister of Justice as opposed to a mere Advocate, and what you can do if he errs? Mississippi Public Defenders Association THE SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF PROSECUTORS July, 2004 ETHICS AND PROFESSIONALISM Ethics presentation to the Orleans Parish District Attorney s office. ELECTRONIC DISCOVERY / METADATA ELECTRONIC EXCHANGE OF DOCUMENTS: August, 2009 Search and Seizure of Computers and Electronic Evidence: Legal Considerations for Trial Judges.
ELECTRONIC EXCHANGE OF DOCUMENTS: November, 2008 Best Practices in Electronic Discovery National Attorneys General Training & Research Institute National Association of Attorneys General ELECTRONIC EXCHANGE OF DOCUMENTS: October, 2009 Reno, NV Search and Seizure of Computers and Electronic Evidence National Judicial College ELECTRONIC EXCHANGE OF DOCUMENTS: May, 2008 Best Practices in Electronic Discovery National Attorneys General Training & Research Institute National Association of Attorneys General TRIAL PRACTICE OVERVIEW OF A MOTIONS HEARING September, 2009 Co-presenter Search and Seizure of Computers and Obtaining Electronic Evidence: A two-day course for law enforcement OVERVIEW OF A MOTIONS HEARING January, 2008 Co-presenter Search and Seizure of Computers and Obtaining Electronic Evidence: A two-day course for law enforcement OVERVIEW OF A MOTIONS HEARING October, 2007 Co-presenter Search and Seizure of Computers and Obtaining Electronic Evidence: A two-day course for law enforcement
CLINICAL REFORMING THE AMERICAN PROSECUTOR March, 2010 THROUGH CLINICAL EXTERNSHIP PROGRAMS Miami, FL Externships 5 Responding to Changing Times University of Miami School of Law PROSECUTION EXTERNSHIP SURVEY RESULTS Co-presenter. March, 2003 Externship 2 Learning from Experience Washington, D.C. Conference on Clinical Legal Education Catholic University GENERAL AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS November, 1997 Panel member Sexual Abuse Evaluation: The Courtroom Experience CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT PANEL May, 1996 Panel member Federal and State Recidivist Statutes LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Panel member March, 1999 Defendants, Victims and Witnesses with Mental Retardation: Legal and Practical Issues. LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE Panel member June, 1995 Welfare Fraud Investigation Lafayette, LA