Death Penalty Clinic

DPC Group photo of diverse team members posing playfully outdoors.

Founded in 2001, the clinic seeks justice for individuals facing the death penalty by providing them with high-quality representation; offers students a rich opportunity for meaningful hands-on experience in high-stakes, complex litigation; and exposes problems endemic to the administration of capital punishment.

Read the clinic’s report, “Guess Who’s Coming to Jury Duty?:
How the Failure to Collect Juror Demographic Data Contributes to Whitewashing the Jury Box.”

Faculty

Read more about our faculty and staff.

Elisabeth Semel

Clinic Co-Director and
Chancellor’s Clinical Professor of Law

Ty Alper

Clinic Co-Director and
Clinical Professor of Law

Anisha Gupta

Clinical Supervising Attorney

APPLY TO THE CLINIC

Clinical Program Contact Information: 510.643.4800 • clinicalprogram@law.berkeley.edu