The New York Times piece, “An Elite, Prolific Office of U.S. Public Defenders,” features Alabama law professor David Patton discussing his work as a trial attorney in the Manhattan federal defenders’ office. Patton currently serves as director of the Law School’s Criminal Defense Clinic.
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