Washington Innocence Project Clinic

The Washington Innocence Project Clinic, formerly Innocence Project Northwest (IPNW), is a law school clinic at the University of Washington, School of Law that works to free innocent prisoners, remedy causes of wrongful conviction and offer law students an outstanding education. Clinic students conduct fact investigations – including client and witness interviewing, detailed review of police reports and trial transcripts – and work with expert witnesses in various areas of forensic science. Students have co-authored petitions for post-conviction DNA testing, motions for new trials and appellate briefs. Students have also worked with their supervising attorneys to negotiate agreed orders for DNA testing and reversals of conviction. Along with exonerating the innocent, the clinic students at the Washington Innocence Project gain an understanding of why the criminal justice system makes errors and learn about ways the system can be reformed to decrease the number of wrongful convictions. They litigate cases in Washington state and federal courts. Also, students have presented oral arguments in state trial and appellate courts and in the federal court of appeals. For further information on the services of Washington Innocence Project Clinic, please contact them directly.