PROSECUTION FUNCTION

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Declared in Law JD Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the history of the American prosecutor and the varied reactive and proactive approaches to the prosecution function Audience: Graduate 2. Develop a command of substantive law doctrine in Wisconsin Audience: Graduate 3. Develop a command of the procedural requirements in Wisconsin criminal cases based constitutional law, statutes, and local practices Audience: Graduate 4. Develop an in-depth understanding of how local justice systems are organized and how the various shareholders interact and share authority Audience: Graduate 5. Develop an understanding of the complexity and importance of the charging decision Audience: Graduate 6. Differentiate the direct and collateral consequences of different enforcement strategies on perpetrators, victims and the community Audience: Graduate 7. Develop an understanding of professionalism – to conduct oneself with integrity, courtesy, punctuality, and quality in work and in interactions with others Audience: Graduate 8. Identify and apply the skills necessary to function as a trial level state prosecutor Audience: Graduate 9. Formulate strategies for effective self-directed learning in anticipation of summer externships Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the history of the American prosecutor and the varied reactive and proactive approaches to the prosecution function Audience: Graduate 2. Develop a command of substantive law doctrine in Wisconsin Audience: Graduate 3. Develop a command of the procedural requirements in Wisconsin criminal cases based constitutional law, statutes, and local practices Audience: Graduate 4. Develop an in-depth understanding of how local justice systems are organized and how the various shareholders interact and share authority Audience: Graduate 5. Develop an understanding of the complexity and importance of the charging decision Audience: Graduate 6. Differentiate the direct and collateral consequences of different enforcement strategies on perpetrators, victims and the community Audience: Graduate 7. Develop an understanding of professionalism – to conduct oneself with integrity, courtesy, punctuality, and quality in work and in interactions with others Audience: Graduate 8. Identify and apply the skills necessary to function as a trial level state prosecutor Audience: Graduate 9. Formulate strategies for effective self-directed learning in anticipation of summer externships Audience: Graduate