And while she said DSCRAP wasn’t involved in the preparation of the briefs in this case, Adler worked with Supreme Court veteran Jeff Fisher to prepare them.

Fisher, who co-directs Stanford’s Supreme Court Litigation Clinic, says the program doesn’t insist on arguing cases and will assist “if we feel like we can help play a valuable role in the briefing and meaningful support in argument prep.” Still, of the 12 cases in which the clinic has partnered with federal defenders, its attorneys—usually Fisher—have argued 10.