SUBMISSION FOR THE JOSEPH A. CHUBB COMPETITION PRIZE

Abstract

This writing sample is an assignment I submitted to Yale’s Supreme Court Advocacy Clinic. I was asked to review the certiorari petition and corresponding files in State of Oklahoma v. Robert Eric Wadkins, and then to draft a mock “cert pool memo.” The case addressed what requirements a criminal defendant must satisfy to qualify as an “Indian” for purposes of federal criminal law. I recommended the “Court” deny the petition. The assignment did not require formal Bluebook citations, but I have added them for purposes of this submission.