Arguing a case in a United States Court of Appeals is a rare opportunity for most lawyers. Sabre Price did it this summer as a Chase 3L. Ms. Price told judges of the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit that the level of medical treatment given a former prisoner she represented through the Chase Constitutional Litigation Clinic amounted to cruel and unusual punishment, in violation of the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
Ms. Price appealed to the Sixth Circuit after a District Court granted summary judgment against the former prisoner because of a lack of expert testimony that his medical care had been inadequate. “I argued that no expert testimony was necessary because it would have been obvious to a lay person that he had a serious condition that required more than what he was given,” Ms. Price said.
The experience of arguing in the Sixth Circuit, she says, was “amazing and thrilling.” Something that puts her in elite company among lawyers while still a law student.