The criminal sentencing and sentencing advocacy graduate certificate provides you with the skills and credentials necessary to enter or advance your career within criminal defense and the administration of justice as an officer of the court as a probation officer.

This criminal sentencing certificate is ideal for students interested in criminal defense and course services positions. This includes criminal justice jobs like presentence investigator, sentencing advocate working for a public defender, victim services advocate or mitigation specialist.

Mitigation specialists speak on behalf of those who have committed the most serious of crimes. A mitigation specialist provides judges and juries with insight into a defendant's culpability, including the defendant's mental health and other relevant information. The demand for professionals with sentencing advocacy skills is growing in the U.S. legal system in state and federal courts.