Students in the Gail Anderson Cañizares Innocence Clinic represent individuals who have been wrongfully convicted in Tennessee of crimes they did not commit. In the early stages of a case, students review the trial and appellate record, evaluate the claim of factual innocence, and identify avenues for developing new evidence of innocence. Once the clinic accepts a case for representation, students work on all aspects of the case – from developing investigation plans, to drafting motions for post-conviction relief, to participating in evidentiary hearings.
The Innocence Clinic will be offered for the first time, as a semester-long clinic, in Spring 2026. Then, beginning in Fall 2026, it will be a year-long clinic with a requirement that students also enroll in the Actual Innocence course in the Fall semester (unless they have previously completed that course).
Watch our livestreamed conversation with Rob Olan, whose conviction for insider-trading-related crimes was vacated by the United States Supreme Court during a 7-year ordeal. He was one of four individuals originally charged in a scheme involving confidential government information about Medicare reimbursement decisions allegations that led to years of litigation before his exoneration.
Anne-Marie Moyes
Associate Clinical Professor of Law
Anne-Marie Moyes directs the Gail Anderson Cañizares Innocence Clinic. Professor Moyes previously directed the Korey Wise Innocence Project at the University of Colorado Law School. She spent more than a decade at the Office of the Federal Public Defender for the Middle District of Tennessee, where she specialized in sentencing advocacy, direct appeals, and federal habeas litigation.