Pat Furman spent nearly seven years in the Office of Public Defender, representing indigent defendants in every type of criminal case in various jurisdictions in Colorado. After a year in private practice, which included a short stint as a district court magistrate, he joined the faculty of the Law School at the University of Colorado in 1988. Part served as the Director of Clinical Programs from 1994 to 2004. As a clinician, Pat taught Criminal Practice and Trial Advocacy to students handling misdemeanor and traffic cases in Boulder courts, and also taught Criminal Law and Evidence and ran the Wrongful Convictions Clinic. Since 2009, Pat has been semi-retired, but continues to teach Evidence, Criminal Procedure, and Trial Advocacy at the Law School, and helps administer the Colorado Innocence Project.