The Office of Clinical Legal Education includes seven clinics, all housed in the College of Law’s MacNaughton Hall. Students enrolling in a clinic have clients and practice law in this office under the supervision of law school faculty.
To encourage students to develop as competent, professional and thoughtful lawyers, the clinics include close supervision and rigorous feedback and critique. Students practice in a range of settings, from city, state, and federal courts, to proceedings before the IRS and arbitration panels. Students also assist community organizations in securing nonprofit corporation status and in addressing a range of other legal issues, and often conduct community education programs.
Students who enroll in clinic also participate in regular clinic seminars. These seminars provide students with substantive knowledge, skill development, and opportunities to reflect on and discuss their role and to critique and evaluate the law and legal systems. Students enroll in clinic for academic credit, and are evaluated based upon their performance, effort, and the quality of their work. Clinics enroll up to ten second and third year law students, some for a full academic year and others for a semester.