Currently, the Civil clinic focuses on housing and public benefits advocacy, and specifically, housing discrimination, housing conditions, federally subsidized housing, and public benefits denial appeals. Students may have an opportunity to work within one or all of these areas of practice depending on caseload and community need.
Civil clinic student-attorneys work in teams of two or three to manage a docket of active direct representation civil cases and community education-oriented projects and presentations. Students enrolled in the Civil clinic will develop the ability to work in collaboration with their teammates while maintaining substantial responsibility over all aspects of their caseloads. Students can expect to engage in professional identity formation and to gain significant experience interfacing with clients, adverse parties, and court personnel; drafting pleadings and persuasive correspondence; and speaking about their cases and relevant legal issues in a variety of fora, including the clinic’s seminar class, in court, and with stakeholders and community members.
* All clinics are subject to change in terms of content, caseload, and specific course focus in any given year.
Civil Legal Services Clinic
Faculty Director: TBA
Student Director
