Clinical Program

What is the Clinical Program?

The College of Law offers a variety of clinical experiences for credit. Each clinic relies on placing the student with a supervisor to work on real cases. Each clinic has a related class to prepare for and/or reflect upon the experience. Learn more!

Why Enroll?

To learn and practice new skills, understand legal institutions and law in the context of practice, gain insight into your strengths and career preferences, and provide valuable service.

Enrollment

Although judicial students are selected by the supervising judges, most other clinics are “open enrollment.” Occasionally a clinic (or placement in a clinic) has limited space and the supervising faculty member decides which students will best be able to benefit from the experience.

How to Enroll

Applications for Summer 2012 Clinics will be available after the Summer Schedule for 2012 has been published, probably around February 15. Monday, March 12 at 10:00 am is the deadline for Summer 2012 Judicial Clinic and Appellate Clinic applications. Applications for other clinics are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. Applications may be returned to the Clinical Program mail box in the front office or the Clinical Program Office located in Room 212.

Credit Requirements

A student must competently complete 50 hours of relevant legal work for every 1 credit (P/F) awarded in a clinic. Most clinic placements require 100 or 150 hours of work in a semester (which usually equates to 7-10 hours of work per week) to receive 2 or 3 (P/F) credits. A student may earn up to 14 credits toward graduation from clinical placement work. This credit limitation does not include graded credit received for participation in the accompanying academic course.

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