law clinics
Student attorney programs
Law clinics are programs, typically at law schools, where students provide legal services to real clients under faculty supervision.
They serve two purposes: training future lawyers through hands-on experience while offering free or low-cost legal help to people who couldn't otherwise afford it.
The law clinic took on her housing discrimination case.
- legal aidFree attorney services
- moot courtHypothetical case exercise
- mock trialSimulated legal proceeding
- legal internshipsTrainee positions at firms
- pro bono servicesDonated professional assistance
public defenders · equal representation · legal writing · externships · hands-on training · ethical decision-making · access to justice · tenant rights · courtroom etiquette · social justice · case management · public awareness campaigns
- lawattorney, attorneys, court, courts, judge
- law and societysocial control, legal institutions, legal systems, social order, criminology
- law schoollegal education, 1L, first year, JD, JD degree