Housing Clinic

Catalog description

The Housing Clinic will allow second- and third-year law students to represent indigent tenants in housing matters in Onondaga County. Syracuse University College of Law is partnering with the Legal Aid of Central New York and Legal Services of Mid-New York to provide representation in variety of rental housing matters including eviction defense, warranty of habitability and affordable housing preservation. Students will handle all aspects of their cases from initial client interview to trial. Students will learn the basic skills of lawyering including interviewing, counseling, and negotiation along with landlord/tenant law and real estate procedure.