Advanced In-House Clinic - PF

Catalog description

The Advanced In-House Clinic is available to students who have successfully completed an in-house clinic. All clinics except the Criminal Defense and Criminal Prosecution clinics qualify. Through Advanced Clinic, students assume a greater range of responsibilities in case work, collaborate on cases across clinics, and help supervise new clinic students in client work. Students also participate in developing priorities for the clinical program as a multi-practice law office. In addition to case work, there is a weekly 90-minute seminar. Students in Advanced Clinic may continue their ongoing client cases, take on additional cases, deepen their engagement with the relevant substantive issues, and learn from the problems and opportunities presented by the case work of their fellow students. The seminar is in the form of weekly “case rounds” discussions planned and led by students. During these sessions, students engage in structured reflection and consultation with each other about their cases; review and provide feedback on drafts of written submissions; discuss possible strategic and ethical choices that must be made on cases; and moot to prepare for upcoming court appearances, hearings, or other advocacy contexts.