Pacific McGeorge Legal Clinics
What better way to learn than by doing? Through a variety of legal clinics, our students enrich themselves both academically and personally by helping the community with a variety of legal challenges. Many clients who seek assistance from our legal clinics are unable to afford representation from private attorneys, and this innovative program provides students a learning environment that promotes real-world education and instills the value of service.
In a faculty-supervised, law office setting, students strengthen the connection between theory and practice, learn practical lawyering skills, learn how to represent clients, and — importantly — begin to develop their professional identity as a future attorney.
For the 2011-2012 academic year, Pacific McGeorge offers 10 specialized on-campus legal clinics. Click on any of the following to learn how you can participate.
- Administrative Adjudication Clinic - Offered Fall Semester
- Appellate Advocacy Clinic - Offered Spring Semester
- Bankruptcy Clinic - Offered both Fall & Spring Semesters
- Crime Victims Representation Clinic - Offered both Fall & Spring Semesters
- Elder and Health Law Clinic - Offered both Fall & Spring Semesters
- Federal Defender Clinic - Year-Long Clinic
- Housing Mediation Clinic - Offered during Spring
- Immigration Law Clinic - Offered both Fall & Spring Semesters
- Prisoner Civil Rights Mediation Clinic - Year-Long Clinic
- Parole Representation Clinic - Offered Spring Semester
Download the Clinic general information sheet
Reserved Slots in Alternative Dispute Resolution Classes
Both the new Housing Mediation Clinic and the existing year-long Prisoner Civil Rights Mediation Clinic have prior completion of an ADR course as a prerequisite. A limited number of spots are being reserved in the Mediation and Negotiation and Settlements Seminar courses offered this Spring for second-year day and third-year evening students interested in participating in one of the mediation clinics next year. You must act promptly to be considered for one of those slots so you can take a Mediation Clinic next Fall.
If you are interested in participating in the Housing Mediation Clinic or the Prisoner Civil Rights Mediation Clinic next Fall, please submit application documents (application form, personal statement of interest, and resume) by email to Michael Colatrella and Dorothy Landsberg during this year's Spring Term registration period indicating your course preference. You should not register for either course through the regular registration process, but should assure that one of the classes fits into your schedule. Being selected for one of the prerequisite courses does not guarantee you a spot in one of the Mediation clinics. The final selection of Housing Mediation Clinic and Prisoner Civil Rights Mediation Clinic students will be made during next Fall Term registration, based, in part, on your performance in the prerequisite course.
Please be in touch with Professor Colatrella or Director Dorothy Landsberg if you have any questions about these excellent opportunities.
