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Students at the Earle Mack School of Law can gain firsthand experience
representing clients through criminal and civil litigation field
clinics while earning academic credit.
Students who have been certified as legal interns represent clients
in court and administrative hearings through the field clinics,
which have been developed in partnership with three premiere legal
organizations in Philadelphia.
The Civil Litigation Field Clinic, which operates in tandem with
the AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania, allows students to engage
in a broad array of activities, including representing clients
in Landlord-Tenant Court, in guardianship cases and in administrative-law
hearings to determine eligibility for disability benefits.
The Criminal Litigation Field Clinic, which operates in partnership
with the Defender Association of Philadelphia, allows students
opportunities to represent clients in preliminary hearings on felonies
and to argue legal motions and try misdemeanor cases in municipal
court.
As part of the Public Health and Environmental Law Field Clinic, developed
in concert with the Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia,
students work with community leaders and neighborhood organizations
to explore and pursue legal strategies to address environmental
and public health concerns.
The year-long program expands opportunities for hands-on legal
training at Drexel Law, giving students an authentic experience
to act as attorneys, representing individuals and entities in the
community, standing up in court and other legal proceedings.
Students involved in the field clinics also take a Justice Lawyering
Seminar in the fall and winter quarters that examines the ways
in which the legal system can and should promote equality and fairness
for individuals and groups within the broader community. Students
conduct research on a topic of their choice related to social or
environmental justice.
For more information
on the Field Clinics, contact:
Susan Brooks, Esq.
Associate Dean for
Experiential Learning
Drexel University Earle
Mack School of Law
3320 Market St. Room 411
Philadelphia, PA
19104
Phone: 215.571.4784
Email:
susan.brooks@drexel.edu
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