Clinical Opportunities
Clinics & Experiential Learning
The Law School provides a broad range of experiential learning opportunities in which students can integrate practical experience with the theory learned in the classroom. These programs enable students to develop crucial lawyering skills, deepen their understanding of how the law and legal institutions operate on the ground, and explore possible career options.
Enrollment in clinics, which may be done only by upperclass students, is limited. Completion of the Student Practice form is required before participation in many of these opportunities. To limit conflicts, pertaining both to clients and time commitments, students must receive prior permission to participate in two clinics in the same semester.
- Intellectual Property and Entrepreneurship Law Clinic
- Criminal Clinic
- Tax Clinic
- Asylum and Human Rights Clinic
- Mediation Clinic
Affiliated Non-Profit Organizations
- LGBT Civil Rights - Jamie Mills
- Judicial Clerkship - Lewis Kurlantzick
- Legislative Clerkship - Cornelius O'Leary
- Administrative Clerkship - Elliot Prescott
- Environmental Law - Roger Reynolds
- State's Attorney's Clinic - Michael Gailor and James Turcotte
- Poverty Law - Royal Stark
- Center for Energy and Environmental Law Externship Clinic - Joseph MacDougald
Semester in Washington D.C. Program
Recent Homepage Highlights
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On February 15, join the faculty of the Energy and Environmental Law Clinic for a discussion of a newly created certificate in Energy and Environmental Law.
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On February 24, the 18th Gallivan conference, "From McMansion to Multifamily: The Economics and Demographic Transformation of Connectiut's Housing Market" will be held at the Law School.
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On February 10, Professor Sara Bronin will moderate a panel called "Takings Law and Climate Adaptation Strategies" at the "Legal Solutions to Coastal Climate Change Adaptation in Connecticut" conference co-sponsored by the Law School's Center for Energy and Environmental Law.
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On February 9, Professor Peter Lindseth will give the Daimler Lecture at the American Academy in Berlin. He will discuss his most recent book, Power and Legitimacy: Reconciling Europe and the Nation-State (OUP, 2010).
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The Insurance Law Center, the LL.M. Program in U.S. Legal Studies, and the Student Bar Association invite you to celebrate the Lunar New Year at a gathering on February 8.
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On February 6, Professor Bethany Berger will present "Race, Equality & Indian Tribes" at the University of Miami School of Law as part of the 2012 Faculty Speaker Series.