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Registration for the Juvenile Justice Clinic is limited to third-year students. A lottery registration meeting for Externship and Clinical Programs is held approximately one month into the spring semester of your 2nd year. Notices are posted throughout the Law School and emailed to the 2nd year student listserv. After the lottery registration meeting, students are given an opportunity to register for their program preferences online.
Please note: Students may not enroll in any externship programs while enrolled in the Juvenile Justice Clinic. In addition, students may not volunteer or be employed by any District Attorney office during their enrollment in the Juvenile Justice Clinic and Criminal Lawyering Process Class.
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The Juvenile Justice Clinic is a one or two-semester clinic in which third-year law students represent children accused of crimes. Our cases principally involve the defense of juveniles in delinquency and undisciplined proceedings in Durham and Orange counties. More
The UNC Juvenile Justice Clinic represents juveniles in delinquency cases pending in Juvenile Court in Durham and Orange counties. These cases are referred by the Durham Public Defender and the Public Defender for Orange and Chatham counties.