Clinical Programs
At the UNC School of Law, clinical legal educational provides students the opportunity to learn legal theory and legal practice while providing much needed legal assistance to under-represented individuals and organizations. Students represent clients with a wide range of legal problems and handle litigation, transactional, and policy matters from beginning to end. The clinical offerings are sufficiently broad to allow students to work in a variety of legal areas and enhance a number of skills: civil rights, consumer, criminal defense, community development, domestic violence, housing, human rights, family, immigration, and policy work with legislators and NGOs [more about clinical programs...].
To find out how we get our cases, please select a clinic above.
For more information about the School of Law's clinical programs, contact Deborah Weissman, professor of law and director of clinical programs.
Registration Forms For Externship and Clincal Programs for the 2008-2009 Academic Year:
Testimonial for Juvenile Justice Clinic
I have always been impressed by the dedication the UNC Criminal Law Clinic students show toward their juvenile clients and cases. I know that when the Criminal Clinic is assigned to represent a juvenile in a delinquency matter in Orange County, his or her legal interests will be thoroughly analyzed, researched and investigated. The students are very well-prepared in court and have been zealous and compassionate advocates for their clients. As Public Defender for Orange and Chatham counties, I am responsible for assigning counsel to represent indigent clients. I feel confident that when a case is assigned to the UNC Criminal Law Clinic, the client will receive the attention and consideration they deserve, and the case will be handled very professionally.
- James E. Williams, Jr., Public Defender for Orange and Chatham Counties