Advanced In-House Clinic

The Advanced In-House Clinic is available to students who have successfully completed an in-house clinic. All clinics except the Criminal Defense and Criminal Prosecution clinics qualify. Through Advanced Clinic, students assume a greater range of responsibilities in casework, collaborate on cases across clinics, and help supervise new clinic students in client work. Students also participate in developing priorities for the clinical program as a multi-practice law office. The course can be taken for 2 credits (with 5 hours per week of casework) or 3 credits (with 10 hours per week of casework). In addition to casework, there is a weekly 90-minute seminar.

Students in Advanced Clinic may continue their ongoing client cases, take on additional cases, deepen their engagement with the relevant substantive issues, and learn from the problems and opportunities presented by the casework of their fellow students. The seminar is in the form of weekly “case rounds” discussions planned and led by students. During these sessions, students engage in structured reflection and consultation with each other about their cases; review and provide feedback on drafts of written submissions; discuss possible strategic and ethical choices that must be made on cases; and moot to prepare for upcoming court appearances, hearings, or other advocacy contexts.