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AMessagefromLeifRubinsteinActingDirectorofClinicalProgramsClinicsareanintegralpartoftheeducationalprocessatTouroLawandarequirementforgraduation.Availabletoupperlevelstudentsclinicsprovidetheopportunitytorepresentactualclientswithreallegalproblemswhileworkingunderthesupervisionofexperiencedattorney-professors.Underfacultysupervisionclinicstudentsinterviewandadviseclientsprepareandlelegalpapersnegotiatewithotherattorneysonbehalfoftheclientsandappearontherecordincourtoratadministrativehearings.Byprovidingvaluableopportunitiesforclientinteractionclinicshelpstudentsdevelopessentiallawyeringskillssuchasinterviewingfact-gatheringresearch.Draftinglegaldocumentsandoraladvocacy.Clinicsalsoplacestudentsintoprofessionalsituationswheretheyexploreethicallegalissuesandbegintoformtheiridentitiesasattorneys.Allclinicshaveaclassroomcomponentaweeklythree-hourseminarduringwhichstudentsandfacultyengageincaseroundsdiscusssubstantivelawissuesrelatedtotheirparticularclinicandpracticelawyeringskillsthroughsimulationsandotheractivities.Theseminartheclientinteractionthecourtappearancesandthecloseindividualsupervisioncombinetoprovideourstudentswithaclinicexperiencethattransformsthelawstudentintoalegalprofessional.Andjustasimportantlyourstudentsarehelpingtoclosetheaccesstojusticegapsforthemostvulnerablepopulationsinourregion.