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Academic Information: Clinical Program The Clinical Program advances the law school’s goals of educating lawyers for ethical and effective practice of law and of promoting community service through the representation of real clients. The first clinics at the College of Law are an Immigration/Human Rights Clinic and a Criminal Law Clinic. In the first, Professor Troy Elder supervises students representing clients seeking political asylum. Professor Phyllis Kotey, formerly a County Court Judge, leads the Criminal Law Clinic in which students either prosecute cases through the State Attorney’s office or defend clients accused of crimes. The Clinical Program offers students the opportunity to develop competency in lawyering skills, including interviewing, counseling, fact-gathering, developing a litigation plan, negotiations, discovery techniques, other pre-trial and trial skills, and law office management skills. Students learn substantive and procedural law related to their clients’ needs. Clinical law students acquire problem solving abilities, learn to cope with facts, and experience the relationship between legal theory and practice in the context of providing assistance to an under-served population. Students assume responsibility for matters of great importance to real clients. They also have the opportunity to work collaboratively with other students and clinic faculty.
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