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Clinical Program

Experiential Learning is the Hallmark of Education

It is well-established that experiential learning is the hallmark of clinical education. FIU Law’s Clinical Program provides students with the opportunity to enhance their understanding of core legal and ethical principles by applying them in the context for which they were formulated. The program thus has been designed so that students confront problem/situations in which they must assume the lawyer's role. The clinical program adheres to a client-centered approach, requiring the student attorney to visualize her/himself in the client's circumstances. This approach allows students an opportunity to explore the various roles attorneys assume in society, including trial attorney, transactions attorney, interviewer, negotiator, counselor, mediator, facilitator, community builder, legislative advocate, and officer of the court. Under the close supervision of an experienced attorney(s), student work through professional practice situations. Division of Licensing Agency Name & No: FIU Law Clinic A1900221.

Clinical faculty focus on teaching both litigation and transactional skills necessary to represent individual clients in both adversarial and non-adversarial settings, the programs offer training in trial advocacy as well as in client interviewing and counseling, negotiating, drafting, working with legal documents, and communicating in writing with the client. Additionally, clinical faulty provide meaningful feedback through weekly case rounds and mid-term assessments, consisting of very specific recommendations, encouraging students to evaluate her or his performance by highlighting specific lawyering decisions and behaviors. All students are urged to engage in a continuous process of self-assessment, providing student with a model of learning that will serve them as they transition into the profession.

Available Clinics

CLINICSCREDIT REQUIREMENT
PRE-REQUISITE
PRE- OR CO-REQUISITE CREDIT
Death Penalty Clinic45 credits; Death PenaltyProfessional Responsibility 4
Carlos A. Costa Immigration & Human Rights Clinic45 credits; 48 credits for appearance in State CourtProfessional Responsibility, Evidence and
Immigration Law
6
Immigrant Children's Justice ClinicMerged with the Carlos A. Costa Immigration & Human Rights Clinic
Community Lawyering Clinic45 creditsProfessional Responsibility and ONE of the following courses:
Health Law, Administrative Law, Disability Law or
Immigration Law
Students will be allowed to choose between 2 - 4 credits. Hours required will depend upon credit selected.
Business Innovation & Technology Clinic45 creditsProfessional Responsibility and Business Organization 4

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