For more information about In-House Clinics please contact
Jessie Munn
Administrative Assistant, Law Clinics
804-289-8921
Email: jmunn@richmond.edu
In-House Clinics
The University of Richmond School of Law operates six entry-level clinics and one advanced clinic, in which students, under the supervision of law school faculty members, represent clients and work on policy issues. The In-House Clinics enrich the academic life of participants by allowing them to represent clients from the initial interview through litigation and appeals. As part of the law school's integrated skills program, the Clinics build upon and reinforce work done in both simulation-based and traditional course work. In addition to receiving advanced skills training, clinic students apply these skills in real life situations and examine both the real world impact of social and political policies and the assumptions underlying the practice of law.
Clinics offer the chance to explore working relationships, whether with a work partner, a supervisor, a client, or opposing counsel. Students often find these interactions to be among the most important parts of their clinical experience. In addition, the relationships students establish with their clients give added meaning and purpose to both their time in the clinic and their work in their other courses. Finally, the clinical experience focuses on issues of professionalism and professional responsibility as students prepare to become members of the Bar.
Children's Defense Clinic is a litigation-oriented clinic, which focuses primarily on delinquency matters, serving as defense counsel for young people charged with such offenses as grand larceny, drug possession or breaking and entering.
Education Rights Clinic focuses on representation of children with mental and/or cognitive disabilities seeking appropriate special education services in the community as well as in juvenile facilities and jails as mandated by both federal and state law.
The Jeanette Lipman Family Law Clinic serve the needs of low income families in the city of Richmond, providing legal representation on family issues, students participate in client interviewing and counseling, fact investigation, case planning, report writing, motions drafting and courtroom advocacy.
Intellectual Property and Transactional Law Clinic Is the law school's newest clinical opportunity. Students represent for-profit and not-for-profit organizations, business startups, as well as artists, authors and inventors
Institute for Actual Innocence Clinic works to identify and exonerate wrongfully convicted individuals.
Advanced Children's Law Clinic students who have completed either the Children's Defense Clinic or the Education Rights Clinic may enroll for two to six credits. Advanced students take leaderships roles in cases and complete a significant project.