June 24, 2024
Client of Institute for Actual Innocence Clinic at Richmond Law wins writ of actual innocence after 45 years of incarceration
New evidence and DNA testing lead to full exoneration of Virginia man
Richmond Law operates four in-house clinics, in which students work on real legal matters for real clients, under the supervision of law school faculty members. The clinics offer an invaluable capstone experience for upper-level students as they transition from learning the law to practicing the law, allowing them to represent clients in a wide variety of matters—disability rights, trademark registration, wrongful conviction, and more.
The Jeanette Lipman Children’s Defense Clinic is a litigation-oriented clinic that focuses primarily on the needs of indigent children who are before the court on delinquency or immigration matters and post-conviction challenges for individuals originally sentenced to prison when they were minors.
Through the Institute for Actual Innocence, Richmond Law students take a leading role in screening, investigating, and litigating felony cases in which there is credible evidence of the convicted person’s innocence.
Client of Institute for Actual Innocence Clinic at Richmond Law wins writ of actual innocence after 45 years of incarceration.
As a teaching law firm sponsored by the University of Richmond School of Law, the Intellectual Property & Transactional Law Clinic provides business transaction and intellectual property legal services to start-ups, small businesses, non-profit organizations, individual makers and creators.
The Access to Justice Clinic provides legal services to clients with limited incomes in civil matters, including housing, public benefits, family, and education law cases. Under the supervision of Professor Cassie Powell, student attorneys work to advance the rights of people experiencing poverty before local courts and administrative agencies.
