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Miami Law’s distinctive and award-winning clinics are exceptional training grounds for students. Our clinical programs give students practical, hands-on lawyering while also helping needy and under-represented individuals in Miami. Each year, law students and faculty members participate in efforts to help people from a wide range of areas: individuals threatened with eviction, youth aging out of foster care, refugees seeking asylum, and low-income and elderly seeking help with will preparation. This is a tradition that many UM Law alumni continue throughout their careers.

Our clinics provide students with the unparalleled opportunity to work with clients, serve the public, and at the same time, explore career possibilities and acquire valuable legal skills. For many students, participating in a clinic is one of the most memorable and rewarding experiences they will have in law school.

 

Our clinics include:

 

Children & Youth Law Clinic

Community Lawyering Clinic

Federal Appellate Clinic

Health & Elder Law Clinic

Immigration Clinic

Bankruptcy Assistance Clinic

Tenants’ Rights Clinic

 

To Apply:

UM Law’s Clinics have a centralized application process each spring for the following academic year. Enrollment in the Clinics differs from other courses because students must apply and be accepted. Students interested in the Clinics should apply online and complete their application by February 19, 2010.

 

Important Dates:

 

01/28/2010:    Clinics Info-session (12:30 – 2:00) Room 352

02/01/2010:    Community Lawyering Clinic Info-session (12:30 - 2:00) Room 209

02/02/2010:    CYLC Info-session (12:30 – 2:00) Room 209

02/03/2010:    Health and Elder Law Info-session (12:30 – 2:00) Room 209

02/04/2010:    Immigration Info-session (12:30 – 2:00) Room 209

02/05/2010:    Bankruptcy Info-session (12:30 – 2:00) Room 209

02/08/2010:    Federal Appellate Info-session (12:30-2:00) Room 209

02/09/2010:    Tenant’s Rights Info-session (12:30 – 2:00) Room 209

02/10/2010:    Clinics Info-session (12:30 – 2:00) Room F209

02/16/2010:    Experiential Learning Fair on the Bricks (12:20 -2:00)

02/19/2010:    Applications due to clinicapplication@law.miami.edu at 5:00 p.m.

03/01/2010-03/12/2010:  Interviews scheduled by each clinic

03/25/2010:    Announcement to applicants

03/31/2010:    Applicant commitment letters due at 5:00 p.m.