Clinic Matching and Selection Process
- Students' Clinic Preferences
- How Clinic Matching is Conducted
- Acceptance Notification and Registration
Students' Clinic Preferences
Once you have decided your preferences among the clinics to which you have applied, you must notify us of these preferences through the Clinic Application and Matching System (CAMS). You may apply for one or both semesters of a one-semester clinic, but each semester should be indicated as a separate preference.
You should not submit preferences until you have completed all other parts of the application process, including any required interviews. You must submit a preference form even if you are applying to only one clinic, in order for us perform the clinic matching.
The deadline for submission of your preferences is 5:00 p.m. on Friday, April 10, 2009.
How Clinic Matching is Conducted
Each clinic's faculty will submit the names of students they have accepted. The names of accepted students will then be compared with each student's list of preferences. Students will be placed in the most preferred clinic to which they have been accepted.
Each clinic will maintain a wait list of alternates. In the event that any of the accepted students withdraw prior to the commencement of classes in the fall, alternates will be contacted and informed of their option to accept a position in that clinic. Thus, students placed in their second- or third-choice clinic may later be notified that they have gotten into a higher-preferred clinic if an opening becomes available.
Students who are offered admission to a clinic that was not their top preference may continue on the wait list for their preferred clinic(s) even after accepting or declining the clinic they are offered. However, students cannot remain on the wait list for a clinic they ranked lower than the clinic to which they are offered admission.
If a student is not accepted into any of the clinics to which s/he has applied, every attempt will be made to offer a clinic placement from openings available in other clinics.
Acceptance Notification and Registration
Students will be notified by e-mail on Wednesday, April 29, 2009, whether or not they have been accepted into a clinic.
Permission to Register
Those who are accepted will be asked to confirm their intention to enrol in the clinic. Your letter of intent should be e-mailed to Susan Hodges by 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 6, 2009. In that email, please include your name, class year, and name of the clinic, where applicable specifying the semester. Ms. Hodges will then inform the Registrar that you have the instructor’s permission to enroll. Only then will you be permitted to register, during the designated Registration period(s). Call numbers for registration are available on the Law School’s Course Management System or at the Records and Registration Office. You may only register for a clinic if you have applied to and been accepted into it.
Students who are offered admission to a clinic that was not their top preference may continue on the wait list for their preferred clinic(s) even after accepting or declining the clinic they are offered. However, students cannot remain on the wait list for a clinic they ranked lower than the clinic to which they are offered admission.
Commitment to the Clinic
Students should not register for a clinic unless they are certain that they can honor that commitment. Post-registration withdrawals can have substantial detrimental consequences for other students in the clinic, the faculty member(s) teaching the clinic, and the clients served by the clinic. If unforeseen circumstances require that a student withdraw after registration, s/he should notify both Susan Hodges and the faculty member(s) teaching the course, at the earliest possible opportunity.