| LW.10627 / LW.10559 Professor Deborah N. Archer Professor David Chen Open to 3L and 2L students Maximum of 8 students |
Not offered 2025-26 14 credits* No pre- or co-requisites. |
Course Description
The Civil Rights and Racial Justice Clinic provides students with the opportunity to work on a wide range of civil rights and social justice matters through direct client representation, impact litigation, and strategic advocacy. Through the clinic, students join a community of advocates working to promote and protect civil rights and community equity; challenge issues of economic inequality, poverty, and racial injustice; and help empower traditionally marginalized communities.
Learning Outcomes
Students participating in the Civil Rights and Racial Justice Clinic will develop foundational skills necessary to be strategic and creative civil rights and social justice advocates. These skills include fact-finding, interviewing, counseling, impact advocacy, litigation, and community practice. Students will also learn frameworks to address questions of ethics and professional responsibility related to civil rights work.
* 14 credits include 10 clinical credits and 4 academic seminar credits.