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CSJ Clinics

Through the Center for Social Justice (CSJ) clinical program, students move from the classroom to the real-world as they gain hands-on experience representing clients and handling cases from start to finish. Each of the clinics focuses on a particular area of the law, but all share the commitment of promoting social justice by working on behalf of the underrepresented. CSJ graduates regularly recall their clinical experiences as the most fulfilling and memorable of their law school careers.

CSJ Clinical Courses

Civil Litigation & Practice

Handles a variety of civil cases, with a primary focus on landlord-tenant cases and housing-related civil matters as part of the state-funded Housing Justice Project.

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Criminal Defense and Community Advocacy

Shifts the focus from the “system” to the community members most affected by the criminal legal system: those facing charges and their families.

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Equal Justice

Challenges discrimination against non-citizens and works to advance the civil and constitutional rights of people who are incarcerated.

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Family Law

Provides free legal services to individuals needing representation in family matters, including restraining orders, divorces, custody issues, and support issues.

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Housing Justice and Legal Design

Employs a legal design framework to understand and respond to housing inequity in New Jersey and seeks to offer high-impact support to tenants.

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Immigrants' Rights/ International Human Rights

Assists people from all over the world who need protection from persecution, trafficking, and torture, as well as non-citizens who have survived domestic violence, workplace abuse or other violent crimes in the United States.

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Impact Litigation

Focuses on federal appellate and other important cases, such as representing an indigent client before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, or amicus briefs before other federal courts of appeals or the New Jersey Supreme Court.

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Transactional Legal Clinic

This clinic provides hands-on experience for law students on topics such tax issues, corporate governance, real estate, contracts, and risk management.

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Community Wealth Building

The Community Wealth Building Transactional Law Clinic provides transactional legal services to community groups and organizations working on projects aimed at creating systemic economic change.

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