Course # CLIN7180, CLIN7181
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Students in the Civil Litigation Clinic represent indigent clients through all
phases of the civil litigation process in matters involving consumer fraud,
civil rights, fair housing and other issues. Under the supervision of skilled
and experienced law professors, students in the Clinic interview and counsel
actual clients; draft pleadings, motions and briefs; appear before judges in
federal and state court; argue motions, conduct
depositions, hearings and trials; and engage in settlement negotiations and arbitration hearings. Recent cases include:
- A federal class
action on behalf of mentally ill prisoners;
- A constitutional challenge to a municipal ordinance that
mandated warrantless searches of rental units;
- Recovery of back wages for an illegally trafficked domestic
servant;
- Representation in consumer fraud actions of
plaintiffs who risk losing their homes as a
result of unscrupulous predatory lending
schemes;
- A challenge to a national bank's mortgage late fee
policy;
- Representation of individuals denied the
rental or sale of housing because of their
race or family status.
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