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Course# CLIN7154, CLIN7155
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Students in the Impact Litigation Clinic represent indigent clients on a wide
range of cutting-edge cases that further social justice. Students in the clinic
receive careful, in-depth instruction while researching and writing briefs on
complex and novel legal issues. Cases are often in the appellate arena, or may
involve amicus curiae briefs or innovative trial court proceedings. The
Clinic is directed toward students who desire intensive training in advanced
legal writing and analysis so that they can learn to produce comprehensively
researched, tightly organized, well-written and persuasive legal briefs. Recent
cases have raised issues such as:
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Employment discrimination on the basis of race, age or disability;
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Inmates' religious freedom and other constitutional rights;
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Procedural barriers that preclude pro se litigants from effective access
to the courts.
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