Civil Practice Clinic
The law school operates a Civil Practice Clinic in which participating students provide legal representation to clients under the supervision of an attorney. Students have primary responsibility for each case and act as lead attorneys at any trial or hearing. Students employ various lawyering skills, depending on the needs of a given case, including interviewing and counseling clients, making strategic decisions, drafting pleadings and briefs, conducting negotiations, and participating in trials.
Students assist indigent senior citizens in consumer fraud matters, Social Security disability and public benefits cases, and landlord-tenant eviction actions. They also draft wills and advance directives. The Rutgers/LEAP Legal Project provides representation and community legal education to the families of children at the LEAP Academy Charter School.
Small Business Counseling Clinic
In the Small Business Counseling Clinic, third-year students advise entrepreneurs and small business owners who are referred to the law school by the Rutgers School of Business Small Business Development Center. Under the supervision of an experienced business lawyer, students draft organizational documents for their clients, as well as leases, employment agreements, and other business contracts.
Domestic Violence Clinic
In the Domestic Violence Clinic, third-year law students represent victims of domestic violence in complex domestic violence matters under the supervision of an attorney. Students interview clients, prepare documents, make strategic decisions, draft briefs, and conduct hearings.
