LAW 528 - Civil Rights and Racial Justice Clinic

Students in the Civil Rights and Racial Justice Clinic address racial and economic justice using critical race theory as their foundation. Students provide direct legal representation in housing and employment matters, develop and conduct know-your-rights workshops, and engage in strategic policy advocacy and reform grounded in the needs of the community. In the required classroom component, CRRJC students engage in simulations, lawyering skill exercises, and self-reflection to enhance their lawyering toolbox and gain historical and social context to legal issues. Students need not have taken Critical Race Theory, but it is desirable. Instructor’s permission is required; limited enrollment. A student enrolled in this course may not simultaneously participate in another clinical or externship program. This is a two-semester course. (This course will satisfy the actual practice graduation requirement). Credits: 10 (five in the fall, five in the spring). Laroche