LAW929
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COMMUNITY GROUP ADVOCACY CLINIC
Course Title
COMMUNITY GRP ADVOCACY CLINIC
Course Number
929
Min
4
Course Types
Clinic (CLIN), Experiential Learning, Letter Grading, Cln/Ext Clsrm (CEC), [INTERNAL MBP] (MBP)
Credit Type
CLINICS/EXTERNSHIPS
Description
Satisfies Experiential Learning requirement.
The Community Group Advocacy and Social Change Lawyering Clinic is designed for students interested in a career in social change lawyering and interested in learning how to work as effective partners with activist community groups pressing for social change. The Clinic focuses on the range of non-litigation skills and persuasive strategies that social change lawyers utilize, including: grassroots lobbying, legislative drafting, community legal education, community organizing/mobilizing, media campaigns, and/or organizing public hearings. Substantive legal areas vary each semester, as the emphasis is on assembling an array of projects with diverse approaches to pursuing social change, typically relating to racial justice issues. Students work in two-person teams and are placed with Bay Area social justice lawyers or community groups to work 16 hours a week on a defined project affecting lower-income, working-class, of-color, and other marginalized communities. Collectively, the projects introduce students to the broad range of non-litigation approaches to making social change and to working as partners with community activists and groups, rather than simply navigating the legal system on their behalf. Admission to the Clinic requires the prior approval of the instructor. Apply through the online Common Clinic Application.
The Community Group Advocacy and Social Change Lawyering Clinic is designed for students interested in a career in social change lawyering and interested in learning how to work as effective partners with activist community groups pressing for social change. The Clinic focuses on the range of non-litigation skills and persuasive strategies that social change lawyers utilize, including: grassroots lobbying, legislative drafting, community legal education, community organizing/mobilizing, media campaigns, and/or organizing public hearings. Substantive legal areas vary each semester, as the emphasis is on assembling an array of projects with diverse approaches to pursuing social change, typically relating to racial justice issues. Students work in two-person teams and are placed with Bay Area social justice lawyers or community groups to work 16 hours a week on a defined project affecting lower-income, working-class, of-color, and other marginalized communities. Collectively, the projects introduce students to the broad range of non-litigation approaches to making social change and to working as partners with community activists and groups, rather than simply navigating the legal system on their behalf. Admission to the Clinic requires the prior approval of the instructor. Apply through the online Common Clinic Application.