Workers' Rights Clinic – 7015

Fall 2014
* Multi-semester course

This two-semester course provides an introduction to practice in employment law with an emphasis on unemployment compensation, unpaid wages, and professional licensing.

The Clinic has a weekly two-hour class component in the fall and spring semesters. Class work will include training in the core lawyering skills of interviewing, counseling, negotiation, discovery, motion practice, and legal ethics in practice. Students who take the Clinic in their second year are eligible to apply to be Student Directors during their third year. Student Directors provide resources and assistance to clinic students and assist the Supervising Attorney with administration of the clinic.