Skills gained may include:  

• representing clients in fast-paced eviction defense, including client interviewing, drafting a wide array of legal work product (i.e. answers, dispositive motions, discovery, settlement agreements etc.), engaging in oral arguments, negotiating with landlords and opposing counsel  

• engaging with unhoused leadership, local coalitions, and political bodies to promote policies that benefit unhoused community members  

• engaging in complex federal civil litigation, including conducting discovery, motion practice, and settlement negotiations  

• supporting the reproductive rights of unhoused parents by providing guidance and support to reduce risk of separation of the parents from the child at birth as a result of a mandated report to CPS 

Example Projects/Cases:  

Example 1: A student drafted a declaration on behalf of an unhoused client that was used to support a successful motion for a Temporary Restraining Order that prevented a City from performing an encampment sweep 

Example 2: A student reviewed a proposed policy regarding how a city will engage in encampment sweeps and made specific suggestions for amendments that were then incorporated into the policy.