Clinical Experience Serving Our Community

For more than three decades, law students have advanced vital legal support and policy advocacy at EBCLC. Join one of our clinics, and experience our multimodal, holistic, and collaborative approach to legal support. 

For Summer 2024, placements are available in the following clinics: 

• Clean Slate | Help people with criminal records overcome barriers to employment, education, and civic participation.
• Consumer Justice | Assist low-income consumers on some of the most significant barriers to personal financial independence and stability.
• Community Economic Justice | Conduct community workshops and support clients on various personal debt and business law matters.
• Education Defense & Justice for Youth | Provide education advocacy for youth who are ensnared in, or are at risk of entering, the juvenile justice system.
• Health & Welfare | Collaborate on advocacy to improve the health and well-being of low-income clients.
• Housing | Engage in a full range of litigation procedures while representing tenants in civil eviction proceedings.
• Immigration | Provide immigration legal services to low-income clients focusing on the most vulnerable populations.

Your work may include:

• Interviewing clients and conducting intake; drafting client declarations;
• Issue-spotting, oral and writing advocacy, and creative problem-solving;
• Advising clients on their legal options;
• Conducting fact investigation, including interviewing witnesses;
• Conducting legal research and writing legal memos/briefs;
• Drafting pleadings and motions, propounding and responding to discovery, developing case strategies, negotiating settlements, and preparing for trials;
• Representing clients in court, including delivering opening ​and closing statements and conducting witness examination (certified students);
• Drafting education materials and developing outreach strategies;
• Researching, organizing & presenting community legal and know-your rights workshops to community-based organizations and client groups;
• Participating in policy legislation advocacy and lobbying.

Students’ work differs by clinic, and is dependent on the cases brought in by clients.