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 2026, placements may be available in the following clinics: 

• Education Defense & Justice for Youth | Provides representation and support to youth caught at the intersection of the juvenile legal and education systems in delinquency, school expulsion, and special education matters.
• Health Law and Public Benefits | Collaborate on advocacy to improve the health and well-being of low-income clients, housed in Health & Welfare Practice.
• Consumer Justice | Support clients with pre-to-post litigation civil cases, work with administrative agencies, draft amicus briefs and regulatory comments, organize community workshops, and potentially assist with statewide policy work, housed in Health & Welfare Practice.
• Housing | Engage in a full range of litigation procedures while representing tenants in civil eviction proceedings.
• Homelessness Advocacy| Address the intersection of economic opportunity, displacement, and the criminal legal system through advocacy and support for those experiencing homelessness housed in the Housing Practice.
• Immigrant Youth Defenders| Advocate for immigrant youth in legal matters, including immigration, family, probate, and criminal law, with a focus on holistic, client-centered representation.
• Immigration Community Justice | Provide immigration legal services to individuals and families, focusing on relief such as asylum, DACA, family reunification, and citizenship.

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.