Elder Law Clinic
The Elder Law Clinic at the law school offers opportunities for law students to represent low-income, elderly citizens in area counties. Law students counsel clients with diverse legal needs: guardianships and custody matters, advanced directives, powers of attorney, wills and trusts, estate planning, benefit applications, appeals from benefit denials, retirement solutions, elder abuse and medical decision making. The Elder Law Clinic also provides public information programs on federal and state benefit programs, long-term care solutions, nursing home and skilled nursing facility standards, age discrimination, elder abuse, grandparental custody, medical decision making and end-of-life issues. The Elder Law Clinic works in cooperation with Legal Services Alabama and the Alabama Department of Senior Services. The Elder Law Clinic promotes the school's mission to serve those neglected or in need and provides valuable, hands-on practice to prepare our students for the profession.
Elder Law Clinic Contact Number: 334-386-7578
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Family Violence Clinic
The Family Violence Clinic offers students the opportunity to represent real clients in area courts to seek protection from domestic violence. In cooperation with an area abuse shelter, law students litigate pro bono on behalf of people in abusive family relationships to obtain orders that enable these survivors to find safety, to protect their children and to establish more peaceful lives. The Family Violence Clinic promotes the school's mission to relieve the oppressed and abused, and it provides valuable, practical real-world experience to prepare new lawyers for the profession.
Family Violence Clinic Contact Number: 334-386-7915
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Mediation Clinic
The Mediation Clinic trains law students to become court mediators. Following an intensive training course using materials approved by the Alabama Administrative Office of Courts and the Alabama Center for Dispute Resolution at the State Bar, students observe court cases at the Montgomery County District Court and the Autauga County District Court prior to mediating with pro se litigants. Students then mediate civil cases from the regular small claims docket at both courts. Completion of the Mediation Clinic satifies the training requirements for inclusion on the Alabama Court Approved Mediator Roster. The Mediation Clinic promotes the school's mission by allowing law students to work with disadvantaged pro se litigants to resolve pending legal problems.
Externship Program
The Externship Program offers students the opportunity to supplement their classroom experience by working in a variety of legal settings. Externships include a classroom component that covers topics relating to the legal system, judicial process and professionalism. Students develop their lawyering skills and gain real-world experience in the legal community, as they work side-by-side with judges and practicing lawyers.
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