PreLaw magazine will honor 25 law school clinics for innovation in its Winter issue, including Georgetown University Law Center’s Social Enterprise & Nonprofit Law Clinic and Washington and Lee University School of Law’s Black Lung Legal Clinic.
The magazine sought nominations from law schools nationwide for clinics that were innovative in subject matter, structure or community served. It reviewed nominations from more than 76 law schools, and narrowed the list down to 25. It will recognize 15 clinics as the most innovative and 10 as runners-up.
“The breadth of innovation was impressive and we had to expand the number of honorees from 10 to 25,” said Jack Crittenden, editor in chief of the magazine for prospective law students. A shorter version of the story will also appear in the January issue of The National Jurist.
The Top 15 honorees
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University Indie Film Clinic
Duquesne University School of Law’s Veteran’s Clinic
Georgetown University Law Center’s Social Enterprise & Nonprofit Law Clinic
Indiana Tech Law School, Law Clerk Clinic
Lewis & Clark Law School, Animal Law Clinic
Marquette University Law School, Mobile Legal Clinic
New York Law School’s Clinical Year
Seattle University School of Law, The Incarcerated Parents Advocacy Clinic
University of Akron School of Law’s Reentry Clinic
University of California, Berkeley School of Law, Death Penalty Clinic
University of California, Irvine School of Law, International Justice Clinic
University of Memphis – Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, Housing Adjudication Clinic
University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, Legislative and Public Policy Clinic
Washington and Lee University School of Law’s Black Lung Legal Clinic
Wayne State University Law School’s Legal Advocacy for People with Cancer Clinic
The Runners-up
Boston College Law School, The Ninth Circuit Appellate Project
Boston University School, Human Trafficking Clinic
Georgia State University, Health Law Partnership (HeLP) Clinic
Pennsylvania State University, Penn State Law’s Rural Economic Development Clinic
Quinnipiac University School of Law’s Juvenile Sentencing Clinic
University of Miami’s Children & Youth Law Clinic
University of Mississippi School of Law, Pro Bono Initiative
University of St. Thomas School of Law in Minneapolis, Federal Commutations Clinic
Villanova University School of Law’s Farmworker Legal Aid Clinic
Widener University School of Law, Delaware Campus, Veterans Law Clinic