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Program Applicants
Experienced staff attorneys supervise
the students both in court and out.
Through weekly clinic seminar
classes, LSIC attorneys instruct
students on client counseling and
interviewing, litigation techniques,
negotiation and conciliation, procedure,
and relevant statutes and policies.
While students take on all of the
tasks associated with representing a
client, LSIC staff attorneys provide
guidance and feedback as students
proceed through each phase of their
cases. If you want to learn the
essentials of trial advocacy while
providing much needed legal services to
members of our community, LSIC may be
the clinic for you.
Depending on their law school, students
enroll in either the criminal or civil
division of LSIC. Details of
enrollment vary from school to school,
but all students must be eligible for
certification under the D.C. student
practice rule in order to participate in
either division. For more
information on your school’s clinical
opportunities through LSIC, click on the
appropriate link below.
Eligibility for certification under the
D.C. student practice rule requires (1)
successful completion of 41 credits,
including Evidence, Civil Procedure, and
Criminal Procedure (or a substantially
similar course) prior to the beginning of
clinic classes; and (2) clearance by the
Bar Character Committee prior to the
beginning of clinic classes. In
order to obtain a character clearance,
admitted students must respond to a series
of questions (see below) that appear on
the student bar application. Students with
questions regarding the certification
requirements should contact the faculty
member or administrator in charge of their
law school’s clinical program, or the
Executive Director of LSIC. |
