| LW.12914/ LW.12915 Professor Baher Azmy Open to 3L and 2L students Maximum of 8 students |
Fall semester 7 credits* No prerequisites or co-requisites. |
Course Description
The Constitutional Litigation Clinic will provide students an opportunity to work intensively on a number of cases challenging state repression of vulnerable communities, largely focused on carceral/policing systems and primarily through the mechanisms of impact litigation and strategic advocacy. Students in the Fall 2024 semester will work with Professor Azmy on constitutional and civil rights litigation with prominent civil rights organizations, including the Center for Constitutional Rights.
Fieldwork and Learning Outcomes
Students will work on drafting motions and memoranda of law, participate in discovery practice, engage in or support oral advocacy, while learning about various aspects of complex litigation such as class action strategy, theories of liability and defenses in a manner accountable to clients and movement partners.
The seminar component will focus on critiques/theories of lawyering for social change, including movement lawyering principles, and pretrial litigation skills.
Application Procedure
Students interested in taking the Clinic should submit the standard application, resume, and transcript online through CAMS, the online application system. Some students may be contacted to interview.
* 7 credits include 4 clinical credits and 3 academic seminar credits.