Clinics

Civil Rights and Racial Justice Clinic

LW.10627 / LW.10559
Professor Deborah N. Archer
Professor David Chen
Open to 3L and 2L students
Maximum of 8 students
Not offered 2025-26
14 credits*
No pre- or co-requisites.

Course Description

The Civil Rights and Racial Justice Clinic provides students with the opportunity to work on a wide range of civil rights and social justice matters through direct client representation, impact litigation, and strategic advocacy. Through the clinic, students join a community of advocates working to promote and protect civil rights and community equity; challenge issues of economic inequality, poverty, and racial injustice; and help empower traditionally marginalized communities. 

Learning Outcomes

Students participating in the Civil Rights and Racial Justice Clinic will develop foundational skills necessary to be strategic and creative civil rights and social justice advocates. These skills include fact-finding, interviewing, counseling, impact advocacy, litigation, and community practice. Students will also learn frameworks to address questions of ethics and professional responsibility related to civil rights work.


* 14 credits include 10 clinical credits and 4 academic seminar credits.