Bridget O’Hickey

The Supreme Court Clinic was the highlight of my law school career. When I was in the Clinic, our primary project was drafting a cert. petition in an immigration case. We got to do real work in drafting the petition; we strategized with the professors on how best to present the issues; and we met to discuss the case with the lawyer who argued at the Fifth Circuit. Additionally, we participated in two different moots for advocates arguing before the Supreme Court, and we traveled to D.C. to watch one of them make his argument. I’m not aware of any other clinic, course, or internship that allows law students to get this kind (and caliber) of appellate experience. For me, it really informed the direction I wanted to take my career.