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Clinical work requires students to meet the professional responsibility obligations associated with being a lawyer, under the close supervision of faculty. The nature of the work varies significantly among different clinics, creating a variety of opportunities and expectations for students. All clinics have strict attendance policies, and students are involved in collaborative work with faculty and typically with fellow students. Because of the demands of cases and projects, many clinics require students to meet inflexible deadlines, engage in occasional work outside of normal business hours (including responding to emails and other communications), and some travel.
Prior to applying to a clinic, students are asked to carefully review all information on that clinic’s website about the way the clinic operates and expectations for students. The clinical faculty encourages any student with questions about the operations of a particular clinic to contact that clinic’s faculty as early as possible. Apply only to clinics in which you are prepared to enroll.
The Capital Punishment course (Law 278R) is a prerequisite or co-requisite for enrollment in the Capital Punishment Clinic (Law 497C).
Participation in the Capital Punishment Clinic requires two additional mandatory time commitments:
Students must register for one of two sections of the clinic. The entire clinic will convene as a class on Wednesday mornings. Additionally, half of the students will attend mandatory litigation meetings on Tuesday mornings, while the other half will attend on Thursday mornings.
Participation in the Criminal Defense Clinic (CDC) requires that you be licensed as an Associate Member of the State Bar of Texas. You will need to have completed a minimum of two full semesters and be in good standing with the Student Affairs Office for the requisite licensure. If you meet these qualifications and are admitted to the CDC, we will facilitate the licensure process. Each clinic has a Bar card specific to the supervisors in the clinic.
Class attendance is required, and there are mandatory intensive sessions at the beginning of the semester that are designed to help your transition from classroom to courtroom. These extra sessions also allow us to begin assigning cases earlier in the semester. Thus, in addition to the regular class, there will be class sessions as follows:
* Please note that a portion of Saturday’s sessions will involve the entire class, but part of the day will consist of more individualized training, i.e., you will not actually be in sessions for the entirety of that day.
If accepted into the clinic, you will be asked to submit information required by the State Bar Student Practice Act including your local address and phone number. The Travis County Sheriff’s Department will also require a copy of your driver’s license to run a criminal background check, a pre-requisite for access to the jails and secure facilities. Neither they nor we can use this information for any other purpose.
Note: You cannot work for the Travis County Attorney’s Office or the Travis County District Attorney’s Office during the semester you take the CDC.
In addition to regular class time, there are five additional mandatory time commitments for participation in the Domestic Violence Clinic:
Due to these requirements, you may not take another clinic or internship at the same time that you take this clinic.
The Clinic class meets on Monday afternoons from 2:30 to 4:30 pm. There is a mandatory orientation class on the first Friday of the semester, from 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm, and four of our Monday classes will run until 5:30 pm. In addition to class, students are required to keep a weekly schedule of eight in-clinic office hours, spread over the course of three days from Monday through Friday, 8:00 am-5:00 pm. The Clinic is a significant time commitment. Students are expected to devote an average of 17-19 hours a week to the Clinic, including class time and case work hours. Attendance is required at the orientation and all classes. In addition, students will conduct their case work as part of a team and they will work very closely with their teammate and supervising attorney. Please do not apply if you cannot meet these obligations.
Students in the Housing Policy Clinic are expected to devote an average of 16-18 hours a week to the Clinic, which includes casework, class time, and class assignments. As part of this time commitment, students are required to keep a weekly schedule of 8 “office hours” at the Law School, for work on clinic cases. These hours should be spread out over two to three days, anytime from Monday through Thursday, 8 am-5 pm. Please make sure your schedule will accommodate these requirements.
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I have read the course description found at https://law.utexas.edu/clinics/juvenile-justice/course-info/ and understand the class requirements, particularly regarding the assignment of court dates.
Please list any prior coursework or other degree programs that might be related to this Clinic. (Relevant coursework could include courses such as employment law, labor law, immigration law, international law, human rights law, , negotiation, trial advocacy, Latin American studies, labor studies, public policy courses, and/or any other law school clinic, etc.).
There are no course or language or experience prerequisites for enrolling the TWR Clinic, other than completion of the first year law school curriculum, including contracts and civil procedure. Your responses to the questions that follow will merely help us better understand any special assets or interests you might bring to the Clinic.