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With a JD from Delaware The Innocence Delaware EXTERNSHIPS , you will enter the legal allows students to partner with profession with knowledge Innocence Delaware, a non-profit that provides representation to people Our Judicial and Public Interest gained from direct, practical, unjustly incarcerated in Delaware for Externship programs provide hands-on experience. they did not commit. Students opportunities for second- and third-year students to earn academic credit while Our innovative curriculum requires assist Innocence Delaware in their working with , state and local twelve experiential learning credits; mission by learning post-conviction law and practicing innocence work. prosecuting attorneys, public defenders, it’s no wonder that Delaware Law legal services , and government graduates are practice ready! In the Pennsylvania Criminal and non-profit agencies. Clinic, students represent clients from initial interview through final LAW CLINICS PUBLIC INTEREST disposition in criminal cases. Since PRO BONO SERVICES Build the professional skills and its opening in 1995, the Clinic’s work has also included post-conviction confidence you need for your future Our Public Interest Resource Center representation of death-row inmates by handling real cases for real clients creates opportunities for meaningful and juvenile lifers in state and federal with the support and supervision of pro bono service experiences through – including the United States full-time faculty who are practicing collaboration with charitable, civic, Supreme . attorneys. community, religious, educational, and The Delaware Civil Clinic has provided The Veterans Law Clinic, which has government organizations. pro bono legal representation, been recognized in the National advice, and referrals since 1984. Law Jurist’s coverage of “Innovative ADVOCACY students have assisted thousands of Clinics,” was the first of its kind to clients, handling legal issues in the champion compensation for disabled The Taishoff Advocacy, Technology, and areas of , intimate partner veterans. Law students serve an Public Service Institute offers training violence, and planning. underrepresented population in need in the fundamental skills required for and gain firsthand legal experience professional advocacy, with a focus on Since 1989, the Environmental and working on veterans’ benefits appeals and the use of technology in Natural Resources Law Clinic has and estate documents. the judicial system. engaged hundreds of law students in projects to protect water, air, soil, and (continued on back) endangered species. Law students have litigated more than 250 cases in 20 federal and state juridical and Delaware administrative courts. The clinic is the fourth oldest of its kind in the nation @DELawSchool and continues to be preeminent. delaware_law_school

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You can sharpen your trial advocacy skills 97+ sites for judicial externships with the seven-day Intensive Trial Advocacy Program led by highly experienced trial attorneys, judges, and law professors who 950+ wills prepared by students and provide valuable training in fundamental trial attorney volunteers for first responders skills. The program culminates in a simulated trial, where you can practice your newly as the Delaware State Affiliate for the acquired legal skills. Wills for Heroes program

ADDITIONAL PRACTICE OPTIONS 8K+ clients served through the You also can hone your practice skills through: Delaware Civil Clinic • Moot Court, , or Transactional Law student societies 48K+ student case hours • Youth Court, training middle school students offered through the Delaware Civil Clinic to hear cases involving their peers, with a focus on restorative • Our highly ranked Delaware Journal of $13M+ in disability benefits recovered by or the Widener Law Review Veterans Law Clinic students and attorney • The Medical Legal Partnership, measuring how unmet legal needs are affecting the health of volunteers vulnerable populations 250+ cases litigated by student CONTACT INFORMATION attorneys in the Environmental and

For more information about our practical Natural Resources Law Clinic learning opportunities feel free to contact:

Francis Catania Director of Experiential Education, Director of Externship Programs, Associate Professor Delaware Law School

E-mail: [email protected] @DELawSchool Phone: 302-477-2108 delaware_law_school

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Published by Delaware Law School, September 2020