Clinics & Externships

Why Take a Clinic?

Students report that they benefit from a clinic in several ways. For example, students say they have gained:

• A heightened sense of confidence.
   
• Personal satisfaction.
   
• Increased marketability to employers.
   
• Improvement in key lawyering skills and values.
   
• An understanding of how legal theories are put into practice.
   
• Real world experience about how the law works for people with pressing legal problems.
   
• A mentoring relationship with a professor.
   
• A feeling of accomplishment for having helped their clients.
   
• Lifelong friends by working closely with other students in a small class setting.

Use these links to find answers to some commonly asked questions about clinic selection and timing.