WCL celebrates 50 years of Clinical Law Program
To celebrate the program鈥檚 anniversary this year, WCL is hosting a two-day celebration this month highlighting its impact and the opportunities it provides for students.听
The program is home to clinics in the fields of civil advocacy, community economic and equity development, criminal justice, disability rights, entrepreneurship, gender justice, intellectual property, immigrant justice, international human rights, federal income tax and re-entry. Students represent low-income and under-represented clients as they manage litigation, carry out transactional work, engage in issue-based advocacy and prepare to be the best lawyers they can be.听
The anniversary celebration will kick off on Thursday, Oct. 27, with an alumni reception with current and former clinic faculty. On Friday, Oct. 28, the 麻豆传媒 Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law will host a day-long 鈥淔ifty and Forward鈥 symposium featuring four themed panels, a luncheon, remarks from Dean Roger Fairfax Jr. and a keynote address by Muneer Ahmad, a former WCL professor and now the Deputy Dean for Experiential Education and Sol Goldman Clinical Professor of Law at Yale Law School. The panels will be conversations about the history and future of WCL鈥檚 clinical program, new developments in clinical education, expanding the concept of clinical programs, and empathy, connection and dealing with trauma.
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