{ academics: THe arT OF LaWYeriNG } > THE ART OF LAWyERING At UC Hastings, students have unmatched opportunities to cultivate their legal expertise by participating in life-changing clinical programs, internship and externship offerings, and sophisticated simulation courses. in-house clinics clinical Programs •civil Justice clinic: community economic development clinic UC Hastings’ clinical programs give students valuable insights into what will be •civil Justice clinic: individual expected of them as lawyers, practical opportunities to fine-tune their professional representation clinic skills, and the chance to confront issues of social justice and contribute to the greater •civil Justice clinic: Group advocacy good. More than 20 members of the UC Hastings faculty, as well as many prominent and systemic reform clinic adjunct professors, teach the clinical education curriculum. •civil Justice clinic: mediation clinic in-house clinics •civil Justice clinic: medical-Legal In UC Hastings’ in-house clinics, students represent real clients under the supervision Partnership for seniors of faculty members; they also attend an accompanying seminar. The result? A highly •refugee and Human rights clinic effective mentoring approach to legal training that successfully develops students’ professional identities as lawyers. outplacement clinics ouTPlacemenT clinics •criminal Practice clinic •environmental Law clinic In UC Hastings’ outplacement clinics, students work for government agencies at the •immigrants’ rights clinic local, state, and federal levels, and nonprofit law offices, under the supervision of •Legal externship Program legal professionals and faculty. Participants view a particular field of law—such as •Legislation clinic environmental, immigration, criminal, or labor law—from the inside, and make lasting •Local Government Law clinic connections with members of the legal community. •Workers’ rights clinic innoVaTion clinics Three new Innovation Clinics were launched at UC Hastings in 2012. Capitalizing on innoVation clinics UC Hastings’ proximity to Silicon Valley, the Biotech and Technology Start-Up clinics •Biotech entrepreneurship clinic enable UC Hastings students to work with business students and innovators from •Technology start-Up clinic UC Berkeley, UCSF, and UC Santa Cruz. The Social Enterprise Clinic focuses on serving •social enterprise and Nonprofit clinic ventures too small or too young to afford traditional legal services, including mom- and-pop stores in the Tenderloin. 16 UC hastings / www.uchastings.edu
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