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The Clinical P rogram

The Clinical P rogram. About The Program.

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The Clinical P rogram

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  1. The Clinical Program

  2. About The Program The Clinical Program helps students develop the lawyering skills and professional judgment they need to bridge the gap between law school and practicing law. In the clinics, students engage in challenging and rewarding legal work for real clients and many students find their clinical experience to be the highlight of their law school education.

  3. Eligibility • Students who have completed 3 full-time semesters of law school are eligible under Supreme Court Rule 38 to participate in a clinic • Students must be in good academic standing to participate in a clinic • Students must have taken or be co-enrolled in Evidence, Professional Responsibility, Criminal Law and Civil Procedure • Students who have received a failing grade in any clinic or externship placement during law school may not participate in a clinic. • The Mediation Clinic accepts students who have completed 2 full-time semesters of law school

  4. Clinics • Civil Justice • Criminal Practice • Ruth V. McGregor Family Protection Clinic • Immigration Law and Policy • Indian Legal • Innovation Advancement Program • Healthcare Entrepreneurship Unit–Not available Spring 2012 • Lisa Foundation Patent Law • Mediation • Post Conviction-Not available Spring 2012 • Public Defender

  5. Public Defender Clinic Students in the Public Defender Clinic represent indigent defendants in criminal cases under the close supervision of an experienced public defender. Most cases involve drug charges, providing an opportunity to address challenging issues relating to search & seizure and the admissibility of scientific evidence. Casework includes interviewing and counseling clients, obtaining discovery from prosecution, preparing legal motions and presenting them in court, interviewing witnesses, engaging in plea negotiations and representing clients at trial.

  6. Public Defender Clinic • 6 credit hours • Evidence a pre-requisite • 2 full days (Mon-Thurs) and ½ day on Friday required • 300 hours required (20 hours per week) • Graded course • 3 mandatory training days on January 4-6, 2012 9a – 4p. • To apply, submit your resume and a brief statement describing why you want to enroll in the Public Defender Clinic due by Fri. Nov 4, 2011 to Zelda Graham at roselda.graham@asu.edu For more information contact: Prof. Dan Lowrance, Director lowrance@mail.maricopa.gov Or Jeff Roth rothj@mail.maricopa.gov

  7. Criminal Practice Clinic Students in the Criminal Practice Clinic prosecute misdemeanor cases in courts in the Phoenix area. Students are responsible for a full range of trial-related tasks, including witness interviews, pre-trial motions and courtroom advocacy. The Criminal Practice Clinic provides frequent opportunities for trial work as well as experience in client interviewing, counseling and discovery. Students first work on simple cases against defendants who are representing themselves then move to cases where an attorney is representing the defendant and eventually conduct a jury trial with attorney supervision.

  8. Criminal Practice Clinic • 6 credit hours • Graded course • Evidence is a pre-requisite • 300 hours required (20 hours per week) • 4-hour blocks of time • Full days on Tuesdays and Thursdays if interested in City of Phoenix • Students may not take Trial Advocacy or Evidence in Trial Advocacy at the same time • Background check is required at some agencies at student expense To apply, submit your resume and a brief statement describing why you want to enroll in the Criminal Practice Clinic due by Fri. Nov 4, 2011 to Zelda Graham at roselda.graham@asu.edu For more information contact: Prof. Hugo Zettler, Director Hugo_zettler@tempe.gov

  9. Civil Justice Clinic Homeowner Advocacy Unit Students enrolled in the Homeowner Advocacy Unit primarily represent homeowners who are facing wrongful foreclosure or who are victims of mortgage fraud. Work-Life Policy Unit Students in the Work-Life Policy Unit also work on matters involving flexible work arrangements, time off, career reentry, and related issues for local military families. Students in the Civil Justice Clinic represent Claimants wrongfully denied unemployment insurance and work on civil disputes, administrative proceedings, legislative lawyering, and public education matters in the substantive areas of law in the Unit for which they are enrolled.

  10. Civil Justice Clinic Homeowner Advocacy Unit and Work-Life Policy Unit • Pre- or co-requisites: Evidence & Professional Responsibility • 6 Graded Credit Hours • 300 hours min. required (average 20 hours in Spring) • With your application, include a statement ( < 250 words) describing why you are interested in participating in this Clinic. Please also specify the Unit for which you prefer to enroll. For more information contact: Homeowner Advocacy Unit: Work-Life Policy Unit: B ob Dauber Marcy Karin bob.dauber@asu.edumarcy.karin@asu.edu or Mary Ellen Natale mary.ellen@asu.edu

  11. Lisa Foundation Patent Law Clinic The Lisa Foundation Patent Law Clinic teaches skills needed to recognize and obtain valuable and enforceable patents. Students assist real inventors with drafting and prosecuting patent applications in the USPTO under the supervision of practicing patent attorneys. From a practical perspective, students learn how to effectively draft and obtain patents and conduct validity and infringement reviews while gaining valuable skills useful in practice areas including: • Traditional patent prosecution • Patent due diligence, valuation, and transactions • Patent licensing • Patent enforcement and litigation • Patent defense

  12. Lisa Foundation Patent Law Clinic • Required Co or Prerequisite: • Patent Licensing & Enforcement (3hr or 1hr) • Students who have not already completed the three credit Patent Licensing & Enforcement course will be required to enroll in a one-credit course which consists of a lecture-based version of the material covered in Patent Licensing & Enforcement and will be held on Friday immediately following the clinic meeting • 3 credit hours • Graded course • 10 hours required in the clinic per week • Recommended Co or Prerequisite: • Patent Law, Patent Prosecution, or Patent Litigation • A scientific or engineering background may be helpful but is not required. For more information contact: Michelle Gross at michellegross@asu.edu or (480) 242-0011.

  13. Ruth V. McGregor Family Protection Clinic Students in the Family Protection Clinic represent indigent victims of intimate abuse. The Clinic provides students with an intensive education in the art of trial advocacy, community organizing and victim empowerment. Students will have extensive hands-on experience with family law and poverty lawyering. The Clinic is designed to offer students several opportunities to work with victims of intimate abuse in varied settings including contested protection order cases and custody issues. Through their direct client service students will evaluate and critique current laws, policies and services available to victims of intimate abuse. Students will think strategically about how to enhance justice in the system and may partake in project-based work such as proposing new legislation, community programs and victim services.

  14. Ruth V. McGregor Family Protection Clinic • Graded Course • 6 Credits (average 20 hours per week) • Direct representation of juvenile and adult victims of family violence (with students from other ASU Schools) • Economic empowerment program • CLEs & training of victim advocates • Community engagement • Evidence is a pre-requisite • Submit Applications to • Jaime Dahlstedt at • jaime.dahlstedt@asu.edu For more information contact: Jaime Dahlstedt Jaime.dahlstedt@asu.edu or 602-258-1642

  15. The Immigration Law & Policy Clinic What students do: • Represent immigrant children in juvenile and immigration court. • Learn administrative court trial techniques and procedures. • Provide immigration law advice at community outreach events. • Draft motions, briefs, legal correspondence, closing statements, and direct examination questions. For more information contact: Evelyn Cruz evelyn.cruz@asu.edu 480-727-9274

  16. The Immigration Law & Policy Clinic Time Commitments: • Students meet 3x a week (Mon,Wed & Fri) for two hours during the first half of the semester for practical training. • Students meet weekly with professor to discuss cases. • Each student covers the detained juvenile calendar court at least once. • Each student provides consultations at two Saturday community events • Students spend about 10-12 hrs a week on case related work.

  17. The Immigration Law & Policy Clinic Admission: • Logistics: • Enrollment is limited to six students • Second Semester 2Ls and all 3Ls are eligible to apply • There are no pre-requisites and Spanish is not required • Students receive six units of graded credit • To Apply complete the form on the Immigration clinic website and send to evelyn.cruz@asu.edu or drop off at Rm 229.

  18. Indian Legal Clinic • Serves both Indian Country and the nation’s urban Indian populations. • Provides high quality legal services with attention to the special legal and cultural needs of Native peoples. • Students may participate in various stages in the trial process in tribal, federal, state or administrative law tribunals. Some examples are: • Criminal Prosecution – Gila River Indian Community • Criminal Defense – Ak-Chin Indian Community • Civil Matters • Students also may have the opportunity to work on tribal projects involving cutting edge Indian and tribal law issues, such as federal recognition, voting rights and policy matters.

  19. Indian Legal Clinic • 6-credit hours • Graded course • Federal Indian Law is a pre or co-requisite • Evidence is encouraged as a pre or co-requisite • 20 office hours per week • Applications are due October 28th. • Must have at least one day during the week free of other classes to conduct arraignments in tribal court. For more information contact: Jen Williams, Legal Assistant dob105@asu.edu 480-727-0420

  20. Post Conviction Clinic Students in the Post Conviction Clinic work to exonerate those wrongfully convicted and correct other manifest injustices in the Arizona criminal justice system. The clinic is affiliated with the Arizona Justice Project. Students work on such issues as actual innocence, overly harsh sentencing and ineffective assistance of counsel. The clinic may also review cases once actual innocence has been proven in an effort to understand how the wrongful convictions were reached, and suggest ways to avoid the risk of such convictions in the future. Students research and investigate cases and may write briefs, prepare cases for Arizona courts and the Arizona Board of Executive Clemency and participate in weekly seminar meetings. NOT OFFERED IN SPRING 2012

  21. Post Conviction Clinic • 2-semester course (fall and spring) • 6-Credit hours (3 hours each semester) • Graded • 150 hours per semester • 1-Day mandatory training session the week prior to the first day of class (fall semester only.) • Students must submit a Letter of Intent, resumé and unofficial transcript to Prof. Sigmund Popko. For more information contact: Sigmund Popko, Director Sigmund.Popko@asu.edu 480-965-6557

  22. Innovation Advancement Program Eric Menkhus Director, Innovation Advancement Program Clinical Professor of Law Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law

  23. Innovation Advancement Program Requirements • Participants will be asked to spend 15-20 hours per week on their IAP project(s) = 6 credit hours earned • You will work on four, eight week projects • Work in teams • One hour each week will be spent in a IAP team meeting • Each participant will be asked to hold three ‘office hours’ each week • The student sets their own ‘office hours’ at SkySong • Must be during regular business hours (8am to 5pm) • Remaining time is flexible • Transactional Projects • IP issues, contract drafting, business entities, employment law • YOU DO NOT NEED A TECHNICAL BACKGROUND!!

  24. Innovation Advancement Program Application • Go to the website for a IAP Application Form: www.asu.edu/iap • Fill out and submit application • eric.menkhus@asu.edu • Interview with Eric • If chosen, work with Zelda Graham to sign up for the 6 credit hour course (2 credit class graded; 4 hour clinic pass/fail) • Attend the full day orientation session, which will be scheduled for the Friday before the semester officially begins

  25. Healthcare Entrepreneurship Clinic • The Healthcare Entrepreneurship Clinic offers law and business students the opportunity to work as a team assisting emerging health care companies.  Students will act as external consultants on early stage issues like formation, corporate structure, financing, business plan and presentation creation, strategy and other pressing issues as determined by the entrepreneur and faculty.  • Students participating in this clinic will work with John Shufeldt, M.D., J.D., a Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law alum and co-founder of NextCare, Inc.   NOT OFFERED IN SPRING 2012

  26. Lodestar Mediation Clinic The Mediation Clinic provides a unique opportunity for students to learn about alternatives to litigation while gaining practical experience in the mediation process. The objectives of the Mediation Clinic include helping students develop a broad perspective of the role of law and lawyers in our society, a better understanding of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) processes, and enhanced skills in communication, negotiation and problem-solving. 9TH CIR. 2005 ADR EDUCATION AWARD

  27. Lodestar Mediation Clinic • Students must submit a one page statement of intent to Suzanne Lynn in Room 265 or by email at suzanne.lynn@asu.edu by 4:00 on • Wed. October 26th. The statement should explain why the student is interested in enrolling in the Mediation Clinic. • Students will meet with Professor Hinshaw to discuss their interest in the Mediation Clinic on November 3, 4 and 7. • Enrolled students must attend 3 mandatory orientation training sessions on Friday, Jan 13th 4-9pm; Sat. Jan 14th 9a-5p; and Sat. Jan. 21st 9a-5p • Graded Course • 4-5 Hours per week on out-of-class assignments • 6 credit hours • 2 four-hour blocks of time (morning or afternoon) • 3 mandatory training sessions • Students must pass a background check before being allowed to mediate in the Justice Court Mediation Program • No co- or pre-requisites required For more information contact: Art Hinshaw, Director art.hinshaw@asu.edu 480-965-3109

  28. Registration Information • Application process begins for spring 2012 on Thursday, October 19, 2011 • Registration for all clinics is by application. • Course Registration for Spring begins Wednesday, November 16th for 3Ls and Friday, November 18th for 2Ls • Detailed application information for each clinic is available online at www.law.asu.edu/clinics or by contacting the director of that clinic.

  29. Special Withdrawal Please note that because of administrative considerations and professional obligations to courts and clients, no student pre-registered for a clinical offering shall be allowed to drop the clinic later than one month preceding the first day of classes, unless approval is obtained from the Director of the Clinical Program. 

  30. Registration Preferences • 3L’s who have not had a clinic will be given preference over any person who has had a clinic. • 2L’s who have not had a clinic will be given preference over 3L’s who have had a clinic. • 3L’s who have had a clinic will be given preference over 2L’s who have had a clinic. • Students participating in the Indian Law Certificate Program will be given preference in that clinic.

  31. For more information visit the Clinical Program website: www.law.asu.edu/clinics

  32. Questions? Contact the Director of the Clinical Program Art Hinshaw art.hinshaw@asu.edu 480-965-3109 or Zelda Graham roselda.graham@asu.edu 480-965-4893

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