Civil Justice Clinic

Faculty Advisor: Jane Harris Aiken

Home Page: http://law.wustl.edu/Clinics/Civiljustnew/

The Washington University Civil Justice Clinic has been in existence for twenty-five years. In the past, the Clinic operated out of Legal Services of Eastern Missouri. In the Fall of 1999, the Clinic began operating out of Washington University School of Law in room 101 on the first floor of Anheuser-Busch Hall.

Each semester the Clinic is open to eight students certified to practice law under the Missouri student practice rule and supervised by one full-time faculty member (dedicating one half of her teaching load to the clinic) and full time clinical attorney. Each student is responsible for eight to ten cases during the semester as well as a community service project. Throughout the years, clinic students have handled cases covering a number of areas including housing, consumer, public benefits, and domestic relations. In the past two years, the clinic has primarily focused on family law cases, with a particular emphasis on adult and child abuse. Cases are taken by referral only from Legal Services, Legal Advocates for Abused Women, Project Hope and the Courts.

News Stories & Tip Sheets:

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Crucial clearinghouse Elusive civil rights court records now just a click away with new online database Nov. 9, 2006 -- Photo courtesy Library of Congress. Thurgood Marshall (center) with George E.C. Hayes and James Nabri celebrating the historic Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision. Download For the past 50-plus years, civil rights litigation has greatly affected Americans' lives. It has secured our Constitutional rights, and it has dramatically improved many of our public and private institutions. Information about these cases, however, has been exceedingly difficult to locate. Until now. More...

Convicted, executed but not guilty? Wrongful executions to be examined at WUSTL law conference Nov. 17 Nov. 8, 2006 -- The WUSTL School of Law's Clinical Education Program and Center for Interdisciplinary Studies will host the sixth annual Access to Equal Justice conference Nov. 17 in the Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom of Anheuser-Busch Hall. The conference will focus on "Examining the Risks of Wrongful Executions and the Role of Prosecutors, Defense Attorneys, Academia and the Press." Panelists will examine four criminal cases that many critics believe ended in the executions of innocent defendants.

Access to Justice WUSTL law school speaker series focuses on public interest Sept. 19, 2006 -- A lead counsel in the Guantanamo Bay detainees U.S. Supreme Court case, an expert on pornography in feminism and law, and a Nobel Peace Prize nominee for his work in international criminal justice are part of the fall lineup for the School of Law's ninth annual Public Interest Law & Policy Speakers Series.

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Faculty Experts:

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Steven Gunn Associate Professor of Law Gunn, an expert on American Indian law, has extensive experience in public interest litigation and has written numerous articles on Indian law and on the intersection of poverty and law and economics. Prior to becoming a professor, Gunn was a staff attorney for the Volunteer Lawyers Project of the ... Expertise: American Indian law, Federal Indian law, tribal courts, tribal law Direct contact: (314) 935-6413 / sjgunn@wulaw.wustl.edu

Kimberly Jade Norwood Professor of Law and Professor of African and African American Studies Kimberly Norwood, an expert on the impact of race on education and the legal profession, also is available to discuss products liability and torts issues. In addition to her work at the law school, Norwood teaches a workshop for St. Louis public school teachers as part of a grant provided by the U. ... Expertise: products liability, torts, race and the legal profession, race and education, civil procedure, civil justice, stereotypes and biases in the courtroom Direct contact: (314) 935-6416 / norwood@wulaw.wustl.edu

Jane Harris Aiken William M. Van Cleve Professor of Law Jane Aiken Download Aiken is well known for her work in clinical legal education and violence. She teaches evidence for the Federal Judicial Center, training federal judges on developments in evidence. She has worked on women's rights and policy issues in Ethiopia as a State Department Senior Specialist and in Nepal ... Expertise: clinical legal education, evidence, domestic violence, domestic law, child abuse Direct contact: (314) 935-8583 / aiken@wustl.edu

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