CLINICS AND FIELD PLACEMENTS

CLINICS AND FIELD PLACEMENTS
SCHOOL OF LAW CLINICS AND FIELD PLACEMENTS

IN-HOUSE CLINICS PARTNERSHIP CLINICS FIELD PLACEMENTS
Animal Law Clinic PAGE 4 Child Advocacy Clinic with Center for Children’s Advocacy PAGE 12 Center for Energy & Environmental Law (CEEL) Field Placement PAGE 19 Asylum & Human Rights Clinic PAGE 5 Elder Law Clinic PAGE 13 Individual Field Placement (satisfies PBLR only if taken with IFP Seminar) PAGE 20 Criminal Clinic, Trial & Appellate Divisions PAGES 6-7 Environmental Law Clinic with CT Fund for the Environment/Save the Sound PAGE 14 Legislative Field Placement PAGE 21 Intellectual Property & Entrepreneurship Law Clinic PAGE 8 Transactional Clinic with Connecticut Urban Legal Initiative (CULI) PAGE 15 Semester in DC Program PAGE 22 Mediation Clinic PAGE 9 United States Attorney's Clinic with U.S. Department of Justice PAGE 16 Semester in NYC Program PAGE 23 Tax Clinic PAGE 10 Veterans Benefits Advocacy Clinic with Connecticut Veterans Legal Center PAGE 17 State's Attorney's Field Placement with CT Division of Criminal Justice PAGE 24 GENERAL INFORMATION Click sound icon next to each topic for audio Overview of clinics and field placements Practice-Based Learning Requirement Pre- and co-requisites Time commitment Restricted dual enrollment “Advanced Fieldwork” "Human Behavior" Evening students

Animal Law Clinic PAGE 4 Child Advocacy Clinic with Center for Children’s Advocacy PAGE 12 Center for Energy & Environmental Law (CEEL) Field Placement PAGE 19 Asylum & Human Rights Clinic PAGE 5 Elder Law Clinic PAGE 13 Individual Field Placement (satisfies PBLR only if taken with IFP Seminar) PAGE 20 Criminal Clinic, Trial & Appellate Divisions PAGES 6-7 Environmental Law Clinic with CT Fund for the Environment/Save the Sound PAGE 14 Legislative Field Placement PAGE 21 Intellectual Property & Entrepreneurship Law Clinic PAGE 8 Transactional Clinic with Connecticut Urban Legal Initiative (CULI) PAGE 15 Semester in DC Program PAGE 22 Mediation Clinic PAGE 9 United States Attorney's Clinic with U.S. Department of Justice PAGE 16 Semester in NYC Program PAGE 23 Tax Clinic PAGE 10 Veterans Benefits Advocacy Clinic with Connecticut Veterans Legal Center PAGE 17 State's Attorney's Field Placement with CT Division of Criminal Justice PAGE 24

Animal Law Clinic Faculty: Jessica Rubin Length: One semester
Students in this clinic appear in state courts as court-appointed advocates under Connecticut's "Desmond's Law" to advocate for the interests of justice in cases of animal cruelty. Students investigate facts, interview experts, perform legal research, draft sentencing and other recommendations to the court, and present oral arguments. Students interact with police officers, veterinarians, prosecutors, defense counsel, animal advocates, and court personnel. Students may also assist in developing legislation and interdisciplinary programs related to animal cruelty. Students work collaboratively, with two students assigned to each animal cruelty case, and under close faculty supervision. The classroom component involves a weekly seminar to develop the theoretical and practical foundations necessary for students to handle cases. Note: All students are placed on the waitlist; enrollment is by permission of the instructor only. To register, make sure you are looking at ALL courses. Uncheck the “OPEN ONLY” box to see ALL courses. Faculty: Jessica Rubin Length: One semester Offered in : Fall and spring Credits: 2 (graded) Class Meets: W 1:30-3:00 Prerequisites: None

Asylum & Human Rights Clinic
Students in this clinical program represent persons seeking political asylum in the United States. Asylum is available to individuals who can establish a well founded fear of persecution if returned to their home countries. Students exercise primary responsibility for all aspects of the asylum process, including proceedings in the Asylum Office of the Department of Homeland Security and hearings before Immigration judges. Students interview and counsel clients and investigate the facts supporting their claims, research human rights conditions in the client's home country, prepare supporting documentation and a brief in support of the asylum application, and represent clients at hearings and in related matters. Classroom seminars focus on the substantive and procedural law, both international and domestic, relevant to asylum claims, the lawyering skills that students will utilize in their cases, and the discussion of legal. tactical and ethical issues that arise in the context of the casework. This is a one semester clinic, but students have the opportunity to continue their work in subsequent semesters through Advanced Fieldwork. Faculty: Jon Bauer & Valeria Gomez Length: One semester Offered in : Fall only Credits: 9 (graded) Class Meets: T 2:00-5:00 Prerequisites: None

Criminal Clinic Appellate Division
This clinic provides a strong foundation in criminal and appellate practice for students interested in exploring careers in criminal defense or prosecution at either the appellate or the trial level. It is also a good choice for any student generally interested in appellate advocacy (legal research, brief writing, etc.) or who plans to pursue a clerkship at the appellate level. Under faculty supervision, clinic students represent indigent defendants in appeals before the Connecticut Supreme and Appellate Courts, and in other post-conviction proceedings (habeas corpus, parole and pardons, sentence review, etc.). The clinic seminar includes training in the constitutional and non-constitutional rules and principles that animate criminal practice. Students also lead “case rounds” discussions on issues arising from their client-representation work, which they perform in teams. Tasks include: visiting incarcerated clients, reviewing trial files and transcripts, conducting research, writing legal memoranda, identifying colorable claims of error, outlining, writing, editing, and filing briefs and reply briefs, and preparing for oral argument. Students and clinic faculty frequently moot public defenders and private attorneys preparing for oral argument in their own appellate cases. Faculty: Timothy Everett & Adele Patterson Length: Full year Offered in : Yes Credits: 10 (5 each semester, all graded) Class Meets T/Th 4:00-6:00 Prerequisites: Criminal Procedure is a co-requisite; Evidence is recommended Comments: 6/12 seats reserved for 2Ls

Criminal Clinic Trial Division
This is a clinic in which students and clinic staff handle criminal and related cases in both state and federal courts. Students primarily are responsible for investigation, including interviews with clients and witnesses, research, and preparation of all pleading. Students also argue motions and conduct trials. Classroom seminars use actual clinic cases as the bases for discussion of tactical, ethical and substantive law problems facing the trial lawyer in criminal cases. Students must enroll for the entire academic year. Faculty: Todd Fernow & Morgan Rueckert Length: Full year Offered in : Yes Credits: 6 fall, 4 spring (all graded) Class Meets: T/TH 4:00-6:00 Prerequisites: Evidence & Criminal Procedure (both are co-requisites)

Intellectual Property & Entrepreneurship Law Clinic
Faculty: Diane Covello, Kathleen Lombardi, Andy Corea Length: One semester Offered in : Fall and spring Credits: 5 (graded) Class Meets: M 2:00-4:30 (fall); M 4:00-6:30 (spring) Prerequisites: Either Intellectual Property Law or Trademark Law is a prerequisite for students with non-technical backgrounds who will be doing trademark and copyright work in the Clinic. Patent Law is a pre-requisite for students with a technical background who wish to do patent work in the Clinic (or a co-requisite if Intellectual Property Law has been completed). Click here for faculty overview Click here for student reviews Course Description: Students in this clinic represent individuals, small businesses, and non-profit organizations in a broad range of intellectual property issues. The clinic's law students conduct client interviews, perform trademark and patent searches, and prosecute applications before the US Patent and Trademark Office. All students are placed on the waitlist pending review of client needs and conflicts of interest. To register, make sure you are looking at ALL courses. Uncheck the “OPEN ONLY” box to see ALL courses.

Mediation Clinic Faculty: Paul Chill & James Stark Length:
Students in this clinic mediate actual employment discrimination cases under faculty supervision. During the first half of the semester, students undergo intensive experiential training in mediation theory and practice, culminating in full-length mock employment discrimination mediations. Thereafter, students working in teams of two each mediate three cases assigned by the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities (CHRO). Students prepare for these mediations by engaging in a structured planning process, using the pleadings and other CHRO case-file materials, pre-mediation contacts with the parties, and guidance from their supervisor. During this “fieldwork” portion of the course, classes continue to meet once a week and are devoted primarily to "case rounds" in which students report on, and discuss issues arising in, their cases. Faculty: Paul Chill & James Stark Length: One semester Offered in : Fall only Credits: 5 graded Class Meets T/TH 2:00-5:00 (In addition to the scheduled class times, students must be available to conduct mediations on either Friday mornings or afternoons, or both, beginning in mid-October.) Prerequisites: None, but students are strongly encouraged to take Employment Discrimination Law or Employment Law before taking this clinic or concurrently with it. Students who have already taken either course will be given enrollment priority.

Tax Clinic Faculty: Lisa Perkins Length:: One semester
Students in the Tax Clinic represent low-income taxpayers at various stages of tax controversies with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Connecticut Department of Revenue Services (DRS). Students handle all phases of client representation, including: interviewing and counseling, fact investigation, advocating before IRS and DRS auditors, negotiating with the appeals and collections divisions of those agencies, and conducting trials before the United States Tax Court. Classroom seminars use actual clinic cases and other materials to explore the tactical, ethical, and substantive and procedural law problems faced by legal practitioners. Students also participate, in addition to weekly seminars, in regular tutorial meetings to discuss casework. Casework requires a significant time commitment, generally hours per week. This is a one semester clinic, but students have the opportunity to continue their work in subsequent semesters through Advanced Fieldwork. Faculty: Lisa Perkins Length:: One semester Offered in : Fall and spring Credits: 6 (graded) Class Meets: M/W 11:00-12:30 (fall) M/W 10:30-12:00 (spring) Prerequisites: Federal Income Tax

Child Advocacy Clinic (with Center for Children’s Advocacy)
Formal instruction and on-the-job training on legal advocacy for low income children and adolescents. Students assist CCA legal staff in representing children who have been abused or neglected, need access to special education or to medical/mental health care, who are involved with the juvenile justice system. Students work with the Center’s mobile office van to reach homeless youth in the community, and assist with ongoing impact litigation, training programs for lawyers, and state-level legislative advocacy. Legal research and writing are assigned as needed. Readings and class discussion cover substantive law issues and trial skills necessary to advocate effectively for youth. Students attend state and local task force meetings and community events with CCA attorneys. Faculty: Martha Stone Length: One semester Offered in : Fall and spring Credits: 4 graded (2 seminar, 2 fieldwork) Class Meets: Th 12-2 (fall); W 12-2 (spring) Prerequisites: None

Elder Law Clinic Faculty: TBA Length: One semester Offered in 2019-20:
Fall only Credits: 3 (graded) Class Meets: M 6:30-9:15 Prerequisites: None, although some background in elder law, disability law, and/or a related field is encouraged Comments: This clinic is designed to accommodate the schedules of evening students, who will be given enrollment priority Students in this clinic interview, counsel and draft advance-planning documents for low-income seniors and persons with disabilities, under the supervision of experienced elder-law attorneys. Students receive training in the applicable law and lawyering skills and travel to senior centers, assisted-living facilities, and other locations convenient for seniors in order to meet with clients. Students assist clients with the preparation and execution of simple wills, powers of attorney, advance health-care directives, and, in select cases, special needs trusts for persons with disabilities. In addition, students may provide counseling regarding needs-based public benefits (Medicaid, veterans' benefits, etc.) and when issues of elder abuse by guardians, conservators arise. The clinic seminar meets in the evening and all fieldwork takes place on evenings and weekends. Evening Division students will be given enrollment priority. There are no prerequisites but some background in elder law, disability law, and/or a related area is strongly preferred.

Environmental Law Clinic (with CT Fund for the Environment/Save the Sound)
This clinic is offered in collaboration with the Connecticut Fund for the Environment (CFE) and its bi-state program, Save the Sound. CFE/Save the Sound is the premier non-profit public-interest legal advocate for Connecticut's environment. Students work directly with CFE/Save the Sound attorneys on matters pending before federal and state courts, administrative agencies, and the state legislature. A biweekly seminar taught by CFE Senior Legal Counsel and guest experts focuses on Connecticut environmental law and advocacy. Students must perform fieldwork onsite at the CFE/Save the Sound office in New Haven on Fridays from 9:00-5:00. (Parking is provided and the office is also convenient to the Hartford-New Haven commuter train line.) The seminar will be conducted during this time period on alternating Fridays. Students are also required to perform a minimum of 2 additional hours of fieldwork per week outside of the office. Students may enroll for one or more additional semesters, with instructor permission, through Advanced Fieldwork Faculty: Roger Reynolds Length: One semester Offered in : Fall and spring Credits: 3 each semester (graded) Class Meets: On Fridays at the CFE/Save the Sound office in New Haven. (Students must be present onsite on Fridays to perform fieldwork; see accompanying description.) Prerequisites: Environmental Law or Administrative Law (each is an alternative pre- or co-requisite)

CT Urban Legal Initiative (CULI) (“Transactional Clinic”)
Faculty: Barbara McGrath Length: One semester Offered in : Fall and spring Credits: 4 (graded) Class Meets: W 2:00-4:00 Prerequisites: None Comments: Appears on course list as “Clinic: Transactional (CULI)” Students participating in the transactional clinic serve as "junior associates" for the Connecticut Urban Legal Initiative, Inc. (CULI), a nonprofit law firm, located on the law school campus. The clinic offers students experience performing transactional work for nonprofit and governmental clients. CULI's clients include community-based organizations, housing authorities, municipal entities, and other entities. Students work under the supervision of CULI faculty/attorneys and apply their lawyering skills when performing transactional work, including substantial reviewing and drafting of contracts and other documents, negotiating, performing real estate closings, and assisting in other legal matters. CULI expects students to interact frequently with CULI attorneys and their clients, help assess client needs, and support CULI attorneys in providing their clients with legal assistance. The classroom component involves a weekly two hour seminar in which CULI attorneys/faculty provide the theoretical and practical foundation necessary to perform effectively in CULI's areas of expertise. Seminars may include how to apply various state and federal statutes to actual client matters, how to perform a title search and real estate closing, and guest lectures. This is a one semester clinic, but students may continue their work through Advanced Fieldwork..

United States Attorney's Clinic (with U.S. Department of Justice)
Students assist in investigating and litigating civil rights and other matters in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut. In the clinic seminar, students receive instruction on topics including: official misconduct; educational access; human trafficking; hate crimes; rights of persons with disabilities, institutionalized persons, service members and veterans; and federal investigation techniques and procedure. Fieldwork is performed under supervision of Assistant United States Attorneys, investigators, and paralegals, and consists of investigation, evidence gathering, pleading drafting, hearing preparation, attendance at court hearings, legal research, litigation strategy, and settlement negotiations in federal cases, including civil rights matters as well other criminal and civil cases. Prior clinic students have secured federal, state appellate, and superior court clerkships, and positions at federal agencies and/or local and national law firms. To perform fieldwork, all students must pass a background check. Because that process can take several weeks, students must contact the instructors upon enrolling to initiate their background check or risk being unable to fulfill course requirements. Faculty: Anastasia King & Michael Gustafson Length: Full year strongly preferred (one semester option with instructor permission) Offered in : Fall and spring Credits: 3 per semester (graded) Class Meets: Th 6:30-9:15 for 6-7 (fall); weekly in-office rounds (spring) Fieldwork: 12 hours/week for 2nd half of fall and all of spring semester Prerequisites: Evidence or Administrative Law

Veterans Benefits Advocacy Clinic (with Connecticut Veterans Legal Center)
Students in this clinic advocate for low-income veterans who are in recovery from mental health issues and are represented by the Connecticut Veterans Legal Center. Under the supervision of attorneys accredited by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), students assist clients in obtaining service- and non-service-connected disability benefits, relief from repayment of VA overpayments, and review of discharge status to obtain access to VA benefits. In the seminar portion of the clinic, students receive training in the applicable law, client interviewing, and other applicable lawyering skills. Fieldwork consists of reviewing military and medical records, meeting with clients, researching relevant regulations and case law, and drafting initial and appeal briefs for clients. Scheduling permitting, students may appear at and participate in a VA hearing. Students will also be required to engage in guided reflection on their fieldwork experience. Evening Division students will be given enrollment priority. There are no prerequisites, but some background in veterans’ law, disability law and/or military law is helpful but not essential. Faculty: Cinthia Johnson & Mark Myers Length: One semester Offered in : Fall only Credits: 4 (graded) Class Meets: M 6:30-9:15 Prerequisites: None Comments: This clinic is especially designed to accommodate the schedules of evening students, who will be given enrollment priority

Center for Energy & Environmental Law (CEEL) Field Placement
Students in this field placement course extern at various agencies and organizations in the environmental and energy field, including: the CT Department of Energy & Environmental Protection; the CT legislature’s Environment Committee; law firms’ energy and environmental practice groups; energy regulators and utility companies; and other environmental and renewable-energy focused organizations. Students must engage in a minimum of 12 hours of fieldwork per week. An on-campus seminar, scheduled to accommodate the schedules of enrolled students, meets weekly for the first several weeks, after which students meet roughly biweekly with the instructor in individual sessions devoted to guided reflection. Enrollment is limited and instructor permission is required. Under certain circumstances, students may be permitted to extern for one or more additional semesters at the original or a different placement. Faculty: Joseph MacDougald Length: One semester Offered in : Fall and spring Credits: 3 (ungraded) Class Meets: TBD based on externships Prerequisites: None, but Environmental Law, Energy Law or Administrative Law is recommended Comments: Final enrollment approval is determined by placement site

Individual Field Placements and Seminar
With Individual Field Placements, students tailor their clinical legal experiences to meet their unique educational interests and career aspirations. Students earn academic credit while engaging in and observing lawyering activities at legal practice venues such as legal aid providers, public policy advocates, public sector law departments and administrative agencies, in-house counsel offices, prosecutors’ and public defenders’ offices, law firms, and judicial chambers. Faculty members guide students in reflecting on their fieldwork experience. Students apply for placement opportunities before the semester begins and enroll by submitting a placement approval form by the end of the first week of the semester. There is no online registration for Individual Field Placements. Individual Field Placement Seminar: Students seeking to satisfy the Practice-Based Learning Requirement with an Individual Field Placement must enroll for at least three credits (requiring 168 hours of fieldwork) and concurrently enroll in the one-credit Individual Field Placement Seminar. The seminar focuses on reflection, self-evaluation, and the practical, ethical, and professional-role issues that students encounter in practice. Registration is online; students need not have secured a field placement at the time they register. Students are strongly encouraged to contact Prof. Mailly for assistance in identifying, applying to, and securing a field placement. Faculty: Dean Tim Fisher and Jennifer Mailly Length: One semester Offered in : Fall and spring Seminar Meets: Various times Credits: 1 (graded) Prerequisites: None Watch a video recording of the 2018 Individual Field Placement informational session

Legislative Field Placement
Course Description: This field placement provides training and practical experience in the legislative process. Each student is assigned either to an individual legislator, a legislative committee, or to a member of the legislative staff of the Connecticut General Assembly in accordance with the student's interest or preference. Enrollment limited. Note: After the first class, the clinic seminar meets at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford. Faculty: Cornelius O’Leary & Carl Schiessl Length: One semester Offered in : Spring only Class Meets: M 4:00-5:30 Credits: 4 (ungraded) Prerequisites: None

Semester in DC Program Faculty: Richard Parker and Jennifer Mailly
In the Semester in DC Program, students earn academic credit for working nearly full-time at congressional offices, federal agencies and non-profit legal organizations in Washington DC. Evening seminars give students the basic tools they need to succeed, and take them around town to learn from lawyers in a variety of government and non-profit organizations. Students learn career-enhancing skills while building their resumes and enjoying life in our nation’s vibrant capital city. Faculty: Richard Parker and Jennifer Mailly Length: One semester Offered in : Spring only Credits: 12-14 (graded 2-credit and 3-credit seminars, 7-9 ungraded fieldwork credits based on hours worked) Prerequisites: None Comments: If interested, please contact Prof. Parker or Prof. Mailly for more information, or to apply for Spring 2020

Semester in NYC Program
In the Semester in NYC Program, students spend the Spring semester experiencing life and legal practice in New York City. Students work full-time in credit-bearing field placements at New York City-based legal offices, government agencies, and public interest organizations. In addition to engaging in and observing legal practice, students take two evening seminars in New York City that are designed to enhance their understanding of legal rules and norms, and their development of professional skills and identity. Faculty: Jennifer Mailly (Field Placements) Leslie Levin (Legal Profession seminar) Length: One semester Offered in : Spring only Credits: 14 (graded 2-credit and 3-credit seminars, and 9 ungraded fieldwork credits based on 36-hour workweek) Prerequisites: None Comments: If interested, please contact Prof. Mailly for more information, or to apply for Spring 2020

State's Attorney's Field Placement (with Connecticut Division of Criminal Justice)
Students will be placed at selected state prosecutors’ offices throughout the state. Students will be involved in the day-to-day activities of the office, will be certified to appear in court, and will do so under supervision. Students may handle arraignments and applications to diversionary programs, negotiate traffic cases, prepare and argue motions, and prepare and examine witnesses. Students will be encouraged to reflect upon their performance and will receive detailed feedback from their supervisors. A weekly, two-hour seminar will focus on the law and practical skills relevant to the placement and will address legal, ethical, and other issues that are likely to arise. Students will be expected to perform 8-12 hours of field work per week. Criminal Procedure is a prerequisite; it is also helpful, but not required, to take Evidence before or simultaneously with this clinic. Students must also be enrolled in LAW 7797, the fieldwork component of the course. Students who enroll in this clinic will be subject to a criminal background check before matriculation. Faculty: Michael Gailor & Paul Narducci Length: One semester Offered in : Fall only Credits: 4 (2 seminar credits are graded, 2 fieldwork credits are ungraded) Class Meets: Th 6:30-8:30 Prerequisites: Criminal Procedure

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