Jeff Selbin Defends Critical Role of Law School Clinics

Los Angeles Daily Journal, April 13, 2010 by Jeff Selbin
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Why should the practicing bar care about the vitality and independence of law school clinics? First, clinics are sites of effective law student training. Second, clinics provide critical legal assistance to underrepresented clients. Finally, these periodic assaults on clinics threaten fundamental values of the legal profession and the justice system itself.