STREET LAW

Course Description:
This course provides law students a unique opportunity to enrich their legal
education while contributing to the education of high school students. Using the
clinical method, an underlying principle of the clinic is that the best way to learn is
through teaching. The broad goals of the clinical program are: to develop in law
students an appreciation for the multi-faceted role and responsibilities of the
lawyer in the community; to sensitize students to sources and resolutions of
community legal problems. The clinical program works to achieve these goals
through a program of seminar training and supervision.
Some of the topics that we may cover this semester include:
1. Introduction to Law
2. Bill of Rights
3. Juvenile Justice
4. Criminal Law
5. Family Law
Goals of Street Law:
1. To provide opportunities for the community to learn about their legal rights
and responsibilities, the basic workings of government, and legal issues
that pervade daily life.
2. To provide opportunities for communities to develop skills, such as
analytical, critical thinking, advocacy, negotiation and persuasion, that are
essential in utilizing the law to be effective within legal systems.
3. To provide opportunities for law students to improve their presentation and
research skills, to participate in a pro bono program, and to learn from the
communities they will be teaching.
4. To establish connections between the law school and the community.