LEGAL CLINICS AND THE BETTER TRAINED LAWYER (REDUX)^sup +^: A HISTORY OF CLINICAL EDUCATION AT NORTHWESTERN

To facilitate this exposure, he entered a formal written agreement with United Charities of Chicago that allowed thirty law students to participate in the representation of the United Charities' clients.2 Even before that time-going as far back as 1899-Northwestern's law students had volun...

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Published in:Northwestern University law review 2006-01, Vol.100 (1), p.231
Main Author: Geraghty, Thomas F
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acquittals & mistrials
Attorneys
Clinics
Education
Law schools
Legal aid
Students
Supervision
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Summary:To facilitate this exposure, he entered a formal written agreement with United Charities of Chicago that allowed thirty law students to participate in the representation of the United Charities' clients.2 Even before that time-going as far back as 1899-Northwestern's law students had volunteered to staff the offices of Chicago's Legal Aid Society.3 Dean Wigmore was careful to document the students' work in the clinic course and to demonstrate to faculty and students the value of this work in teaching students practical skills and a sense of professional and social responsibility.4 He reasoned that law students should be prepared to practice upon graduation, and work in the clinic, Wigmore felt, achieved that goal.5 Further, to be leaders in the legal profession, Wigmore reasoned, his students needed to be sensitive to the needs of all segments of society, especially those at the bottom of the economic ladder. On this occasion, then, the celebration of the Northwestern University Law Review's centennial, it is more than fitting to document the history of the Law School's clinical programs, to recognize the role that the legal clinic has long played in educating members of Northwestern's legal community-students, practitioners, and academics alike-and to describe the contributions that our clinical programs have made to innovations in legal education and to justice reform.
ISSN:0029-3571