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Civil Rights and Discrimination

2017

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Columbia Law School

Clinical legal education

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The Economic Justice Imperative For Transactional Law Clinics, Lynnise E. Pantin Jan 2017

The Economic Justice Imperative For Transactional Law Clinics, Lynnise E. Pantin

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The economic, political, and social volatility of the sixties and seventies, out of which clinical legal education was born, has certain mythical qualities for most law students, and perhaps some law professors. America still bears the scars of the economic policies of those previous eras, such as redlining, blockbusting, poverty and urban decay. While the realities of the era may seem out of reach for many of our students, those arising out of that era have contributed to the wealth gap in this country, which has worsened over the last twenty years. Now more than ever, society needs social justice …