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Creating A Post-Graduate Incubator Program Through A Law School-Bar Association Partnership, Robyn L. Meadows, J. Palmer Lockard, Elizabeth G. Simcox

Journal of Experiential Learning

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Innovate, Collaborate & Serve: Louisiana’S “Lift” – A Legal Incubator And Accelerator Program Startup Guide, Amy Duncan

Journal of Experiential Learning

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The Pro Bono Requirement In Incubator Programs: A Reflection On Structuring Pro Bono Work For Program Attorneys, Davida Finger

Journal of Experiential Learning

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Incubating Community Law Practices: Post-Graduate Models For Lawyer Training And Access To Law, Luz E. Herrera

Journal of Experiential Learning

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Incubator Development At Home And Abroad: Anecdotal Stories From The Trenches, Fred Rooney

Journal of Experiential Learning

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Journal of Experiential Learning

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The Future Of Work: Apps, Artificial Intelligence, Automation And Androids, David R. Barnhizer

Law Faculty Articles and Essays

The analysis offered here is not a Neo-Luddite rage against “the machine.” As with the oft-stated reproach about paranoia, there sometimes really are situations in which people are “out to get you.” In our current situation the threat is not from people but from the convergence of a set of technological innovations that are and will increasingly have an enormous impact on the nature of work, economic and social inequality and the existence of the middle classes that are so vital to the durability of Western democracy. The fact is that developed nations’ economies such as found in Western Europe …

"No Country For Old Men": Junior Associates And The Real-World Practice Of Law, Ian Gallacher

College of Law - Faculty Scholarship

Law schools are designed to teach students about the doctrine of law and to help them prepare their skills to practice law. There are some practical aspects of law practice, though, that are rarely if ever discussed in law school. Perhaps this is because of an assumption that law firms will make these issues clear to the students they hire as associates, or perhaps it is because of a belief that such information has no place in the curriculum of an academic institution.

Whatever the reason, this is information law students should have as they begin to think about where …

Criminal Defense Clinic, Legal Clinic Program

Course Descriptions and Information

This clinic focuses on the representation of indigent clients charged with misdemeanor criminal offenses in county courts in the Ninth Judicial Circuit of Florida. Students will represent low-income clients charged with misdemeanor criminal offenses from the surrounding community as well as those defendants appointed by the court who qualify for free legal services.

Community Economic Development, Legal Clinic Program

Course Descriptions and Information

This clinic emphasizes transactional practice skills. This clinic provides short term counseling in a broad range of small business matters such as corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, intellectual property, copyright, trademark, privacy law, nonprofit organizations, art groups as well as the legal requirements for starting a small business. Students provide direct legal assistance, counseling, representation, community legal education, and informational materials to new and mature for-profit and non-profit organizations, individuals and community groups seeking to better the economic, social, equitable and cultural well-being of low income communities.

Homelessness And Legal Advocacy, Legal Clinic Program

Course Descriptions and Information

This clinic offers a comprehensive set of legal services focused on assisting and empowering low income individuals in their interaction with the legal system. Students explore the facets of homelessness and the role of legal advocacy in addressing its causes and alleviating its consequences.

Public Defender Externship, Legal Clinic Program

Course Descriptions and Information

Students represent indigent clients through various Public Defender offices in Central Florida in all phases of the criminal justice system under the direct supervision of Assistant Public Defenders.

Prosecution Externship, Legal Clinic Program

Course Descriptions and Information

The Prosecution Externship offers students the opportunity to practice criminal law as a certified legal intern under the direct supervision of an on-site supervising Assistant State Attorney. The student extern observes and participates in a range of prosecutorial duties, namely: recommending appropriate charges for new cases; negotiating pleas; drafting and arguing pre-trial motions; and participating in trials.

Mediation, Legal Clinic Program

Course Descriptions and Information

Students will learn and develop skills crucial to the role of mediators and legal professionals. By focusing and implementing mediation methodologies, students will learn skills of active listening and communications; conflict, issue and interests spotting, information gathering and negotiations techniques; problem-solving strategies and approaches; and effective mediation settlement agreement drafting.

Housing, Legal Clinic Program

Course Descriptions and Information

Students in this clinic help protect the rights of low-income tenants who are faced with an immediate threat of losing their homes due to an eviction or foreclosure. In addition, students assist housing applicants who are requesting a return of their security deposit, seeking to avoid utility shut-offs and lock-outs, termination of public and subsidized housing , loan modifications and loss mitigation and landlord tenant disputes.

Guardian Ad Litem, Legal Clinic Program

Course Descriptions and Information

GUARDIAN AD LITEM (GAL): This clinic focuses on legal advocacy on behalf of children, while providing students with a strong foundation in lawyering skills and values. This clinic addresses constitutional, statutory, and common laws impacting children, the legal interests of parents, and the government and the law’s evolving conception of children’s rights.

Criminal Defense Clinic, Legal Clinic Program

Clinical Programs Brochures

The Criminal Defense Clinic is one of five in-house clinics offered by the College of Law. The Clinic combines hands-on trial experience with an educational seminar component tailored to developing criminal litigation skills. The Criminal Defense Clinic focuses on the representation of indigent and low-income clients charged with criminal offenses, both misdemeanor and felony cases, in Orange and Osceola County. The Clinic’s goal is to make the student-attorney competent and prepared to represent a criminal defendant from arrest to the resolution of his/her case, and all things in-between.

Prosecution Externship Clinic, Legal Clinic Program

Clinical Programs Brochures

Students have the opportunity to work with federal and state prosecutorial agencies. For students interested in working at a state agency, students will be placed in one of nine State Attorney's Offices. Additionally, students may work at the Statewide Prosecutor's Office of the Attorney General's Office. The Prosecution Clinic also provides students with the unique opportunity to work with federal agencies, namely: U.S. Attorney's Office and the Office of the Chief Counsel for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Office.

Housing Clinic, Legal Clinic Program

Clinical Programs Brochures

The Housing Clinic offers a comprehensive set of legal services focused on assisting and empowering low income individuals in housing related matters. Its goal is to instill in students a sense of compassion and responsibility in representing the interests of the under represented. It also provides students with practical training in core legal skills and an understanding of the rules of professional responsibility. Students also study relevant government Programs and policies and assess their success or failure in meeting the needs of people who are homeless or at risk of becoming so.

Guardian Ad Litem Clinic, Legal Clinic Program

Clinical Programs Brochures

The Guardian Ad Litem (GAL) clinic represents the “best interests” of children involved in dependency proceedings in the Juvenile Justice system in the State of Florida. We are designed to give students an overview and working knowledge of all aspects of representing children in dependency proceedings. The GAL Clinic addresses constitutional, statutory, and common laws impacting children, including the legal interests of parents and the government and the law’s evolving conception of children’s rights.

Judicial Externship Clinic, Legal Clinic Program

Clinical Programs Brochures

The Judicial Externship allows each student to observe, evaluate and participate in the practice of various areas of the law outside the classroom. The educational benefits derived from this experience include improving legal analytical, research and writing skills; learning how judicial decisions are made; and becoming familiar with various court procedures. Students gain a unique view of the court system by assisting a state or federal judge. Students observe and perform a range of lawyering tasks within the judicial system, including: research; writing; attending settlement conferences; observing trials; reviewing jury instructions; preparing bench briefs; and other assignments unique to judicial …

Homelessness And Legal Advocacy Clinic, Legal Clinic Program

Clinical Programs Brochures

The goals of the Homelessness and Legal Advocacy Clinic are to educate students in homelessness related issues, such as housing, public benefits, family law, and consumer law. In addition to interviewing clients at the Clinic's office, Clinic students interview homeless individuals at the Coalition for the Homeless, the Women's Residential Counseling Center, and potential clients who contact the Clinic.

Community Economic Development Clinic, Legal Clinic Program

Clinical Programs Brochures

The Community Economic Development Clinic is an in-house small business transactional clinic designed to provide students with a broad study of the growing area of community economic development law. Services include legal business, policy and regulatory considerations that underlie efforts to enhance the economic viability of low-income communities through the development of entrepreneurship and affordable housing.

Assistance may be provided to groups that promote community and economic development in the following areas: community preservation, development and empowerment; drug prevention; homelessness; literacy; micro-enterprise development; social welfare; youth and teen development entrepreneurship; and creating and maintaining low-income and affordable housing.

Fresh Approaches To Teaching Transactional Drafting, Joan Macleod Heminway, Richard K. Neumann Jr., Katherine M. Koops

Scholarly Works

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Keynote: Encouraging This Particular Form Of (Very Fun) Madness - Roles For Deans & Faculty Members, Martin J. Katz, Phoenix X.F. Cai

Sturm College of Law: Faculty Scholarship

This keynote address discusses the ways in which faculty and administrators can facilitate experiential learning in transactions classes.

Why Can't I Just Use Lexis Or Westlaw? Promoting Lesser Known Legal Research Platforms To Law Students, Theresa K. Tarves

Law Library Faculty Works

It can be difficult to convince law students to try new resources outside of Westlaw and Lexis, especially when these two resources seemingly have it all from a law student’s perspective. How do we expose law students to lesser known legal research resources so that they can be well-informed researchers who do not become dependent on only a few resources to carry them through their entire legal careers?

'Yo, Prof!' Is Not The Proper Way To Address Me: Using A Status Email Assignment In First-Year Legal Writing To Address Issues With Student Correspondence, Meredith A.G. Stange

College of Law Faculty Publications

As academic success professionals,we are used to focusing on student issues with legal analysis and understanding complex legal concepts. However, often our students need help with the more mundane. One such mundane issue gave rise to a status email assignment that incorporates basic professional communication skills into the 1L Legal Writing course.

The Influence Of Algorithms: The Importance Of Tracking Technology As Legal Educators, Brian Sites

Faculty Scholarship

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A Missing Link For Producing Practice-Ready Law Graduates And For Narrowing The Expectations-Reality Gap: 1l Judicial Internships, Inti Martinez-Aleman

Student Scholarship

Mitchell Hamline School of Law (MHSL) is in a privileged position to help redefine legal education in the United States. Its two predecessor schools, William Mitchell College of Law and Hamline University School of Law, were regarded as practice-focused and devoted to public service. As it goes through its first year since the law schools combined, MHSL’s new Dean and President, Mark C. Gordon, is positioned to carve out a bright future for the school’s next 100 years. If the model MHSL implements proves to be groundbreaking—as the Langdellian model was for American legal education starting in Harvard Law School …

Teaching Substantive Environmental Law And Practice Skills Through Interest Group Role-Playing, Karl S. Coplan

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

Most law students take their first introductory course in environmental law during their second year of law school. The traditional first-year curriculum does little to prepare students for the complex statutory and regulatory models for most environmental regulation. Law students at the end of their first year often have had little exposure to statutory interpretation. Further, they often have no exposure to administrative law and regulatory implementation. These students may expect statutes to provide clear statements of rules rather than guidelines for administrative rulemaking. They also tend to view the lawmaking and interpretive process through the traditional lens of congressional …