Events and News from the Clinical Programs

Clinic Events

Tuesday, April 23, 2019
12:00 PM Clinic Informational Session

Gittis 214, Haaga Classroom

Thursday, April 18, 2019
4:30 PM Studying the “New” Civil Judges
Professors Anna Carpenter and Colleen Shanahan have done groundbreaking research on state civil courts and judges and will present their findings at this workshop, and connect their scholarship to practice, clinical teaching, and supervision.

Silverman 147

Thursday, March 1, 2018
12:00 PM The Case for Brendan Dassey: Teaching Innovation Through Clinical Education
Steven Drizin and Laura Nirider will present the story of their client, Brendan Dassey, a Wisconsin sixteen-year-old who falsely confessed in 2005 to rape and murder – and whose ensuing wrongful conviction was featured in the hit Netflix Global docuseries Making a Murderer. Brendan’s case, and the cases of their other clients, exemplify twin problems: the practical problem of false and involuntary confessions from juveniles, and the problematic gaps in constitutional and evidentiary doctrine and practice that have allowed false confessions to occur unredressed. These twin problems serve as the foci of Drizin and Nirider’s practice and pedagogy at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s Center on Wrongful Convictions of Youth.

Faculty Lounge

September 9, 2020

Criminal Defense Clinic students protect the rights of the accused

Taught by experienced practicing attorneys at the Defender Association of Philadelphia (DAP), the clinic gives students the opportunity to represent clients accused of serious crimes.
September 7, 2020

Law School’s clinical offerings and externships ‘put students front and center’

Penn Law students in clinics and externships serve as lead counsel on their own cases rather than merely supporting the work of faculty.
August 18, 2020

Mediation Clinic students learn that ‘lawyers can be problem-solvers as well as warriors’

Led by Practice Professor Douglas Frenkel L’72, Adjunct Professor of Law Michele Goldfarb, and Lecturer in Law Sharon Eckstein L’86, Mediation Clinic students learn to exercise unbiased lawyering judgment by facilitating real mediation sessions.
August 16, 2020

Transnational Legal Clinic students ‘learn fast and work hard in a broken system’

Transnational Legal Clinic students represent clients from around the world attempting to obtain asylum and victims of human trafficking and other crimes hoping to secure immigration visas.