PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE WITH A MEASURABLE IMPACT CLINICAL PROGRAMS

Over 150 misdemeanor and felony cases handled for almost 100 clients in just a year. Sounds like a thriving law practice, but it is the incredible work of Texas Tech law students in the Law School’s Criminal Defense Clinic—just one of the Law School’s eight legal clinics. The defense clinic’s work consists of over 3,000 hours of pro bono representation of indigent clients performed in the 2021-2022 academic year by students.

An average student’s case load is over 19 cases handled and 12 clients represented per year. So, it’s no surprise that the Clinical Suite, located in the Lanier wing of the law building, is always bustling with hard working students determined to help their clients. The Law School’s eight clinics operate as a set of interlocking law firms where third-year law students, mentored by a dedicated group of professorpractitioners, work with real clients in real cases for course credit.

In the clinic’s yearlong program, Texas Tech law students learn lawyering through firsthand experience and provide life- changing services for their indigent clients.

The clinical program provides “a real-life experience,” explains 3L Cameron Morris, a student in the Advance Alternative Dispute Resolution Clinic. “It’s real solutions, for real people, who really need the legal help.”