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Legal Clinics

DePaul Law’s legal clinics give you the opportunity to explore specific practice areas, serve clients and communities and develop the skills lawyers use in practice. Under faculty supervision, you work with real clients, engage with real legal issues and gain experience in client counseling, legal research and writing, advocacy, problem-solving and professional judgment. Each clinic also includes a classroom component focused on the clinic’s area of law and the skills used in client work.

Explore Our Clinics

Learn more about what students work on, the clients and communities served, and how clinical education can help you build the skills needed for legal practice.

Asylum & Immigration Law Clinic
Represent immigrants, refugees and asylum-seekers while working with faculty and community partners on matters involving immigration benefits, humanitarian relief, family reunification, naturalization and deportation defense.
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Business Law Clinic
Gain transactional law experience by counseling small and mid-sized businesses on matters involving contracts, corporate governance, intellectual property and entrepreneurship.
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Civil & Consumer Protection Field Clinic
Work alongside attorneys from Legal Aid Chicago to advocate for low-income Cook County residents in consumer protection matters involving consumer debt, debt collection defense, consumer fraud, homeownership, bankruptcy and student loan issues.
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Criminal Appeals Clinic
Represent clients in appeals before the Illinois Appellate Court while reviewing trial records, researching legal issues, drafting briefs and, when eligible, arguing cases under a 711 license.
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Croak Community Legal Clinic
Work with communities through legal workshops, presentations and limited-scope representation in civil legal services, with a focus on access to justice, civic engagement and practical legal awareness.
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Family Law Field Clinic
Assist clients with family law matters such as marriage, divorce, legal separation, parentage, invalidity of marriage and adoption through a partnership with Chicago Volunteer Legal Services, a legal aid nonprofit with more than six decades of pro bono service.
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International Human Rights Law Clinic
Engage in international human rights advocacy through projects focused on ongoing human rights violations, including investigating and documenting violations, drafting legal and policy recommendations and working with treaty bodies, international institutions, grassroots organizations and international NGOs.
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Technology/ Intellectual Property Law Clinic
Represent individuals, small businesses and nonprofit organizations in trademark and copyright matters, including trademark selection, protection, enforcement and registration before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
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DePaul Legal Clinics

25 East Jackson Blvd.
Suite 1050 (O’Malley)
Chicago, IL 60604
DePaulLegalClinic@depaul.edu