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Case Western Reserve University Law School

Case Western Reserve University Law School
11075 East Boulevard
Cleveland, OH 44106
case.edu/law/

Law School Pro Bono Programs

Contact Information

Sarah McFarlane Polly
Managing Attorney, Kramer Law Clinic, Director of Externships and Pro Bono Opportunities
(216) 368-5139
[email protected]

Category Type

Formal Voluntary Pro Bono Program Characterized by a Referral System with a Coordinator

Description of Programs

  1. Through our 1L Experience, all first-years have the opportunity to visit local courts and assist clients through our brief advice clinics and associations with legal service providers in the community. Areas of law include record sealing, immigration, living wills, legal name changes, domestic relations, evictions, and more.
  2. Through our voluntary Pro Bono Recognition Program, students who complete 50 or more pro bono hours are recognized at graduation for their achievements. The graduating student who completes the greatest number of hours is eligible for an award.

Location of Programs

With the Clinical or Externship Program

Staffing/Management/Oversight

Sarah McFarlane Polly
Managing Attorney, Kramer Law Clinic

Funding

Case Western Reserve University School of Law Operating Budget

Faculty and Administrative Pro Bono

Faculty supervise some of the 1L Experience brief advice clinics as well as the student-run pro bono groups. Faculty also engage some students in pro bono research collaboration; recent areas of law include international human rights and reproductive rights.

Awards/Recognition

Through our voluntary Pro Bono Recognition Program, students who complete 50 or more pro bono hours are recognized at graduation for their achievements. The graduating student who completes the greatest number of hours is eligible for an award.

Alternative Winter or Spring Break Projects

 

Law School Public Interest Programs

Contact Information

Sarah McFarlane Polly
Managing Attorney, Kramer Law Clinic,  Director of Externships and Pro Bono Opportunities
(216) 368-5139
[email protected]



Certificate/Curriculum Programs

JD/MSSA (Social Work)
JD/MD (Medicine)
JD/MPH (Public Health)
JD/MNO (Nonprofit Organizations)
Public Interest Law Concentration

Public Interest Centers

Social Justice Law Center ( https://case.edu/law/centers-institutes/social-justice-law-center)

Milton and Charlotte Kramer Law Clinic (https://case.edu/law/practical-training/law-clinic)

We offer ten clinics: Appellate Litigation, Community Development, Criminal Justice, Environmental Law, First Amendment, Health, Human Trafficking, Immigration, Intellectual Property Venture, and Second Chance Reentry  

PI Career Support Center

The Career Development Office actively develops and promotes public interest career opportunities to students and graduates and awards a number of summer funding grants to CWRU School of Law students who secure unpaid public interest positions.

Loan Repayment Assistance Programs (LRAP)

Open to JD graduates licensed to practice law and who are making substantial use of their legal training to provide services that are in the public interest, the LRAP program pays a certain percentage of the awardees' monthly loan payment. Once funded, a recipient may apply for renewal of funding for up to eight years, provided they maintain eligibility.

Fellowships

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6/21/2024