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Case Western Reserve University Law School
Case Western Reserve University Law School
Law School Pro Bono Programs
Contact Information
Sarah McFarlane Polly
Managing Attorney
(216) 798-2195
[email protected]
Category Type
Formal Voluntary Pro Bono Program Characterized by a Referral System with a Coordinator
Description of Programs
- 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.
- 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
(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
n/a
9/7/2023