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Arizona Attorney General's Office Clinic

The Southern Arizona White Collar and Criminal Enterprise (SAWCCE) section of the Arizona Attorney General’s Office (AGO) is the Tucson-based group that prosecutes the wide variety of crimes handled by the AGO including complex fraud, elder financial exploitation, drug trafficking organizations, internet crimes against children, organized retail theft, public corruption, and conflict cases across six counties in Southern Arizona. Our section runs a summer clerkship and school year clinic in which law students work closely with attorneys in developing and analyzing cases for charging, pre-trial litigation research and writing, and working with law enforcement and victims. Rule 39(c) eligible students will have the opportunity to appear in court arguing substantive motions, handling changes of plea and sentencing, and some students have the opportunity to co-try a felony jury trial. The clinic contains a weekly one hour classroom component taught by prosecutors with the AGO covering the evolution of a criminal case and introducing students to the special duties and obligations of a prosecutor.  The remaining clinical hours are set by the students based on their availability.

Only open to JD students. 3 units per semester (pass/fail). Full-year clinic.

Requirements for this clinic are:
Can pass a criminal background check and having successfully completed or will be taking the following classes concurrently with the clinic: 

• Evidence
• Professional Responsibility

Preferences for this clinic are:

• Preference is given to students who participate in the Attorney General’s Office Summer Internship (hired primarily through the Sonoran Public Sector Interview Program at Arizona Law; held every year in February).
• Students who have a prosecution or criminal law interest.
   

Please note that the Arizona Attorney General's Office Clinic is a full-year clinic. This Clinic is not an option on the clinic application due to the Preference above. If interested, please attend the Sonoran Public Sector Interview Program in February.

BA/MLS Family Law Default Clinic | University of Arizona Law

The BA/MLS Family Law Default Clinic (LAW 496A/596A) is part of the unique and innovative offerings provided for BA in Law and Master of Legal Studies (MLS) students. Students who have an interest in family law can learn and practice client advocacy skills by working with participants from the community providing guidance about the default process and child support. The Family Law Default Clinic provides valuable, hands-on experience for those students interested in becoming Legal Paraprofessionals after graduation and will fulfill the experiential learning requirement for these students.

Open to MLS and BA in Law students. Not open to online students. 3 units (graded).

Requirements for this clinic: Be able to attend In-person weekly class and client meetings as needed.

Preferences for this clinic include:

• Students in the Legal Paraprofessional program.
• Students that have completed family law (456/556).

Child and Family Law Clinic

Provide advice and legal representation to children and adults in a variety of family law matters related to child protection, domestic violence, and child custody disputes.

Watch the Child and Family Law Clinic informational video.
Child and Family Law Clinic materials

Only open to JD students. 4 units (graded)

Requirements for this clinic are:
Having successfully completed or will be taking the following classes concurrently with the clinic:

• Evidence
• Professional Responsibility

Civil Rights Restoration Clinic

Gain theoretical and practical exposure to the problems faced by persons previously convicted of criminal offenses.

Civil Rights Restoration Clinic materials 

Open to JD, MLS, and BA in Law students. 4 units (graded), 3 units for BA (graded). Not open to online students. Must be able to attend in-person weekly class and client meetings as needed.

Requirements for JD students for this clinic are:

Having successfully completed or will be taking the following classes concurrently with the clinic:

• Evidence
• Professional Responsibility

Community Immigration Law Placement Clinic

Community Immigration Law Placement Clinic materials

Only offered in the Spring semester. Open to JD students only. 4-6 units (pass/fail)

Requirements for this clinic are:

• Be available for a 3-hour pre-semester training.
• Attend weekly 2.25-hour class sessions

Preferences for this clinic are:

• Having successfully completed, or will be taking concurrently with the clinic: Professional Responsibility and an immigration law overview class.
• Speaks Spanish.

Criminal Defense Clinic (State track)

Work with various indigent defense agencies in Pima County, directly representing indigent clients.

Criminal Defense (State track) Clinic materials 

Only open to JD students. 3-4 units (pass/fail).

Requirements for this clinic are:

• Having successfully completed or will be taking concurrently with the clinic: Evidence and Professional Responsibility.
• Abide by various county and office policies. Note: This is a hybrid clinic, housed within Pima County Defense Services, thus students are also unpaid, temporary employees of Pima County.
• Interest in criminal justice.

Criminal Defense Clinic (Federal track)

Criminal Defense (Federal track) Clinic materials 

Only offered in the Spring semester. Only open to JD students. 3-4 units (pass/fail).

Requirements for this clinic are:

• Must comply with all requirements set forth in District of Arizona Local Rule 83.4.
• Must have successfully completed at least 3 semesters of legal studies, per LR 83.4.
• Having successfully completed or will be taking concurrently with the clinic: Evidence, Professional Responsibility, and Criminal Procedure.

Criminal Prosecution (Intensive) Clinic 

Only open to JD students. This is a full-year clinic. Clinic is not currently active.

Requirements for this clinic are:

• Can pass a criminal background check and sign a confidentiality agreement.
• Having successfully completed or will be taking the following classes concurrently with the clinic: Evidence and Professional Responsibility.

Criminal Prosecution Clinic

Serve as a Certified Limited Practice Student focusing on prosecution, in one of the prosecutorial offices in the Tucson area, or with permission of director, in other cities during the summer. 

Criminal Prosecution Clinic materials

Only open to JD students. 4 units, 1st semester. 3 units, thereafter (pass/fail)

Requirements for this clinic are:
Having successfully completed or will be taking the following classes concurrently with the clinic:

• Evidence
• Professional Responsibility

Education Advocacy Law Clinic 

Provides education advocacy services to students in Tucson public schools! Clinic students across the JD, MLS and BA in Law programs work together to provide legal representation and information to families navigating school discipline and special education issues.

Education Advocacy Law Clinic materials

Open to JD, MLS and BA in Law students. 3 units (graded).Not open to online students. Must be able to attend in-person weekly class and client meetings.

Requirements for JD students for this clinic are:
Having successfully completed or will be taking the following classes concurrently with the clinic:

• Evidence
• Professional Responsibility

Gender Justice Workshop

Provides an experiential learning opportunity for students to engage with contemporary issues in gender equality and women’s right’s law by conducting research and systemic change projects.

Gender Justice Workshop materials 

Open to JD, MLS and BA in Law students. 4 units (graded) for JD and MLS. 3 units (graded) for BA. Online students will be considered for acceptance.

Immigration Law Clinic

Provides legal assistance to immigrants from countries all around the world.

Immigration Law Clinic materials 

Only offered in the Fall semester. Open to JD students only. 5-6 units (graded).

Requirements for this clinic are:

• Being available 2 weekdays before the 1st day of classes to attend all-day trainings. For example, if law school classes begin on a Monday, then the trainings will be held on the Thursday and Friday before classes begin.
• Weekly 3 hour in person class session.

Preferences for this clinic are:

• Having successfully completed, or will be taking concurrently with the clinic: Professional Responsibility and an immigration law overview class.
• Speaks Spanish.

Innocence Project

Dedicated to freeing people who are in prison for crimes they did not commit, training law students, and reforming the justice system to prevent future wrongful convictions.

Innocence Project materials 

Only open to JD students. 3-4 units (graded).

Requirements for this clinic are:
Having successfully completed or will be taking the following classes concurrently with the clinic:

• Evidence
• Professional Responsibility

Please note that the Innocence Project is a full-year clinic. Applications will be accepted in Spring for the following academic year.

Innovation for Justice 

The Innovation for Justice (i4J) program exposes students to the justice gap, engages students in thinking critically about the power of technology and innovation to close that gap, and empowers students to be disruptive problem-solvers in the changing world of legal services. 

Innovation for Justice website 

Innovation for Justice application

Intellectual Property Clinic

Counsel startup and ongoing businesses on securing, maintaining, and protecting their intellectual property rights, including rights in patents, trade secrets, trademarks and copyrights. 

Intellectual Property Clinic materials 

Only open to JD students. 2-4 units (graded).

The number of 1st choice applicants for this clinic typically exceeds the available clinic capacity. Your chances of being accepted will be higher if you have completed and/or are enrolled in two or more of the four IP core courses (Trademark, Patent, or Copyright Law and the IP Survey) and/or any additional IP-related courses at the time you apply to this Clinic.

International Human Rights Advocacy Workshop

Participate in cases and advocacy projects focusing on petitions and initiatives with substantial international human rights dimensions involving Indigenous peoples. Click here to learn more about the International Human Rights Advocacy Workshop's support for the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples. 

International Human Rights Advocacy Workshop materials

Open to JD, MLS, LLM, AJD and SJD students. 2-4 units (graded).

Preferences for this clinic are:

• Having successfully completed or will be taking concurrently with the clinic: International Human Rights Law, International Human Rights & Indigenous Peoples Law, Public International Law, and/or Comparative Indigenous Law.

Please note that the International Human Rights Advocacy Workshop is a full-year clinic. Applications will be accepted in Spring for the following academic year.

Judicial Externships

Work and interact with judges and their staff in chambers. Gain insight into the legal system, develop legal skills and professional behavior, and demonstrate your ability to work with a supervisor and demonstrate self-direction.

Judicial Externship materials 

Juvenile Facilitation and Advocacy Clinic

The Juvenile Facilitation & Advocacy Clinic will provide students with the opportunity to learn mediation and advocacy skills in the classroom, then practice those skills in the real world by facilitating Pre-Hearing Conferences at Pima County Juvenile Court. During seminar, students will learn about the Juvenile Court process, developing facilitation, mediation, and advocacy skills along the way. In the “real world” component of the clinic, students will receive training from court staff and work their way from observing to facilitating Pre-Hearing Conferences in Dependency cases.

Open to BA in Law and MLS students. 3 units (graded). Not open to online students. 

Requirements for this clinic are: 

• Availability to participate in pre-hearing conferences.
• Must be able to attend in-person weekly class.

Preferences for this clinic include:

• Students who have taken LAW 424/524 Dependency Law and/or are interested in the Juvenile Law LP Practice Area.
• Students who have an interest in Alternative Dispute Resolution.

Natural Resource Use and Management Clinic

The Natural Resource Use and Management Clinic engages students with the people, organizations, and agencies whose work is tied to the management and conservation of land, water and associated natural resources.  Students will generally focus on transactional projects that emphasize collaboration across stakeholders and public agencies. Students interested in water law may also represent small water rights holders within Arizona’s general stream adjudications. Please contact Professor John Barrett at barrettj@arizona.edu.

Natural Resource Use Management Clinic materials

Open to JD and MLS students. 3 units (graded). Students may take the clinic for 2 or 4 units with advance permission from the Professor. Not open to online students.

Requirements for this clinic:

• Students’ schedules must be able to accommodate travel throughout southern Arizona.

• Students must have completed or be concurrently enrolled in both evidence and professional responsibility in order to work directly with clients. This requirement does not apply to MLS students. 

Preferences for this clinic include:

• Students willing to commit to two consecutive semesters are given enrollment preference.

• Having successfully completed or be concurrently enrolled in classes related to real estate, public lands, administrative or water law may be helpful. 

Rio Yaqui Human Rights Project

Actively assist the director as counsel to the Traditional Authorities of the Rio Yaqui Pueblos for their Inter-American Commission on Human Rights petition and related efforts to protect and support Yaqui traditional lands, water rights, community public health and economic development.

Rio Yaqui Human Rights Project materials

Open to JD, LLM, MLS, AJD and SJD students. 2-6 graded units.

Requirements for this clinic are: 

• Check in with Prof. Hopkins prior to or during enrollment.

Tribal Justice Clinic

Serve tribes throughout the Southwest, North America and the world as a tribal judicial clerk, write amicus briefs, develop legal strategies and work beside criminal defenders and tribal prosecutors in courtroom settings.

Tribal Justice Clinic materials

Open to JD, LLM, AJD and SJD students. MLS students can email the Clinic Director directly to discuss potential options. 2-6 units (graded).

Requirements for this clinic are: 

• Enrolling in the clinic over the course of the academic year (both fall and spring semesters).

Preferences for this clinic are:

• Having successfully completed or will be taking concurrently with the clinic: Federal Indian Law.

Please note that the Tribal Justice Clinic is a full-year clinic. Applications will be accepted in Spring for the following academic year.

Veterans Advocacy Law Clinic

Assist current and former military service members and their families with legal issues, including representing these individuals before local Veterans Treatment Courts and on administrative cases. You will also work on policy issues relating to military service.

Veterans Advocacy Law Clinic materials 

Open to JD and MLS students. (4 graded units first semester, 2-4 units thereafter)

Requirements for JD students for this clinic are: 

• Having successfully completed or will be taking the following classes concurrently with the clinic:

- Evidence
- Professional Responsibility

• Participate in one of 3 veteran court sessions that occur every other Tuesday (1-5 p.m.) and Wednesday (8:15 a.m.-12 p.m. or 1-5 p.m.).  Students also have to attend regular meetings relating to their clients in Veterans Court. These meetings are attended by the judge, prosecutors, the VA, and other community service providers. Vet court meetings typically occur on Monday, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.