Summary
It is the best of times and the worst of times for clinical legal education. Almost every law school in the country has at least one clinic, each giving students the opportunity to use the law they learn in the classroom to help actual clients who could otherwise not afford representation.
"Clinics, from when they started, have gained a great deal of legitimacy," said Robert Rubinson, director of clinical education at the University of Baltimore School of Law. "The future favors the continued growth of clinical legal education."See the full content of this document
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Making the Case for Legal Clinics in Md.
But more and more clinics are coming under increasing attack for their work by businesses and governments. Controversies have erupted across the country pitting law schools against legislators or business interests, including the Maryland General Assembly's funding standoff against the University of Maryland School of Law's environmental law clinic.
Robert R. Kuehn, who has studied the history of clinic attacks, said he does not know any time in the last 40 years where so many instances have occurred simultaneously. And their ...See the full content of this document
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