Public Interest at Capital Law School
2006 Public Interest Law Fellows (left to right): Lindsey Hutchinson, L’08 (National Center for Adoption Law & Policy); Rachel Youngpeter, L’07 (Allen County Ohio Prosecutor’s Office); and Elizabeth Laich, L’07 (Center for Patient Partnerships at the University of Wisconsin Law School).
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Public Interest Center
Located across from the Career
Services Office, the center serves as the AmeriCorps
Legal Fellow's office, houses a variety of public interest career resources,
and offers meeting space for pro bono
and public service initiatives at the law school.
Public Interest & Government
Law Association (Pi-Gov)
For students interested in exploring
public and government law careers and projects, the Public Interest &
Government Law Association is a great student organization to join.
Pi-Gov offers community service projects, programs, and sponsors the Silent
Auction which raises money for the Public Interest Summer Stipend Fellowship.
[more]
Loan Repayment Assistance Program
(LRAP)
Capital University Law School recognizes
the challenge to graduates with large law school debt who wish to serve
the public. As the cost of law school continuously and significantly
increases, the salaries of public interest and public sector jobs remains
the same. Recognizing our graduates' commitment to public service, Capital
University Law School created the loan repayment assistance program (LRAP)
to support those alumni. [more]
Pro Bono Recognition Program
The Pro Bono Recognition Program
seeks to encourage public service by law students by recognizing their
successful completion of 50 hours of pro bono work with an approved legal
services placement. It's a great way to get legal experience and
to assist the legal community. [more]
Externship Program
After spending hours in the
classroom learning legal principles, students are often anxious to put
their theoretical knowledge to use. The Capital University Law School
Externship program offers students a taste of what it might be like to
practice law. Opportunities exist with government and non-profit employers.
[more]
Legal Clinic
Capital was one
of the first law schools in the country to establish a legal clinic for
indigent clients. Today, the clinic is the setting for a variety
of programs--including general, civil, criminal, appellate advocacy, and
family law--enabling advanced students to experience the true-to-life
excitement and challenge of legal practice. [more]
Learn
more about the Legal Clinic experience by watching the video.
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