The clinics provide service to communities in need of legal assistance and seek to improve the quality of, and access to, legal systems that affect communities in need. Under the Nevada Supreme Court Law Student Practice Rule, students in the clinical programs may represent children in delinquency and child welfare proceedings in the Juvenile Court of Clark County and other state and federal courts, if necessary. Clinic students are expected to take the lead in a real case and are responsible for developing the attorney-client relationship and litigation strategy and conducting fact investigation, legal research, and trial work. Students are supervised by clinical professors devoted full time to clinical teaching.
Enrollment is limited to eight students in each clinic.
Bridging the gap between law practice and law school education is an important goal of the Boyd School of Law. In addition to excellent Clinical and Community Service Programs, the school is committed to expanding its experiential-based academic offerings through its expanding externship programs.