The Lewis and Clark Legal Clinic represents low income individuals experiencing a variety of civil and administrative law problems. Clients' incomes must fall within the federal poverty income guidelines. The Clinic is the teaching clinic of Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College.
Law students work on cases under the close supervision of attorneys.
The Clinic is staffed by 4 full-time attorneys who are clinical professors at the Law School. The Clinic accepts only those cases the clinical professors believe will provide an appropriate learning experience for the students. Under the supervision of the clinical professors, law students represent clients in court and in administrative proceedings as allowed by Oregon law. All client appointments are made in advance, and the Clinic does not accept walk-in clients. As a general rule, the Clinic stops client interviews approximately two weeks before the end of each semester.