The Rutgers Civil Practice Clinic is both a law school course and a law office staffed by students. The Civil Practice Clinic involves both client representation and a seminar component.
Students provide representation in civil cases under the supervision of an attorney.
Working with a student partner, you will undertake all the steps necessary to representation, including interviewing clients, making strategic decisions, drafting documents and briefs, conducting negotiations and making all court appearances. The seminar focuses on the skills necessary to your client representation, the ethical issues that arise in the cases, and your role as attorney and counselor. The best source of information about the Clinic is the students themselves. But after spending the summer working on actual cases, she felt like a good legal intern. As a good student, I learned the theory of law and, more importantly, how to take law school exams.