Also, the cost to the Law School is far less than if the salary of the clinical professor were paid for with law school funds. Their employment contract requires them to supervise students, teach in the clinic classroom components, and participate in the life of the law school. Unlike traditional tenure track appointees, they are not expected to engage in traditional scholarship. Therefore, they are freer to develop their artistry as lawyers and teachers and offer students more of their time. The fee-generating model offers other educational benefits as well.
Students receive practice experience in fields other than poverty law.
Our fee-generating clinical teachers practice in the areas of employment discrimination , civil rights litigation , general civil litigation , social security disability , medicare eligibility , criminal defense litigation in both the state and federal courts, representing dot com start up companies . In most areas of practice, fees themselves are an important aspect of the experience. Thus, our fee-generating model confers an additional educational benefit. Our clinical faculty have the same fee concerns as do lawyers in private practice. They must make economically sound case selection decisions, they must consider economic factors in evaluating their cases for disposition, and they must manage their cases efficiently.