The Chair also includes funds to support curriculum development, an Eminent Speakers Programme, a Special Library Collection housed in the Killam Library, and postgraduate scholarships, two of which may be awarded annually to Black Canad ian students. Dalhousie Law School has an active clinical law programme, Dalhousie Legal Aid Service . Students, lawyers and paralegals conduct cases for individual clients and also work in areas of community development, preventive law and law reform, all under the supervisi on of staff lawyers and faculty members. The Clinic also acts as a teaching centre for third-year students. The law school offers another type of clinical experience, dealing solely with criminal law, in which, to complement special classes and seminars, students are assigned to either a judge, a Crown Counsel, or a defence lawyer, to observe and participate in criminal law work.
Students receive academic credit for both clinical programmes.
The Law School, in conjunction with several other faculties, offers four combined degree programmes. Students intending to make application to any of the combined programmes should inquire directly to the Registrar's Office, Dalhousie University. Students are able to participate in several mooting programmes. All second and third year students are required to participate in Moot Court, second year students as counsel, and third y ear students as judges. The best second year counsel compete in their third year for the Smith Shield, a prestigious Dalhousie award.