The clinic fulfills the Trial Requirement if the student is eligible to appear in court under New Jersey Court Rules. The Homelessness Law Clinic provides students with an opportunity to develop fundamental lawyering skills and values under the guidance of clinical faculty. The clinic represents clients in a range of housing complaints and defenses with an emphasis on housing discrimination cases and suits challenging rental housing conditions. Students appear in Superior Court and United States District Court.
Seminars emphasize skills learned in practice as well as substantive housing law.
The clinic is open to students who have completed 54 credits. The course is letter-graded for both the clinical and class components.