Your employer should expect this and should not object provided you reach an understanding with him or her in advance. The student has the option to write a research paper in conjunction with his or her work in the Advocacy Clinic. The Clinic tailors its case selection process so that students are more likely to follow cases from the initial interview to the final disposition. Our goal is to have you assume full responsibility for your cases. The faculty strive to ensure adversarial hearings for all students.
Some hearings occur in administrative settings as opposed to the courtroom.
The Advocacy Clinic is open only to third year students. Third year students enrolled in Clinic are licensed to practice law by the Tennessee Supreme Court. Second year students could not be licensed and would not be able to represent clients.