Law clinic

==Machine's exhaust chokes us all.==
The saga of the Pitt Law clinic is one small but significant example of how the machine works in our landscape. As the machine politics chugs along in our region, it not only runs over people but strong threats are dished about and backlashes are part of the game, sadly.
Naysayers have been ignored, discounted and ostracized by the current administration. Those that made and wore the Murph-Zilla buttons in the early 1990s account for some of the 50,000 who have fled the city in the past years. 
===Their way includes smack downs. ===
* PG coverage of Pitt's Environmental Law Clinic
::The decision to maintain the clinic within Pitt's law school wasn't risk-free. It was the best option academically and professionally for the school and its students.
::"At some point the institution has to stand on its principles," Herring said. "My hope is that the legislators will understand the principles of university; both academic freedom and the principles of the legal profession. In terms of those principles, this becomes a reasonable risk."
* Mark N of Pitt shoves off Law Clinic
* Pitt Law School's sub groups
=== Ending bitter backlash practices. ===
* With respect for dissent we can welcome critics and alternative ways of thinking. The tone shift needed for City Hall gets to the roots of the campaign and its promise. Our style of leadership will not punish our loyal opposition.
* The insitution of city government will stand on principles.
== Other Law Schools Too?==
Where are the other law schools in the region? Where are they in terms of advocate and volunteer matters?
The city can use some legal clinic to help in terms of public domain efforts and I.P. (intellectual property).