College of Law
1000 E. University Ave., Dept. 3035
Laramie, WY 82071
Phone: 307-766-6416
Fax: 307-766-6417
Email: lawadmis@uwyo.edu
The Civil Legal Services Clinic is a civil justice clinic representing low-income residents of Wyoming. It is the College of Law’s oldest clinic and has served the dual function of offering students a civil litigation education while supporting Wyoming’s most vulnerable residents for over 30 years.
The Civil clinic’s goal is to prepare students for thoughtful and productive poverty law practice, with the broader mission to support under-resourced communities with historic difficulty in accessing services.
Currently, the Civil clinic focuses on housing and public benefits advocacy, and specifically, housing discrimination, housing conditions, federally subsidized housing, and public benefits denial appeals. Students may have an opportunity to work within one or all of these areas of practice depending on caseload and community need.
Civil clinic student-attorneys work in teams of two or three to manage a docket of active direct representation civil cases and community education-oriented projects and presentations. Students enrolled in the Civil clinic will develop the ability to work in collaboration with their teammates while maintaining substantial responsibility over all aspects of their caseloads. Students can expect to engage in professional identity formation and to gain significant experience interfacing with clients, adverse parties, and court personnel; drafting pleadings and persuasive correspondence; and speaking about their cases and relevant legal issues in a variety of fora, including the clinic’s seminar class, in court, and with stakeholders and community members.
* All clinics are subject to change in terms of content, caseload, and specific course focus in any given year.
College of Law
1000 E. University Ave., Dept. 3035
Laramie, WY 82071
Phone: 307-766-6416
Fax: 307-766-6417
Email: lawadmis@uwyo.edu
