University of Wisconsin Law School - Clinical Programs

Clinical Programs

The law school places a great emphasis on its clinical programs, as part of its law-in-action curriculum. The most well-known clinic is the Frank J. Remington Center, named after the late UW law professor Frank J. Remington. The Center runs a variety of programs focused on the practice of criminal law. The largest program in the Center is the Legal Assistance to Institutionalized Persons (LAIP) Project, which provides legal services to inmates incarcerated in Wisconsin. The Center also runs clinics focused on family law, criminal defense, criminal prosecution, criminal appeals, community oriented policing, and a well-respected Innocence Project, which has had success in reversing the judgments against defendants who were wrongfully convicted. The law school also runs a group of clinics focusing on civil law called the Economic Justice Institute. This clinical trio includes the Neighborhood Law Project, which serves underrepresented clients in landlord/tenant, workers' rights, and public benefit disputes; the Family Court Assistance Project; and the Consumer Law Clinic. Finally, the Center for Patient Partnerships is an interdisciplinary patient advocacy clinical housed in the Law School where students of law, medicine, nursing, social work, pharmacy, public policy etc. serve as advocates for people with life threatening illnesses as they negotiate the health care system.