Most people will need some sort of legal support at least once in their lifetime, but knowing where to get it — and having it be affordable — is a barrier to many.
Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law has 10 free or low-cost on-campus clinics that serve the community — and in many cases the state’s most vulnerable populations.
"Our students help inventors get patents, provide small businesses with legal startup services, write wills for the members of the Native American community, protect people’s First Amendment rights and work on claims of wrongful convictions, just to name a few," said Art Hinshaw, associate dean for experiential learning at ASU Law. "Across our clinics, students give thousands of hours of quality legal services to the community at little or no cost."
In the 2023–24 academic year alone, the clinics served more than 400 clients, and clinical program students logged more than 2,000 hours of work, with roughly one-third to half of those hours spent providing direct services to individuals or organizations.
The Civil Litigation Clinic was the first one to open at the law school in the late 1960s, and services have expanded to include everything from an Immigration Clinic to a Prosecution Clinic.
Here's a closer look at some of them.
The Civil Litigation Clinic helps low-income individuals who might have nowhere else to turn when faced with legal problems. Whether they are grappling with consumer fraud, employment discrimination,...
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