The Workers Rights Clinic, a collaboration between law schools at Seattle University and UW, helps workers understand their rights.
SEATTLE — Inside the Workers Rights Clinic housed inside Seattle University (SU), law school students from SU and the University of Washington (UW) work with professors to take calls from clients across the state who are facing potential legal problems at work.
"[The cases] predominantly [involve] wage theft," said Elizabeth Ford, a Distinguished Practitioner in Residence who administers the clinic. "Any variety of not getting paid at all, not getting paid minimum wage, overtime. We are seeing a lot of paid sick leave claims this year, especially retaliation. They often don't have only one issue, so one of the things we talk about in the clinic is making sure you've asked the right questions."
Ford says the clinic functions as a law school course for upper-level students at Seattle University and the University of Washington who are planning to pursue employment law or who are generally interested in the subject. Ford says students typically meet weekly with low-wage workers and help them through their cases.
Students reach out to workers and identify what their goals are, any legal issues at hand and what rights workers may have in the situations they are facing, Ford said. Then, students do background research, reach out to the worker again and go through what their rights are.
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