Below is a brief description of each clinic's practice area.   For more information on a particular clinic, click on the clinic's name.

Appellate Litigation Clinic
Litigates civil and criminal appeals in the United States Supreme Court, the federal circuit courts, the United States Court of Military Appeals, and the Board of Immigration Appeals.

Center for Applied Legal Studies
Represents refugees seeking political asylum in the United States because of threatened persecution in their home countries.

Criminal Justice Clinic
Provides representation to indigent criminal defendants in both jury and non-jury trials in the District of Columbia Superior Court.

D.C. Law Students in Court
Represents clients in the Civil Division of the D.C. Superior Court, most frequently in the Landlord and Tenant and Small Claims branches. (This clinic is a separate non-profit organization that provides clinical education opportunities to students from five D.C. law schools.)

D.C. Street Law Program
Teaches D.C. high school students and adult learners law-related subjects, such as criminal, consumer, family, housing, and individual rights law.

Domestic Violence Clinic
Represents victims of domestic violence in D.C. Superior Court, bringing actions to obtain injunctive relief in the form of civil protection orders.

Federal Legislation Clinic
Provides a comprehensive education regarding the federal legislative process, with students researching bills, developing solutions for dealing with substantive problems, and drafting proposed statutory language and report language.

Harrison Institute for Public Law Housing and Community Development Clinic
Represents resident groups and non-profit developers of housing, business, and community-based services such as child and health care.

Harrison Institute for Public Law Policy Clinic
Develops model legislation and analyzes the role of the non-profit sector, the role of the states within the federal system, and the status of domestic law under international institutions in the areas of community health, and democracy and trade.

Institute for Public Representation
Represents under-served groups and individuals in three major areas: environmental protection, communications law and policy, and civil rights and general public interest matters.

International Women's Human Rights Clinic
Works to promote the legal status of women around the world, focusing particularly on ending practices such as sexual harassment, domestic violence, polygamy, and female genital mutilation.

Juvenile Justice Clinic
Represents children who are accused of committing misdemeanors and felonies; also features an in-depth examination of the legal rights of juveniles in a variety of court experiences.