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Hall of States

Two blocks from the Law Center, the Hall of States houses several clients of the policy clinic.
Our services center on strategy, the art of getting results.

 
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Policy lawyers support the actors who shape and make public policy.  Some of our clients are nonprofit coalitions that promote policy change at various levels – local, state, federal and international.  Most of our clients are decision-makers, primarily at the state level, including legislators, attorneys general, regulatory agencies, and their national associations.  Several of our clients are housed in the Hall of States, a virtual nerve center for the federal system, which is located just two blocks from the Law Center.

Focus on federalism

State governments represent local needs; they spend federal money; they regulate most services; they link local and global interests.  They are big enough to affect national policy, yet they are flexible enough to adapt and experiment with policies that often paralyze Congress and federal agencies.   Regardless of party or issue or geography, our clients are passionate about using and preserving the role of states as laboratories of democracy.  We therefore focus on state innovation as a catalyst for national policy, and increasingly, on federalism as a model for international relations and standard setting.

Range of services

Our services center on strategy, the art of getting results.  The services most frequently requested by our clients include:

  • Manage a strategic planning process
  • Analyze limits on or threats to state lawmaking authority
  • Analyze policy options including the interaction of local, state, federal and international law
  • Draft policy proposals including model legislation, agency rules and policies of national associations
  • Organize public hearings and present testimony
  • Prepare policy briefs and web pages for public education
  • Train community leaders and build capacity of their institutions
  • Create the legal structure for an association or network
  • Make presentations to conferences

Revised August 25, 2006 (RS)