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The Clinic’s new faculty director, Dave Rapallo, and supervising attorneys Courtney French and Jessica Killin have more than 50 years combined of legislative experience.<\/p>\n

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Students and staff in the the Chairman Elijah E. Cummings hearing room<\/p><\/div>\n

Orientation sessions included deep dives into the \u201cart\u201d of legislative lawyering, the work of coalitions in\u00a0legislative advocacy campaigns, clinical pedagogy, and congressional procedure.\u00a0 Students also broke up their week by spending several hours one afternoon competing against each other in an \u201cAmazing Race\u201d style scavenger hunt\u2014solving clues and identifying key locations and officials in the House, Senate, and beyond. (One Senate chief of staff involved with the activity reported that she overheard a student saying it was worth the price of tuition!)<\/p>\n

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Students Alyson Raphael, Eliza Lawless, and Myles Young in front of the Mountains and Clouds sculpture in the Hart Senate Office Building<\/p><\/div>\n

The students capped off their orientation week by meeting their new legislative clients, the Alliance to End Hunger and the Project on Government Oversight, and jumping right into their first legislative lawyering responsibilities.\u00a0 Congress is back in session now with an aggressive legislative agenda, and multiple committees have scheduled markups on legislation critical to the Clinic\u2019s clients.<\/p>\n

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Students Jahi Beal, Taylor Andelman, and Blayne Soleymani-Pearson outside the Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing Room<\/p><\/div>\n

One of the goals of the Clinic this semester is to maximize first-hand experiences for students while being mindful of the ongoing pandemic and current safety precautions.\u00a0 Additional trips are already being planned to meet with the House Rules Committee, White House officials, and agency personnel, and students will have the opportunity to hear from experts and guest speakers who will \u201czoom in\u201d to relay their insider takes on historic negotiations currently happening on the nation\u2019s top legislative priorities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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