Criminal defense, like other social justice practice areas, has increasingly faced the mandate to “do more with less.” This panel will explore criminal defense clinics across the United States as case studies in how to identify and leverage untapped resources. One method of reexamining the role of lawyers and the responsibilities of clinical teachers in society is to ask ourselves: What are the existing features of our communities and universities that we can reframe as resources for our students and clients? This session will enable attendees to -Identify aspects of our university settings that may hold unrealized value for our work. For example: empty summer classrooms, undergraduate student volunteers, institutional prestige, teaching technology, colleagues in other departments and at other institutions who can collaborate on cases. -Recognize opportunities to connect our students to the community of local practitioners beyond collaboration on clinical work. -Apply case study examples from Stanford, University of San Francisco, University of Chicago, and Duke University as a framework to brainstorm untapped potential of participants’ home institution and community.