This presentation, titled with a nod to Jerome Frank’s influential 1933 article "Why Not a Clinical Lawyer-School?" will describe the panelists’ unique experiences designing and teaching 1L clinics. A student’s clinical experiences are often transformative. When students can take clinics in their first year, the experience can have a particularly meaningful impact on the trajectory of their legal education and career. Currently, at most law schools, credited clinical courses are only available to upper-class students. However, our experiences at Yale, Michigan, Cornell, and Berkeley demonstrate that clinicians can involve 1L students in clinics, launching them into applied legal education earlier and better equipping them for their first summer positions (and far beyond). This panel will provide an overview of opportunities for 1Ls to enroll in clinical courses at the panelists' law schools and more broadly. Panelists will discuss different models for 1L inclusion in clinics, including structures we have tried and their benefits and challenges. Participants will leave with an understanding of how they might consider incorporating 1Ls into their clinics or starting a clinic especially for 1Ls, along with best practices for teaching in a 1L clinic.