Building a Unified Clinical Program

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Session Type: Concurrent Sessions

Session Capacity: N/A

Location: Marriott St. Louis Grand

Room: Majestic C

Floor: Second Floor, Conference Plaza

The goal of this session will be to help smaller institutions with more limited clinical histories and fewer resources to develop and grow a strong program. Participants will learn to critically assess their overall clinical programs from the perspective of faculty and student recruitment and retention, filling a community need, and administrative support. We will begin with a brief description of Mercer Law’s clinical program history, including challenges and successes that have led to the recent addition of several new clinics and the revitalization of existing programs. We will then discuss ways in which we have begun to build community, including collaborating across clinics, developing shared workspace for students, and advertising opportunities to prospective students. Next, we will discuss future initiatives we hope to implement across clinics at Mercer Law. This portion of the session will be interactive, and we will ask participants to share their experiences establishing streamlined clinical programs.