7 Clinics IN-HOUSE LAW FIRMS
Villanova Law Clinic students earn credit while representing real clients with critical legal issues under the direct supervision of a full-time faculty member. As the primary advocates for their clients, students interview and counsel, negotiate agreements, structure deals, draft legal documents and argue in court. As a Clinic student, you will develop the skills to become an effective lawyer while serving the community and changing lives.
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Clinic for Law and Entrepreneurship
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Federal Tax Clinic
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Clinic for Asylum, Refugee and Emigrant Services (CARES)
Assist startups and entrepreneurs with business-related, transactional legal matters.
Advocate for low-income taxpayers in their disputes before the IRS and in Federal Courts.
Represent refugees who have fled human rights abuses in their home countries to seek religious or political asylum in the USA.
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Farmworker Legal Aid Clinic Provide legal representation to agricultural families in employment, immigration and child protection. The only program of its kind in the country.
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Interdisciplinary Mental and Physical Health Law Clinic Assert low-income clients’ rights within the legal and health care systems, working in collaboration with Villanova’s graduate nursing students.
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Civil Justice Clinic Litigate in courts and administrative agencies in multiple areas of law, including family, housing, consumer, employment and disability, on behalf of low-income clients.
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Advanced Advocacy Clinic After completing a semester in a clinic, students may expand their practice experience by working on complex matters with any of the clinic faculty.
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