est opportunities that are often
overlooked. However, Ms. Knapp
highly encourages students to re-
view the Georgia Bar Associations’
PIIP. This program offers a stipend
of $5,000 to students who obtain
summer opportunities at public
interest legal organizations.
Additionally, many students dis-
count school clinic programs dur-
ing the summer. In-house clinics
are a great opportunity for stu-
dents wanting to take summer
classes without sacrificing expe-
riential learning. Emory Univer-
sity School of Law offers multiple
clinics spanning various practice
areas. The Barton Clinics focus on
advocacy for children and juve-
niles in both the public policy and
courtroom arenas. Those clinics
include: The Barton Child Law
Public Policy and Legislative Clin-
ic, the Barton Juvenile Defender
Clinic, and the Barton Appeal for
Youth Clinic. Their International
Humanitarian Law Clinic works
directly with organizations around
the world to promote the law of
armed conflict, enhance protec-
tions during wartime, and ensure
accountability for atrocities. The
Turner Environmental Law Clinic
provides pro bono legal represen-
tation to individuals, community
groups, and nonprofit organiza-
tions that seek to protect and re-
store the natural environment for
the benefit of the public.
Of particular note is Emory’s Vol-
unteer Clinic for Veterans, which
is a not-for-credit, meaning stu-
dents do not get academic credit
for participating, organization that
provides pro bono assistance to
those who have served our coun-
try with the legal issues that they
face, including claims for service-
connected disability. Practicing
attorneys can also volunteer their
time to the Veteran Clinic, which
greatly enhances the learning en-
vironment for students. (If this is
something you would be inter-
ested in, a volunteer form can be
accessed here).
Georgia State University College
of Law offers a robust variety of
Clinics as well, including three
in-house and three off-site pro-
grams. The in-house clinics are
comprised of the HeLP (Health
Law Partnership) Legal Services
Clinic, Investor Advocacy Clinic,
and the Philip C. Cook Low In-
come Taxpayer Clinic. The HeLP
Clinic started in 2007 as a col-
laboration among Georgia State
University College of Law, Chil-
dren’s Healthcare of Atlanta and
Atlanta Legal Aid Society, as well
as Morehouse School of Medicine
and Emory University School of
Medicine. The HeLP Clinic has
taught more than 270 students in
an interdisciplinary environment
who have recovered more than
$1.2 million in benefits for clients,
in cases that include supplemental
security income benefits, Med-
icaid, consumer issues, housing,
education and insurance. The
Investor Advocacy Clinic allows
student interns to represent and
counsel small investors who are
victims of broker misconduct and
cannot afford or find private legal
representation because of the size
of their claims. Georgia State Law’s
Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic is a
nationally recognized component
of the college’s lawyer skills train-
ing program. It provides federal
tax controversy resolution services
to low-income taxpayers residing
throughout the State of Georgia
and just celebrated its 25th anni-
versary on March 5, 2018.
Georgia State’s Off-Site experi-
ential programs consist of the
Capital Defender Clinic, Landlord-
Tenant Mediation Clinic, and the
Olmstead Disability Rights Clinic.
“In-house clinics are a great
opportunity for students wanting
to take summer classes without
sacrificing experiential
learning.”
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