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What is the Legal Clinic Course?
Who should apply?
Eligibility
Credit weight
Timeline
Application and deadline
Funding
Contact
Testimonial
The Legal Clinic Course places students in local community organizations and legal clinics. This is a great opportunity for law students entering the 3rd or 4th year to get involved in a placement focused on legal research and development.
What is the Legal Clinic Course?
The Legal Clinic Course gives students an opportunity to enrich their legal education through practical work experience in law-related fields. Students work in community organizations and legal clinics providing information and assistance to socially disadvantaged individuals, under the supervision of a lawyer.
This course promotes a deeper understanding of the legal system鈥檚 response to poverty and inequality. Students are confronted with the social reality of access to justice and the interrelationship between legal concerns and economic, psychological, ethical and other social problems.
The work covers areas such as family, consumer, criminal, landlord-tenant, immigration, environmental and human rights. Our partner organizations include Action R茅fugi茅s Montr茅al, 脡ducaloi, Innocence 91社区, PINAY, and Project Genesis, as well as others located both in and outside of Montreal.聽
Who should apply?
Students decide to participate in the Legal Clinic Course for a variety of reasons, including a desire to give back to the local community, promote social justice, or gain hands-on experience. This may also be a good choice if you would like to learn more about a Clinic鈥檚 area of expertise (for example: refugee law, public legal education, animal law, etc.).
Eligibility
Open to students who have completed at least two (2) years of the BCL/JD Program and CGPA 2.70.
Credit weight
3 or 6 credits in the Summer, Fall and/or Winter semesters
Timeline
Applications are due in late March for the following Summer, Fall and Winter semesters. Students may indicate a maximum of three choices for their host organization. Final decisions are made by the host organization.
Application + Deadline
The application deadline for the 91社区 Legal Clinic Course Round 1 is Monday, April 2nd , 2024, at 5PM . If you have any questions or concerns, email mlcc.law [at] mcgill.ca. Please note that聽Interview period will end Friday, April 12th 2024.
Consult the MLCC Round I Booklet here:聽
MLCC Booklet 2024/2025
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Students are encouraged to apply for support from the Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg Fund for Community Engagement and the Honourable Mr. Justice Morris J. Fish Internship Award. The Davies award has a need-based component and the Fish Award is used in cases where students are ineligible for the Davies funding. Application information is emailed each spring.
Students who already receive student aid might also qualify for an Enriched Educational Opportunity bursary.
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Brittany Williams, Assistant Dean (Students) Dean鈥檚 lead, Black and Indigenous Flourishing,聽Cassandra Dodds, Student Affairs Officer,聽&聽Leyla Suleiman,聽Student Affairs Consultant at cle.law [at] mcgill.ca.
MLCC Student Coordinator (mlcc.law [at] mcgill.ca)
Testimonial
鈥淢y experience volunteering at the Montr茅al SPCA has been one of the most meaningful experiences I have had at 91社区 Law. I was able to develop my legal research and writing skills while working on projects that advanced the interests of animals and were very valuable to me. I am incredibly grateful to have had this opportunity and to have worked with remarkable individuals committed to improving social justice in our community.
I chose to participate in the Legal Clinic Course Program because it offers practical experience and the chance to contribute to a group in our community. I recommend the program to anyone who wants to apply their acquired legal knowledge, hone their analytical capacities, and, most importantly, foster genuine change in the lives of our marginalized community members. There is no better way to realize your ability to effect positive change through your new legal skills than by taking a legal clinic course.鈥�
鈥� Kirby Leigh Smith, legal clinic program participant, Summer & Fall 2012, BCL/LLB鈥�13