Harvard Adds Supreme Court Clinic
Starting this fall, students at Harvard Law School will have the chance to cut their teeth on Supreme Court litigation, with the launch of the HLS Supreme Court Clinic.
Students will be taught by Walter E. Dellinger III, who capped a long career of public service with a stint as Acting U.S. Solicitor General in 1996-1997. As such, he was responsible for arguing nine cases for the U.S. Government before the Supreme Court. The cases he argued dealt with physician-assisted suicide, line item vetos, the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, and other issues.
Students in the Supreme Court Clinic will also assist attorneys who are handling Supreme Court cases. They will be asked to conduct research, draft briefs and arguments, and help devise strategy.
Five other law schools offer Supreme Court clinics: Stanford, Yale, Northwestern, UT Austin, and the University of Virginia.
Source: "Students Help Prep for Supreme Court," by Kevin Zhou, the Harvard Crimson, February 7, 2007
Students will be taught by Walter E. Dellinger III, who capped a long career of public service with a stint as Acting U.S. Solicitor General in 1996-1997. As such, he was responsible for arguing nine cases for the U.S. Government before the Supreme Court. The cases he argued dealt with physician-assisted suicide, line item vetos, the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, and other issues.
Students in the Supreme Court Clinic will also assist attorneys who are handling Supreme Court cases. They will be asked to conduct research, draft briefs and arguments, and help devise strategy.
Five other law schools offer Supreme Court clinics: Stanford, Yale, Northwestern, UT Austin, and the University of Virginia.
Source: "Students Help Prep for Supreme Court," by Kevin Zhou, the Harvard Crimson, February 7, 2007
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