Education Rights Clinic Professor
Claire S. Raj
Associate Professor of Law
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The clinic helps children with disabilities and their families get access to special education services and supports vital for ensuring equal educational opportunity. Law students handle a range of legal issues from eligibility for services under various disability rights laws to representation at discipline and expulsion proceedings.
Law students will begin to develop a variety of legal skills including:
- interviewing clients,
- fact investigation,
- legal research and analysis,
- case strategy,
- negotiation,
- and oral advocacy.
Participating in the Education Rights Clinic was the most rewarding experience of law school. As a student attorney, I learned the importance of listening to my clients, building a trusting rapport, managing expectations, and finding creative legal solutions to accomplish my clients’ objectives. Not only did the Education Rights Clinic help refine the “soft skills” I need to be successful in practice, it also exposed me to an area of law which continues to shape my current practice.
