Clinic FAQs

General information about individual clinics can be found below:

• Appellate Practice Clinic
• Civil Advocacy Clinic
• Community Development Clinic
• Criminal Practice Clinic
• Disability Law Clinic
• Family Law Clinic
• Family Mediation Clinic
• Immigrant Rights Clinic
• Innocence Project Clinic

An Open House is held twice a year in fall and spring (prior to registration for the next semester) for interested students to gather information on the clinics. Clinic faculty and current clinic students are available for an "everything you ever wanted to know about clinics at University of Baltimore School of Law" question and answer session.

Clinic applications are available in the Dean's Suite, in the clinic offices at 40 W. Chase St. and online. Complete the application and turn it in at 40 W. Chase St., together with a current resume. You may also fax (410.837.4776) or e-mail your application (and relevant attachments) to Laura Garcia. Please call the clinics to confirm receipt of your faxed application, 410.837.5706.

No, as long as the pre-requisites or co-requisites for the course have been fulfilled. Evidence is a pre-requisite of all clinics, except for Community Development clinics. See the pages for Law Clinic application and/or the Clinic Selection Policies and Procedures for more complete pre and co-requisite information for clinics.

The clinic administrator performs the lottery determining student placement. A list of students eligible to participate in clinic will be posted on a board in the second floor lobby of the School of Law, outside of the elevator. Please follow the instructions for each clinic on how to contact the faculty to set up an interview with them.

Yes, most clinics do. For details, go to Academic Standards and Procedures or Academic Requirements.

Admittance into the Clinical Programs is in most cases based on a lottery. Details are available at Clinic and Internship Selection Policies and Procedures). If you have already taken a clinic but would like to take another, you may apply but will be placed into a clinic (or on a wait list) only after the students who have not yet taken a clinic are placed.

Appellate Practice – 4 credits
Civil Advocacy – 6 credits
Community Development – 6 credits 
Criminal Practice – 6 credits
Disability Law – 3 credits
Immigrant Rights – 6 credits
Family Law – 6 credits
Family Mediation – 3 credits

Several of the clinics hold evening seminars: Appellate Practice, Community Development and the Innocence Project Clinic. The Family Mediation Clinic also may be particularly appropriate for evening students. The main clinic building is open evenings and weekends during the semester to enable evening students the same access as day students.

The Appellate Practice Clinic is offered in the Summer.

Applications for Summer term and Fall semester are usually available by the first week in March and due at the end of the month. Applications for the Spring semester are available in early October and due at the end of that month. Watch your UB e-mail account for more information on application availability and deadlines.

You can always turn in an application and be considered for the wait list.

After you have made your initial appointment with your faculty, your name will be added to the Clinic Permissions List in Peoplesoft and you may register. If you experience any problems registering, call Laura Garcia 410.837.5659 to confirm that your name has been added.