Clinical Legal Education Program
The Clinical Legal Education Program gives law students the chance to work in Law School clinics or community legal services and receive credit toward their degree.
The program aims to help students become better lawyers by involving them in the whole process of providing legal advice to real clients. Students spend one day per week at a law school legal clinic or other legal service and are supervised in their work by fully qualified solicitors. Students are expected to manage their own files, meet with their own clients, research the law and provide recommendations on course of action to their supervisors.
As well as the ‘on the job' training, students attend seminars and an induction day. The seminar program adds to the student's experiences on placement through the examining of issues such as lawyer/client relationships, legal ethics, professionals and the profession, justice access and the role of the legal system society.
Clinical Legal Education is a great way for students to gain insight into what it takes to be a lawyer and how a law firm or legal service runs. It is an invaluable experience that all students interested in practicing law and making a real contribution in the community should undertake.
Applications
Current Adelaide Law School students may apply for the Clinical Legal Education program through the student portal.
What is MCLAS?
Students of the Adelaide Law School have produced this video to demonstrate the benefits of the Magistrates Court Legal Advice Service (MCLAS). MCLAS is a free legal advice service run by the Adelaide Law School students under the supervision of experienced lawyers, that assists with disputes in the minor civil claims division of the Adelaide Magistrates Court.