Congressional and Administrative Law Clinic
Welcome to the Congressional and Administrative Law Clinic of the Washington University School of Law. The Congressional and Administrative Law Clinic is one of nine clinical courses available to all law students at Washington University School of Law, where every student is guaranteed at least one clinical course.
- Students in the School of Law’s Congressional
and Administrative Law Clinic put their legal skills
to work in the nation’s capital.
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In the Congressional and Administrative Law Clinic students have the opportunity to learn first hand about the practice of law in the Nation’s Capitol. Approximately 24 third-year law students spend their Spring semester in Washington D.C. and work under the direction of attorneys in a variety of government offices. Examples include the House and Senate Judiciary Committee, the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department, the Corporate Finance Section of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Patent and Trademark Office. It is noteworthy that some interns have been offered full time positions following graduation.
- Professor Kathleen Clark with clinic students.
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All students are required to attend a course on ethics in government in addition to their daily work at the internship. Well-known personalities - which in the past have included Ken Starr, Webb Hubbell, Bob Bennett and David Kendall - regularly lead classroom discussions on topical subjects.
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For further information about the Congressional and Administrative Law Clinic, please contact Professor Susan Kaplan at gocafilm@aol.com, or Professor Kathleen Clark at kathleen@wulaw.wustl.edu.