What is a Clinic? How is it different from Trial Advocacy or an Externship?
A clinic is a law school course in which students are trained by law school faculty, and then represent real clients and handle real case under faculty supervision. In Trial Advocacy the clients and cases are simulated. Many externships primarily involve research and writing; they less often involve working with real clients and cases. An externship supervisor’s primary focus is necessarily case work, clinic faculty are paid to teach and work closely with students.
