The mission of the William S. Boyd School of Law Clinical Studies Program is to offer students integrated academic and practice-based educational experiences, to teach them to be reflective practitioners and multi-disciplinary professionals, to improve the quality of and access to legal systems, and to provide service to communities in need of legal assistance in Nevada.

Overview
The Clinical Studies Program at William S. Boyd School of Law consists of the Thomas and Mack Legal Clinic and the Externship Program. The Thomas and Mack Legal Clinic provides students the opportunity to represent clients under close faculty supervision in one of our in-house clinic programs: Appellate, Education Advocacy, Family Justice, Immigration, Innocence, and Juvenile Justice.  Students are expected to take the lead in all aspects of client representation, including primary responsibility for developing and maintaining the attorney-client relationship, formulating case strategy, and conducting fact investigation, legal research, and trial work.

A mediation clinic in conjunction with the Saltman Center for Dispute Resolution opened in Spring 2009.

The pedagogical, research and service goals of the clinic include fostering an understanding of the interconnected nature of the problems and systems—immigration, education, family law, juvenile delinquency, and criminal justice—that operate in the lives of our clients. The clinics thus afford both students and faculty the opportunity to study law in action and inform their academic and policy research.

The Externship Program places students in government and public interest law offices, judicial chambers, and legislative offices, primarily in Nevada and the West. However, Boyd externs have also been placed in national and international public interest settings.

The Thomas & Mack Legal Clinic offices are located on the first floor of Boyd Hall, adjacent to the main entrance, on the campus of the University of Nevada--Las Vegas, 4505 Maryland Parkway. Visitor parking is available on the west side of Maryland Parkway at Harmon Avenue.

Thomas & Mack Legal Clinic
University of Nevada Las Vegas
William S. Boyd School of Law
P.O. Box 71075
Las Vegas, NV 89170-1075
Phone: (702) 895-2080
Fax: (702) 895-2081

In House Clinics

Mediation Clinic

Externship Programs

In the News

01/29/09 - Metro Calls Deportation Program a Success (Channel 8 Eyewitness News) Boyd staff and alumna: Angela Morrison (Class of 2005)

01/16/09 - Going to Court with Confidence (UNLV Impacts) Professor: Rebecca Nathanson; Kids' Court School

12/21/08 - Kids have their day in court (Las Vegas Review-Journal) Professor: Rebecca Nathanson; Boyd student: Leslie Strasser Murdock

12/08/08 - Problem once thought dire hasn't been confirmed (Las Vegas Sun) Professor: David Thronson

11/21/08 - Looking in on: Higher Education (Las Vegas Sun)Boyd staff and alumna: Angela Morrison (Class of 2005)

10/09/08 - Innocence Clinic Helps Free Inmates: UNLV Students Use DNA to Exonerate Convicted (FOX5 KVVU Las Vegas) Professor: Kate Kruse

09/30/08 - Deal will let county officers start deportation proceedings (Las Vegas Review-Journal) Professor: Leticia Saucedo

09/25/08 - Other side of the line: Judy Cox used to help put immigrants in jail. Now she defends their rights. (Las Vegas CityLife) Boyd alum: Judy Cox; Professor: Leticia Saucedo

09/22/08 - In libertarian Vegas, ACLU keeps finding battles to fight (Las Vegas Sun) Professor: David Thronson

09/18/08 - Shedding light on the wrongfully convicted (The Rebel Yell) Boyd student: Lucy Flores; Professor: Kate Kruse

09/02/08 - SEEKING JUSTICE: Guilty until proven innocent (Las Vegas Review Journal) (PDF version) Boyd student: Lucy Flores; Professor: Kate Kruse

06/22/08 - Sealing lawsuit hid allegations that judge's law firm didn't perform its duties (Las Vegas Review-Journal) Professor: Kate Kruse

03/22/08 - State illegal immigrant hiring law won’t work (Las Vegas Sun) Professor: David Thronson

10/12/07 - UNLV legal clinic meets unmet needs: Students get real-world experience, opportunity to play role in community (LV Business Press) (click here for the PDF version)

07/08/07 - IN DEPTH: Working in Shadows: Studies dispute notion that immigrants take jobs, depress wages (Review-Journal) Professor: Leticia Saucedo

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