Randall O. Sorrels Legal Clinics
Our legal clinics offer students the chance to learn valuable, real-world legal skills by providing critical legal representation to traditionally under-represented populations.
Our legal clinics offer students the chance to learn valuable, real-world legal skills by providing critical legal representation to traditionally under-represented populations.
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These hands-on clinics focus on educating non-lawyers about the law. While preparing and then presenting legal topics and concepts to a lay audience, Clinic students develop strength in discrete lawyering skills such as legal research, written communication, and oral communication.
Students represent clients with modest estate planning needs, including the preparation of wills and other documents for execution.
In the Family Law Basic Clinic, students represent clients in divorces that involve minimal property and no children. In the Family Law Advanced Clinic, students represent clients in cases involving contested property, custody agreements, and other complex issues.
Students represent a parent or close relative seeking the guardianship or guardianship alternatives of an incapacitated adult.
Students represent clients in probate cases where the post-death transfer of property may involve an independent administration, dependent administration, muniment of title, determination of heirship, or small estate affidavit.
Students counsel and assist clients with Veterans Benefits Administration claims, discharge updates, and legal issues related to their military service. In addition, the Clinic offers civil legal services to families of military personnel.
Students in the Academic Externship Program intern with state and federal courts, nonprofit agencies, and government agencies. Externships offer a hands-on learning experience guided by a full-time faculty member.
Criminal Process Clinic students serve in prosecution and defender offices. Past placements have included the District Attorney’s offices of Harris, Fort Bend, and Galveston counties as well as federal and Harris County Public Defenders’ offices.
Government process interns serve in state and federal agencies such as the Texas Public Utilities Commission or the Housing and Urban Development Department (HUD).
Students in the Hospital Law Clinic participate in internships guided by a medical facility’s general counsel’s office.
The International Process Clinic offers students the opportunity to explore the law in other countries through placements in judicial, public interest, criminal, and non-governmental organizations.
Public interest internships include traditional nonprofit placements, whether for the direct provision of services or study and advocacy efforts.
Students in the judicial process clinic serve in state and federal chambers at both trial and appellate levels.
Students in the Actual Innocence Clinic investigate allegations of wrongful conviction based on claims of innocence, suggest strategies for relief on those cases, and study the root causes leading to wrongful convictions. More »
Students in the Animal Law Clinic work with clients and organizations involved in animal protection litigation, legislation, and policy work. More »
Students in the Asylum and Human Trafficking Clinic prepare T visas, U visas, or asylum applications for foreign victims of trafficking. Students litigate cases by drafting civil complaints against traffickers and preparing clients to testify before an immigration judge. More »
Students in this Clinic work with organizations and agencies at the front line of direct representation of Domestic Violence clients. More »
Students in this Clinic represent clients in a wide array of immigration matters, ranging from adjustment of status to lawful permanent residence and pathways to citizenship. More »
Students in the Mediation Clinic get real world experience in assisting parties to reach resolution, if possible, in a wide variety of disputes. More »
Students in the experimental Patent Clinic gain experience drafting and filing patent applications for submission to the United States Patent and Trademark Office. More »
Students in the Tax Clinic educate Houstonians on tax-related legal issues and help low-income taxpayers resolve tax problems, including filing protests with IRS appeals and preparing and filing petitions with the U.S. Tax Court. More »
Along with the Patent Clinic, the Trademark Clinic is a part of the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s Pilot Certification program, which grants law students limited recognition to practice before the Office under faculty supervision. More »
We help students find opportunities to give back to the community and share the legal skills they are developing. Students can work on a law school-sponsored special project or volunteer in one of our many clinics. More »
Support the South Texas College of Law Houston Clinical Programs.
Outstanding full-time and adjunct faculty, together with teaching fellows, provide guidance and grounding as students progress from “thinking like a lawyer” to applying core legal concepts to the complexity of modern life. More »
The law school’s clinical programs are supported by funds, volunteers, and resources provided by local service providers, legal aid organizations, and generous donors. More »
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