Georgia State Law is committed to offering students a wide range of purposeful and practical experiences as you prepare to practice law. We offer clinics, externships and clinical courses to help you apply theories and skills learned in the classroom to the world of practice. You will represent clients or work with judges on litigation, transactional matters, legal policy and negotiation, mediation and arbitration.
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| Capital Defender Clinic
Second- and third-year students assist Office of Georgia Capital Defender attorneys in all aspects of preparing their indigent clients’ death penalty cases for trial, including conducting investigations, interviewing clients and potential witnesses, compiling forensic evidence, seeking documents, research, drafting pleadings, formulating a theory of defense and making strategic decisions for each phase of the case. More » Fundamentals of Law PracticeStudents learn practice skills and ethical decision-making through simulating the work of a small, general practice law firm. Course work includes simulation exercises and actual client representation. More » HeLP Legal Services ClinicThe HeLP Legal Services Clinic offers professional skills and training to law students in a variety of legal areas by representing the legal needs of low-income children receiving health care services through Atlanta’s childrens hospitals. More » Health Legislation and AdvocacyThis two-semester clinic focuses on the development of legislative advocacy skills by examing the process by which legislation is enacted into state law, including drafting, legislative organization and procedure, ethics and lobbying, and the appropriations process. Students may work with a community partner (nonprofit health advocacy group, health-related government agency or nonprofit health-related enterprise) on a written project that relates to upcoming proposed health-related legislation in the Georgia General Assembly or that involves other legislation-related health policy or advocacy issues. More » Investor Advocacy ClinicThe clinic offers professional skills and arbitration, negotiation and mediation training to law students who will represent and educate small investors who may have suffered losses resulting from broker misconduct but cannot afford or find private legal representation because of the size of their claim. More » Phillip C. Cook Low-Income Taxpayer ClinicThe tax clinic provides professional skills and training to law students and legal representation to low-income persons during the post-audit stage of their disputes with the Internal Revenue Service. More » Urban Fellows ProgramThe program, an interdisciplinary initiative of the Center for the Comparative Study of Metropolitan Growth, brings together top graduate students from across Georgia State University and Georgia Institute of Technology’s School of City and Regional Planning with scholars and leading professionals to study and discuss issues related to urban growth. More » |
In the summer semester, students are placed at more than 30 sites. Georgia State Law offers externships for part-time and full-time students. More » Possible Externships
For nine weeks, selected students receive academic credit for work done at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in Alexandria, Va. and participation in the concurrent seminar. Students interested in patent law may apply to work as a patent examiner. Students without an engineering or science background may apply to work in trademarks or intellectual property policy. More » |
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| Center for the Comparative Study of Metropolitan Growth
The center provides students drawn to Atlanta and its region the chance to learn and grow together as part of a professional network of lawyers and others committed to smart answers to the growth challenges faced by this rapidly growing region. More » Center for Law, Health and SocietyThis center offers strong educational programs and community outreach initiatives to meet society’s many critical challenges to ensuring high quality health care. The center advances the key role that law plays in promoting the health of individuals, families and communities. More » |
Consortium on Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
The consortium is an inter-institutional, multidisciplinary program for the development of theory and practice in conflict management and resolution. Students interested in arbitration and mediation may apply for graduate research positions. More » Intellectual Property InitiativeGeorgia State College of Law maintains a number of intellectual property initiatives geared towards providing students with a comprehensive education on-campus and beyond, such as a mentoring program, job fair, scholarships and mock interviews. More » National Institute for Teaching Ethics and ProfessionalismThe institute sponsors a variety of projects centered on teaching legal ethics and promoting professionalism. More » |
The Externship Program places law students with government agencies, nonprofit organizations and judges in the Atlanta area. About 180 to 200 students receive academic credit for work done under the supervision of practicing attorneys and judges at about 75 pre-approved externship sites during the fall and spring semesters.