The Consumer Defense Clinic will assist clients against creditors with credit card and other debt, especially where the creditors are attempting to get a judgment for excessive amounts or for a non-existent debt.
Students perform a minimum of 120 hours or a maximum of 180 hours during the semester. Students meet as a class each week and submit time/action reports, keep journals, and write a paper at the end of their experience.
Students represent immigrants seeking a variety of relief and benefits, including family sponsorship, Violence Against Women Act petitions, and Special Immigrant Juvenile Status.
The Clinic will involve students representing children in appeals to the Michigan Court of Appeals from trial court proceedings in the Wayne County Juvenile Court.
Students develop mediation skills while at the same time completing the 40-hour training which is one of the requirements to be a court-approved mediator.
In the clinic, students will work on plea appeals and will prepare a criminal appellate brief to be submitted to the circuit court, Michigan Court of Appeals or Michigan Supreme Court under the supervision of attorneys from the State Appellate Defender Office.
This clinic allows students to represent disabled veterans and/or their survivors before the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (CAVC) in disability compensation appellate cases.
Students participating in the Veterans Law Clinic will have the opportunity to represent military veterans and their families in disability cases and related matters.
