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History of the Mandel Clinic and the Kane Center  A brief history of the Mandel Legal Aid Clinic: The Edwin F. Mandel Legal Aid Clinic, established in 1957, is a joint venture of the Legal Aid Bureau of United Charities and the University of Chicago Law School. In 1970, the clinical teachers initiated an experimental program to provide services to clients through a clinical training program that fully integrated law students in to the representation of the Clinic's clients while the students were closely supervised by full-time clinical teachers. This program has become a model for other clinical programs throughout the country and has had great success in integrating significant experience in the practice of law with formal legal education.
The Clinic's program is intended to complement the academic study of law with experience in interviewing clients, investigating facts, dealing with adverse parties, and participating in court and administrative proceedings. Additionally, the clinic seeks to acquaint students with problems of professional responsibility and with the special problems of low-income individuals. In 1998, the Clinic moved into a new home. Over 300 peopleincluding students, faculty, clinic clients and community representativesattended the dedication ceremony for the Arthur Kane Center for Clinical Legal Education and the new classroom wing on Sunday, Oct. 11, 1998, at the University of Chicago Law School. Arthur Kane '39, a recognized authority on worker's compensation law and president and CEO of Kane, Doy & Harrington, Ltd., addressed the audience during the dedication ceremony for the new building named in his honor.  
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