Clinical education at UChicago Law is built around the same values of interdisciplinarity, intellectual rigor, innovation, and impact that define the UChicago experience.
Across 15 varied clinics, our students take on complex, high-stakes legal matters for real clients, on the South Side, throughout greater Chicago, and beyond. Students work under the close supervision and mentorship of clinical faculty who are leading practitioners and scholars in their areas. The work is innovative and multi-faceted, the impact is tangible and far-reaching, and the training is unmistakably UChicago.
Clinics the UChicago Way
Innovative.
Our clinics take on emerging questions in the law and develop new approaches to problems that traditional models haven't solved. They leverage the latest tools in legal technology, including AI, providing hands-on training on how to use these tools ethically and effectively in practice.
Impactful.
Our students advocate for individuals, organizations, and communities with needs that are urgent. Their work changes outcomes for clients and, often, for legal systems on the local and national level.
Complex.
The cases and transactions our students take on are not simple. They frequently unfold over several years and the stakes are often high. Whatever the practice area, our students learn to work through complexity with the analytical depth and rigor for which UChicago is known.
Explore Our Clinics
Edwin F. Mandel Legal Aid Clinic, which includes:
Abrams Environmental Law Clinic
Civil Rights and Police Accountability Clinic
Criminal and Juvenile Justice Clinic
Employment Law Clinic
Federal Criminal Justice Clinic
Housing Initiative Transactional Clinic
Immigrants’ Rights Clinic
Global Human Rights Clinic
Exoneration Project Clinic
Innovation Clinic
Institute for Justice Clinic on Entrepreneurship
Jenner & Block Supreme Court and Appellate Clinic
Kirkland & Ellis Corporate Lab Clinic
Poverty and Housing Law Clinic*
Prosecution and Defense Clinic*
*students work on behalf of clients in a supervised field placement at an outside agency and take a companion seminar at the Law School
Our Clinics by the Numbers
How to Enroll
The Law School's clinical programs are available to second- and third-year students. Students can find more information about enrolling at: https://www.law.uchicago.edu/clinics/students
Student Clinical Experiences
Deika Albert, '27, Jenner & Block Supreme Court and Appellate Clinic
“Walking up to the podium in front of a panel of prominent judges, and knowing that my argument could have an effect on our client and on Seventh Circuit precedent, made the stakes very real in a way that moot courts or academic experiences don’t quite replicate."
Read moreClinic News
The Law School’s Criminal and Juvenile Justice Clinic (CJJC) recently secured a major victory for an 18-year-old client who was facing charges of first-degree murder, attempted murder, and aggravated battery with a firearm. A jury acquitted the teenager of all charges last month in Cook County Criminal Court.
Global Human Rights Clinic Director will draw on years of experience investigating human rights violations and supporting families searching for missing loved ones
The United Nations Human Rights Council has appointed Anjli Parrin, associate clinical professor of law and director of the University of Chicago Law School’s Global Human Rights Clinic, to its Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances.
Founded in 2009, the Kirkland & Ellis Corporate Lab (the “Lab”) provides students with “real-world” experience and context to prepare them to become well-rounded attorneys with sound knowledge and judgment
The Jenner & Block Supreme Court and Appellate Clinic represented clients in several significant cases in the U.S. Supreme Court and the U.S.
The Institute for Justice Clinic on Entrepreneurship (IJ Clinic) continues to be a lifeline for legal support and an active advocate for under-resourced small businesses in Chicago in 2025-26 through our meaningful representation of low-income entrepreneurs, advocacy for economic liberty, and outreach to small businesses throughout the city.
Soo Park, class of 2014 and participant in the Criminal and Juvenile Justice Project Clinic, describes the student experience in UChicago Law's clinical program.