Creighton University School of Law
Creighton University
School of Law
2500 California Plaza
Omaha, NE 68178
law.creighton.edu/
Law School Pro Bono Programs
Contact Information
Shannon KellyAssistant Dean
shannonkelly@creighton.edu
402-280-3096
Category Type
Independent Student Pro Bono Group Projects with no school-wide program
Description of Program
Location of Program
Staffing/Management/Oversight
Funding
Office support, photocopy support, and some funding are provided to pro bono group projects.
Student Run Pro Bono Groups/Specialized Law Education Projects
- Teen Court
- Street Law Program at the Boys and Girls Club
- VITA
Faculty and Administrative Pro Bono
Awards/Recognition
Annual award presented at graduation to the student who was outstanding in the field of public interest.
Community Service
Each year Creighton Law students travel to the Dominican Republic to assist in a community building project.
Law School Public Interest Programs
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Contact Information
Shannon KellyAssistant Dean
shannonkelly@creighton.edu
402-280-3096
Certificate/Curriculum Programs
Public Interest Centers
Public Interest Clinics
Community Economic Development Clinic - The Community Economic Development Clinic provides students an opportunity to work on a broad range of transactional and business law issues affecting community development. Students in the CED Clinic will represent a client base of non-profit and community based organizations that serve low-income communities across the state of Nebraska and small business owners. Students will advise corporations on legal and regulatory issues, draft and file articles of incorporation; prepare by-laws; review transactional and organization documents; research questions of state and federal law. Students can expect to prepare legal memoranda and opinions and assist in counseling clients on litigation matters. Each student will advise a small business owner on business planning questions.The Milton R. Abrahams Legal Clinic - Provides third-year students the opportunity to learn the lawyering process not provided in most law school courses. The following are some of the more important skills that will be taught: interviewing; counseling; fact development; negotiation; legal document preparation; courtroom tactics; advocacy tactics; office, file, and time management tactics. Clinic students will be assigned a variety of non-fee-generating civil matters that vary in complexity. To the extent possible, cases that can be completed in the semester will be accepted. As some cases become more complex, individual students will be assigned to work on certain aspects of the case. Student case work will be reviewed in individual case meetings with the supervisor on a weekly basis. Students will be required to work 232 hours during the semester and attend the weekly class session. Clinic grades are on a pass, pass 60, fail basis. Enrollment is limited to eight third-year law students who have completed all required courses. This course is two classroom credit hours and two non-classroom credit hours.
Externships/Internships
Under Creighton's internship program, Internships in city, county, state and federal legal offices are three-hour, non-classroom hour courses. Internships offer students the opportunity to serve as law clerks to the various attorneys and judges. To satisfactorily complete an Internship a student must:Complete a learning agenda indicating personal goals for the Internship; Attend all sessions of the seminar class; Complete at least 150 hours of work assigned by Internship Supervisor; Keep a timesheet; Keep a journal of reflections about learning experiences; Submit periodic emails to professor; Make a presentation about the Internship to seminar class; and Complete and submit an evaluation of the Internship experience.
For further information see: http://culaw2.creighton.edu/index.aspx?p=1610&t=3#ctop
Classes with a Public Service Component
Public Interest Journals
Public Interest Career Assistance
Loan Repayment Assistance Programs (LRAP)
See http://law.creighton.edu/lrap
Post-Graduate Fellowships/Awards
Law School Funded:
Graduate Student Funded:
Other Funding Sources:
Term Time Fellowships/Scholarships
Law School Funded:
Graduate Student Funded:
Harold Rock Scholarship Fund - Established by Harold Rock for a third year student who must be registered to work in the Legal Clinic.
Other Funding Sources:
Summer Fellowships
Law School Funded:
Graduate Student Funded:
Two-three summer fellowships.
Other Funding Sources:
Twenty-forty summer fellowships (University work-study funds).
Extracurricular and Co-Curricular Programs
Public Interest Law Week - During this week the PILF organization and Law School highlight individuals working in public interest, sponsor lectures and provide career information.
Student Public Interest Groups
BLSA/LLSA - Volunteers at Justice for Our NeighborsPublic Interest Law Forum
- Street Law
- Teen Court
- Court Appointed Special Advocates
Student Bar Association - Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program
