Civil Litigation: Tax & Consumer Protection Clinic
Through income tax and consumer protection cases, students in the Civil Litigation Clinic litigate in federal, state and local courts and advocate in pre-litigation administrative proceedings. Clinic cases involve tax controversies, consumer fraud, consumer debt collection, identity theft, and predatory lending.
Student-attorneys: interview clients; evaluate the merits of claims and defenses; draft and respond to motions, briefs, pleadings, and other court papers; argue motions; negotiate settlements; strategize; and otherwise provide full representation to our clients. (This Clinic provides legal services only, and not tax preparation, bookkeeping or accounting services.)
Our clients are day care providers, home-health care aides, barbers, nurses, waiters, clerks and small business owners, who often lack the sophistication to defend themselves against well-heeled commercial lawyers and the government.
Credits: 5 (2 seminar, 3 casework)
Type: CLN
Does this course satisfy the skills requirement? Yes
When is this course offered? Fall and Spring semesters
Pre-requisites: Fundamental Lawyering Skills
Additional information: Preference will be given to students who have completed one or more of the following courses: Income Taxation, Bankruptcy, Consumer Protection, New York Practice, Real Estate, Commercial Law, Professional Responsibility, Evidence.
| Partial list of professors who teach or have taught this course: | |||
| Silverman, Marcella | Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Fall 2012 | ||
| Maresca, Elizabeth A. | Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2012 | ||
