Clinics

Clinic students participate in preparing and presenting cases involving children and teenagers, such as education rights, delinquency, custody, and access to social services. Students can develop skills – including interviewing, investigating, negotiating, and litigating – that apply to many adversarial situations in addition to children’s law.

Students assist the Kentucky Department of Public Advocacy by investigating credible claims of inmates that they were erroneously convicted of a crime they did not commit. Students interview prisoners and witnesses, examine alleged crime scenes, locate and analyze possible evidence, and prepare relevant documents. Skills students develop can apply in criminal law or civil practices.

Clinic students gain practical appellate-level experience by working with judges, lawyers, and clients in the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, based in Cincinnati. Overall, the clinic helps students develop skills for identifying issues, doing legal research, and drafting and preparing for oral arguments.

The NKU Chase Small Business and Nonprofit Clinic allows Chase students to learn transactional law by doing real legal work for real clients. The course combines supervised client representation with classwork to provide students with opportunities to develop foundational legal skills such as interviewing, client counseling, and drafting. The Clinic serves small businesses and nonprofit organizations in the Northern Kentucky area.