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Louisiana will soon will consider a bill that would prohibit clinics at law schools that receive government funding from suing a government agency or seeking money damages from an individual or business.
There seem to be two views of law-school clinics, from a social-utility point of view.
One is that they're well-funded justice-seekers, organizations that can right wrongs in ignored, neglected, overlooked pockets of society. (Plus, nothing wrong with giving 2Ls and 3Ls a little taste of real-life practice prior to graduation.)
The other view is that they're made up of liberal rabble-rousers who take state funding and then turn around and wreak havoc on state taxpayers and companies.
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Too Much Green Wave? Louisiana Strikes Back at Law-School Clinics - WORLD Law Direct Forums
There seem to be two views of law-school clinics, from a social-utility point of view.
One is that they're well-funded justice-seekers, organizations that can right wrongs in ignored, neglected, overlooked pockets of society. (Plus, nothing wrong with giving 2Ls and 3Ls a little taste of real-life practice prior to graduation.)
The other view is that they're made up of liberal rabble-rousers who take state funding and then turn around and wreak havoc on state taxpayers and companies.
More...
Too Much Green Wave? Louisiana Strikes Back at Law-School Clinics - WORLD Law Direct Forums