InsideLaw | GSU College of Law Clinics Application for Fall Semester

Olmstead Disability Rights Clinic
The Olmstead Disability Rights Clinic is a clinical course taught in partnership with the Atlanta Legal Aid Society’s Disability Integration Project. During the 2020-2021 school year, the Clinic will only be be offered during the fall semester. Students work alongside Legal Aid attorneys representing people with disabilities seeking community-based services. The work is based on Olmstead v. L.C., our 1999 U.S. Supreme Court victory that clarified the “integration mandate” of the Americans With Disabilities Act. Students have the opportunity to advocate on behalf of children and adults with disabilities in special education cases, administrative proceedings, and potential federal litigation. Applications are accepted in the spring for the following fall semester.

I am applying for the Omstead Disability Rights Clinic

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Clinic Application

Thank you for your interest in the Capital Defender, Health Law Partnership (HeLP), Immigration, Mediation, Olmstead, and Philip C. Cook Low-Income Taxpayer clinics. Participating in a clinical program has tremendous benefits to your growth as a lawyer and is a transformative experience. We encourage you to learn more about our programs through our pages on the College of Law website, law.gsu.edu/practice-based-learning/, and by speaking with clinical professors and former clinic students.

What is your full name?

At what email address would you like to be contacted? *

Phone Number *

Per the Second Year Practice Rule, we will need to gather the following information

Last four digits of Social Security Number *

Panther ID Number *

This is the 9 digit number on your PantherCard (000-00-0000).

Current Student Cohort *

Semester Graduating *

Year Graduating *

Please rate the Clinic(s) to which you are applying in order of preference, with 1 being your first choice, 2 being your second choice, etc. Note that Capital Defender, Mediation, and Olmstead clinics only accept applications in the spring. If you are applying in the fall, do not apply to or rank these clinics.

Would you like to be added to a waitlist if you are not accepted in the clinic(s) of choice?

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Other

If "Other," please specify:

How many hours toward your J.D. will you have completed at the end of this semester? *

Day or Evening Student? *

Day

Evening

Full- or Part-Time Student? *

Full Time

Part Time

The following questions are designed to ensure that you meet the clinics' eligibility requirements.

Will you have completed all of the required first-year courses (Civil Procedure I & II, Contracts I & II, Criminal Law, Research Methods in Law, Lawyering Foundations I & II, Property, and Torts) BEFORE the start of the semester for which you are enrolling in the clinic? *

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No

At the time of this application, do you have a minimum GPA of 2.2? * Note that if your GPA drops below the minimum between the time that you are accepted for clinic and the first day of class, you will be ineligible. *

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No

Current GPA? *

Mediation Clinic applicants, please confirm the following statement: If I am offered and accepted an invitation to join the Mediation Clinic, I understand that I must submit to a criminal background check by the Georgia Office of Dispute Resolution. *

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Please confirm the following statement: If I am offered and accept an invitation to join the Capital Defender, Mediation, or Olmstead Clinic, I understand that I am committing to enroll in the fall and spring semester. *

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Will your schedule and outside commitments permit you to: (1) attend a full-day orientation session; (2) prepare for and attend a weekly seminar and complete assignments; (3) attend a weekly supervision meeting; and (4) spend the required number of hours per week on client work either on campus for in-house clinics or at the office location for the external clinics (total minimum of ten hours per week for students participating in the Capital Defender, HeLP, Immigration, Mediation and Olmstead Clinics and a total minimum of 150 hours of out-of-class client work over the semester for the Tax Clinic)? *

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No

Do you agree with the following statement? If I am offered and accept an invitation to join the Olmstead Clinic, I understand I may not enroll in another clinic or externship at the same time. *

Yes

No

If you cannot truthfully answer yes to the two previous questions, do not proceed any further as you are not eligible to apply for a clinic.

If applying for the Tax Clinic, have you either already completed Basic Federal Income Taxation or have you enrolled to take Basic Federal Income Taxation at the same time that you are enrolled in the Tax Clinic?

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List tax courses taken at the College of Law

Include current classes.

One of the important phases of on-boarding attorneys in a law practice is ensuring that there are no conflicts of interest in representing the firm’s clients. As Clinics engage in live client representation, it is important that we clear students of conflicts during the application process. The following information is required to conduct the checks. Please list any clinics or externships in which you have enrolled while in law school, and/or other legal employment:

List clinics or externships

List any outside Employment

Address of Outside Employment

If you work for an attorney or attorneys who share office space with other attorneys, please list the names of the other attorneys

If your significant other is a lawyer, please list the name of his/her employer or his/her partners or associates

If you live at home with a parent who is an attorney, or if you have a roommate who is an attorney, please list the name of his/her partners or associates

If you work for or live with a member of the judiciary or someone who works for a court, please list the name of his/her employment

If you had a legal employer in past, including the legal department of a governmental agency or corporation, please list the names and addresses of your former legal employers and the dates of your employment

If you have accepted employment in the future with a lawyer, law firm or other legal employer, please list the name and address of your future employer

If you know of any other potential conflict, perhaps due to other employment that you have or have had (such as investment firms, government public service, etc.), or any other reason that may give rise to a conflict, please list the relevant information here

If any of the information on this form changes during your enrollment in the Clinic, you have a duty to supplement this form

Please state specifically why you are interested in participating in the clinic(s) to which you are applying? *

Have you ever participated in a clinic or externship? *

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Have you ever applied to HeLP Clinic? *

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No

Please list the clinic or externship and detail the dates of your participation.

Do you expect to have outside employment next semester? *

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No

Please describe the employment, including the name of the employer, job title and hours per week you are expected to work.

Have you ever performed paralegal or legal work (including work as a summer associate or extern)? *

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No

Please list the firm where you were employed and provide a general description of work (without disclosing confidential information).

Résumé *

Maximum upload size: 516MB

Attach a copy of your résumé listing prior work experience, current extracurricular activities and community service involvement. I understand that incomplete or late applications will not be considered.

To complete this application, indicate your authorization: *

I hereby certify that the foregoing information is complete, truthful and correct. I authorize the faculty and administration of the College of Law to discuss with the clinical professors my performance in other courses and at the College of Law in general. I also authorize the clinic(s) to which I apply to obtain an unofficial copy of my transcript.