Designing The Model Law Firm UW Clinical Law Program

Designing The Model Law Firm

UW Clinical Law Program

UW Clinic Law Program

8 onsite clinics Child and Youth Advocacy, Environmental,

Innocence Project, Mediation, Tax, Technology Law, Tribal Court, Unemployment

Approximately 100 students 10 faculty members 4 support staff

William H. Gates Hall

Condon Hall

Design Challenges

Maintain confidentiality of client files Easy access by Clinic students to clinic space Access by public to clinics Make clinical faculty accessible to clinic

students Make clinical faculty accessible to non-clinic

students Space allocation amongst the clinics Structural limitations

Solutions and Compromises

Clinics located on Second Floor Clear signage is key

Clinical faculty placed on public corridor next to private clinical space

Ready access to clinical space via card-reader

Clinic space allocated based upon Number of students Time spent in clinic space Nature of work

Issues That Still Remain

Isolation of clinical faculty from the rest of the faculty

Too accessible to our students? Growth in number and size of clinics Non-clinical faculty and staff access to clinic

conference rooms and facilities Clinics are the first place public encounters Conflicts and potential conflicts with “law firm”

model Technology challenges

Technology

Card readers Video cameras and recorders Amicus case tracking system Computer network

Law School wireless network Student laptops

Telephone system