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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