Constitutional Rights Clinic participants have trained on how to represent clients in front of a judge.

Constitutional Rights Clinic

In this 6-credit clinic, students work in litigation and legal advocacy projects in areas of civil rights and civil liberties under both federal and state law.

The clinic also engages in other non-litigation projects, such as drafting proposed civil rights legislation, coordinating voter registration programs, writing detailed reports on constitutional violations, and commenting on proposed administrative regulations and governmental programs to the extent they implicate civil liberties, civil rights, and equal social justice concerns.

Jessica Rofé is the Director of the Constitutional Rights Clinic at Rutgers Law School. 

Cooperation

In cooperation with the ACLU of New Jersey, the clinic regularly files 10 or more amicus curiae briefs each year in the New Jersey Supreme Court or Appellate Division on a variety of civil liberties cases. Clinic students may also work on international human rights cases in conjunction with the International Human Rights Clinic.

Call the Clinic at 973-353-5687.