LEGAL AID CLINIC

The Legal Aid Clinic serves as a training facility for students. It is compulsory for second year students. The Clinic is under the direction of a Director, known as the Director of the Legal Aid Clinic, who is assisted by full-time faculty members. The Director of the Clinic is Mr. Arthur Dion Hanna Jr.

The Clinic is operated for the benefit of members of the public, who in the opinion of the Director are entitled to legal aid, with due regard being paid to matters of educational interest and value to the students.

AMERICAN CARIBBEAN LAW INITIATIVE CLINIC

The Council of Legal Education’s Law Schools namely the Eugene Dupuch Law School, Hugh Wooding Law School (Trinidad) and the Norman Manley Law School (Jamaica) have established an American Caribbean Law Initiative (ACLI) with the Florida Coastal School of Law, Nova Southeastern University and the Thurgood Marshall School of Law.

The purpose of the initiative is to enable the participating institutions to derive the benefits of a collaborative relationship based on the shared goals of providing training in practical skills, partnered learning opportunities, comparative legal experience, and multicultural exposure, all within the framework of learning how to understand and serve the communities of the participating students.

One of the clinic’s initiatives is a Caribbean Law Practicum that allows students to work on legal problems identified by an Attorney General selected from one of the participating Caribbean jurisdictions. This faculty-supervised practicum serves as a legal resource for up-to-date information, analysis, and strategies in substantive areas agreed to by the participating institutions. Focal points include international law, constitutional law, criminal law, government and legal ethics, and law and technology.

The Practicum provides students with the opportunity to develop professional skills such as problem solving, legal analysis and research, factual inquiries, and dispute resolution.