Duke Law viewbook 2013 - Duke University School of Law

GIVE BACK
Serving the community is a way of life at Duke
Law. We view it as part of our responsibility as
law students, lawyers, community leaders, and
good citizens. Through our Public Interest and
Pro Bono Program, you can participate in a range
of programs that allow you to apply your legal
MAKING
A
DIFFERENCE
Pro Bono by the Numbers
2012-13
11,289 Hours of public service
contributed by the Class
of 2013 over three years
168 Members of the Class of
2013 who contributed 50
or more hours during their
three years at Duke Law
130 Students enrolled in
clinics in 2011-12
99 Students who received
summer public interest
grants in 2013
39 Summer public service
grants awarded by PILF
in 2013
10 Stanback Fellowships
awarded for 2013
summer work in
environmental law
$292,150 Total funds awarded
in 2013 for summer
public service
skills in ways that serve the community. If you
plan a career in public service, you can take
advantage of supportive mentors, vast careerplanning
resources, and financial support from
our Loan Repayment Assistance Program. Or
simply sign up for a “Dedicated to Durham”
outing and spend an afternoon clearing hiking
trails or painting schools. However you choose
to do it, we encourage you to serve — both
for the good you’ll do for others and the good
you’ll do for yourself.
Communities Served
A number of Duke Law graduates
have received prestigious postgraduate
fellowships for public
service work. Caitlin Swain ’12
and Veronica Allen McClendon ’10
(above) received two-year Skadden
Fellowships for work in North
Carolina and Georgia, respectively.
“My semesters in the Children’s
Law Clinic and working for
Advocates for Children at Legal
Aid of North Carolina gave me
the opportunity to actually do the
same work that I am doing now,”
says McClendon, who recently
started her own firm. “Those opportunities
were priceless.”
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