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JuvENILE JuSTICE CLINIC
Students in the Juvenile Justice Clinic represent children charged with misdemeanor and
felony crimes in the District of Columbia, typically involving drug possession and sale, assault,
burglary, weapons possession, and car theft. Clinic students also occasionally represent clients
in special education and school disciplinary hearings.
Clinic students are responsible for all stages of their clients’ cases. Clinic faculty teach students
to exercise good judgment and to plan litigation and settlement strategies that attain the client’s
goals. Through their case work and in the classroom, Clinic students learn to think independently,
synthesize facts and legal principles, and develop interviewing, counseling, negotiation,
and trial skills. Clinic students, faculty, and fellows provide highly effective representation to
their clients by protecting the adolescent’s rights and interests in the juvenile justice system and
working to improve the adolescent’s chances of becoming a productive citizen.
26 www.law.georgetown.edu/clinics/jjc/
Professor Kris henning