Poverty Law & Practice Clinic

This clinic represents community-based organizations that seek to give poor people a powerful voice for self-determination. These poor people’s organizations empower their members on issues of housing, work and welfare. Organizational goals are pursued through community education, individual and group advocacy.

Clinic students are assigned to represent organizations, their members and individual clients who seek assistance. In addition to community education, students appear before administrative, legislative and judicial decision makers on behalf of their clients. Students focus on particular substantive legal areas such as employment, housing and welfare, and learn to make that knowledge available to community organizations.

For more information contact:
Professor James V. Rowan
(617) 373-3347
j.rowan@neu.edu