Information for LSSC Community Partners

At Northeastern University School of Law, students are challenged to think about social justice and what it means to practice law in the public interest. The Legal Skills in Social Context (LSSC) Social Justice Program is a partnership between community organizations or agencies and the School of Law to address unmet social justice needs. Each organization selected to join the program receives 2,000 hours of free work by students organized into “law offices.”

As part of the School of Law’s commitment to experiential learning and community partnerships, students in the LSSC Program employ their analytical research and writing skills to address social justice challenges identified by a wide range of community organizations and agencies. The program benefits organizations by pursuing aspects of your social justice agenda that you might otherwise forgo due to staffing or resource constraints. The program provides your organization with a free and closely supervised think tank—the energy and acumen of two upper-level law student lawyering fellows and 14 first-year law students, all under close faculty supervision. Above all, you will contribute to the legal education of future lawyers by participating in this team-lawyering effort and by introducing the students to the spirit of community lawyering.

Find out more about the Social Justice Program and see below for how to apply to become a social justice project client:

• Legal Skills in Social Context Social Justice Program Brochure
• Application for the Legal Skills in Social Context Social Justice Program
• How to Craft a Successful Client Application
• Expectations of Community Partners