Document Type
Working Paper
Publication Date
4-18-2012
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Abstract
This article discusses three models of law school engagement that have been used to respond to natural disasters The three models discussed are a disaster law clinic a course on disaster law and a studentled initiative featuring noncredit pro bono placements Each model offers a conceptual approach for integrating communitybased justiceoriented initiatives into academic and clinical teaching Taken as templates for a more permanent model of engagement in the area of postdisaster law and social justice these models demonstrate that the legal academy can meet its service obligation to the community while training lawyers to better appreciate the central tenets of their calling to seek justice and to serve others
Recommended Citation
Davida Finger, Laila Hlass, Susan Kuo, Anne S. Hornsby & Rachel A. Van Cleave,
Engaging the Legal Academy in Disaster Response,
(2012).
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.ua.edu/fac_working_papers/127