The University of Arkansas School of Law Legal Clinic provides a needed resource for the community and a transition from law student to practicing lawyer for those students enrolled. For over 30 years, the clinic's services have been provided free of charge to government agencies, charitable organizations and individuals who need a lawyer but cannot afford one. Representation of individuals is limited to those whose incomes are at or below 150 percent of the U.S. Department of Labor poverty guidelines. Student attorneys are responsible for representing clinic clients.

The School of Law Legal Clinic serves two purposes:

1) it provides law students with the opportunity to gain basic competencies in specific areas of practice commonly encountered by entry-level lawyers; and

2) it extends and refines students' basic lawyering skills, including interviewing, counseling, negotiating, oral and written advocacy, researching, legal drafting, and utilizing persuasive and expositive writing.

The Legal Clinic is also a needed resource for the community. Student attorneys assist government agencies in serving the public and provide legal services to charitable non-profit organizations that serve our region and Arkansas. In 2007, students in the clinics provided representation in 720 legal matters. During the 2006-07 year, a student in the Civil Clinic helped a client obtain legal custody of a child that was left by his parents, and another student helped the client complete adoption of the child. Student attorneys in the Transactional Clinic incorporated and obtained tax-exempt status for new charitable organizations serving our community and region. These are just a few examples of the Legal Clinic's continuing tradition of service.

The School of Law Legal Clinic covers a wide range of practice areas in the following clinics:

Advanced Mediation Clinic
Criminal Prosecution Clinic
Civil Clinic
Federal Clinic
General Practice Clinic
Habitat For Humanity Wills Project
Immigration Law Clinic (starting Spring, 2009)
Innocence Project
Transactional Clinic
Pro Bono Program

The Law School Legal Clinic is located in a suite of offices on the Northwest corner of Waterman Hall. The Law School Legal Clinic operates during normal business hours and is open year round.

Faculty & Staff

Michael Mullane
Director and Professor of Law
Law School Legal Clinic WH-107
(479) 575-3056
mullane@uark.edu

Tim Tarvin
Associate Professor of Law
Law School Legal Clinic WH-107
(479) 575-3056
ttarvin@uark.edu

D’lorah Hughes
Assistant Professor of Law
Law School Legal Clinic WH-107
(479) 575-3056
dlhughes@uark.edu

Elizabeth Young
Assistant Professor of Law
Law School Legal Clinic WH-107
(479) 575-3056
ely001@uark.edu

Susan G. Williams
Assistant Director Law School Legal Clinic & Director of Pro Bono Programs
Law School Legal Clinic WH-107
(479) 575-3056
swillia@uark.edu

Melissa (Mel) Thomas
Office Manager
 Law School Legal Clinic WH-107
(479) 575-3056
mkthomas@uark.edu

Jessica Kelly
Legal Secretary
Law School Legal Clinic WH-107
(479) 575- 3056
jej03@uark.edu