Registration:
Registration in this course is only available to students who participated in the International Human Rights Clinic course in a previous year, who would like to work on a new project this year, and who have obtained the approval of the Director. Students may apply for an additional credit where the workload warrants.
Application to register for this course, you must email a 1-2 page statement of interest to ihrp.law@utoronto.ca by June 22, 2012.
Students are expected to complete projects commenced in the first term before the end of the academic year, which will usually require signing up for an additional one-credit, pass/fail, practicum in the second-term. In limited circumstances, students will also have the opportunity to work on new projects.
Course Description:
Through their clinical practicum projects, students will have the opportunity to participate in advocacy under the supervision of qualified lawyers. Project work may include formulating theories and advocacy strategies, conducting legal research, legal drafting, fact-finding field work, creation of public legal education materials, etc.
For details regarding registering for the clinic please see the course description for the International Human Rights Clinic (LAW548H1F).
Commitment
Student will be expected to meet with the Director on a regular basis and to attend monthly meetings of all practicum students. Attendance at all meetings is mandatory. Students are routinely expected to provide oral briefings and analyses and to participate in discussions. While we will strive to make the overall workload of the clinic comparable to a course of similar weight, the clinic will at times involve obligations to clients and external deadlines which must be met.
