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Lawyering Program

The Lawyering Program focuses on teaching the real-life skills employed by practicing attorneys. All first-year students are enrolled in the program’s full-year Lawyering course, which incorporates legal writing, legal analysis, legal research, client counseling and interviewing, and oral presentation.

Program Overview

Thanks to a generous donation from an alumnus

In September 2022, the Lawyering Program faculty engaged in an interactive legal-writing workshop with national expert Ross Guberman, author of Point Made and Point Taken. The workshop covered proven techniques for writing persuasively and giving feedback.

To contact the Lawyering Program, please email lawyeringprogram@cornell.edu.

Lawyering Faculty

Estelle McKee
Clinical Professor of Law (Lawyering)
Phone:
(607) 255-5135
Type:
Permanent
Address:
Cornell Law School
251 Hughes Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853-4901
Jaclyn Kelley-Widmer
Clinical Professor of Law (Lawyering)
Phone:
(607) 255-9898
Type:
Permanent
Address:
Cornell Law School
256B Hughes Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853-4901
Kristen Stanley
Assistant Clinical Professor of Law (Lawyering)
Phone:
(607) 254-5683
Type:
Permanent
Address:
Cornell Law School
256C Hughes Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853-4901
Katrina Robinson
Assistant Clinical Professor of Law (Lawyering)
Phone:
(607) 254-5951
Type:
Permanent
Address:
Cornell Law School
253 Hughes Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853-4901
Lara Freed
Clinical Professor of Law (Lawyering)
Phone:
(607) 255-5889
Type:
Permanent
Address:
Cornell Law School
256A Hughes Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853-4901
Michelle Whelan
Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion and Clinical Professor of Law (Lawyering)
Phone:
(607) 254-4753
Type:
Permanent
Address:
Cornell Law School
252 Hughes Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853-4901
Rachel Goldberg
Associate Clinical Professor of Law (Lawyering)
Phone:
(607) 255-0183
Type:
Permanent
Address:
Cornell Law School
240 Hughes Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853-4901
Veterans Law Practicum faculty co-lead, Professor Jimmy Hardwick, joined @WHCUradio on the All Things Equal show earlier this fall to discuss the critical gap that Cornell’s Law’s newest practicum fills for former servicemen and women. To learn more about how you can support the Veterans Law Practicum in the final days of their crowdfunding efforts, visit the link in our bio.
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"Getting to prepare and give the openings, direct examinations, and cross-examinations were invaluable experiences. ... Not only did they teach me about labor law but gave me litigation experience that helped me decide [it's] something I enjoy." 
 ~Cole Quigley '25 (center row, right, with his classmates) reflects on his experience leading an arbitration that led to a client victory as part of the Labor Law Clinic. 

This Giving Tuesday, when you direct your support to Cornell Law School's clinics and practicums, you can enhance  experiential learning opportunities, just like these! Visit the link in our bio to make an impact today.
Gender Justice Clinic members Marie Nercessian ‘24, Shay Storz '25, and Scarlett Zhou ‘24, along with clinical professor Liz Brundige, speak about the impact of recent legal developments on LGBTQ+ health equity at a meeting of the American College Health Association's LGBTQ+ Health Equity Task Force. 

Read more about the Gender Justice Clinic and its work at the link in our bio. 
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“In just a few short months, my classmates and I have impacted real lives. We’ve helped veterans pursue the benefits they deserve and fought ‘bad paper’ discharges that have been hanging over their heads for years—sometimes decades. We owe it to our veterans to ensure they haven’t been forgotten.” 
 
Patrick George ’24, a founding member of the Veterans Law Practicum, reflects on the work he and his classmates have undertaken since the practicum launched in August. Now, they’re crowdfunding in the hope of making an even greater impact. Learn how you can support their efforts at the link in our bio! 

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Last Wednesday, Cornell Law alumni came together in New York City for the 91st annual Curia Society Dinner. The Curia Society was formed in the decade beginning in 1930, in response to discrimination against Jewish Cornell Law students. Since that time, the society continues to gather to uphold and celebrate its principles of inclusion.

We were thrilled to welcome Beth Van Schaack, Ambassador-At-Large for Global Criminal Justice, Office of Global Criminal Justice, U.S. Department of State (pictured right with Jens David Ohlin, Allan R. Tessler Dean and Professor of Law, center, and Neil Getnick, AB ’75, JD ’78), who discussed the U.S. Government's approach towards accountability for the war crimes and other atrocities being committed in connection with Russia's war of aggression in Ukraine, and the events unfolding in the Middle East.

Thank you to all who participated in this important discussion! Learn more about the Curia Society at the link in our bio. #CornellLawSchool

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