King Hall Legal Clinics Receive $100,000

The UC Davis School of Law's award-winning clinical legal education programs will receive $100,000 in Cy Pres monies - money left over from a class action settlement with the makers of smokeless tobacco. 

The clinics are among the charities and nonprofit organizations across California that will share in the settlement of an antitrust and unfair competition case filed in 2002.  The clinical legal education programs, which provide free legal assistance in civil rights, family law and domestic violence, prison, and immigration matters, allow students to develop real-world lawyering skills to complement their classroom learning.  Under the supervision of experienced faculty, second- and third-year students represent clients who otherwise would be unable to afford representation.

"This Cy Pres award will help to ensure the continued excellence of the clinical legal education programs at King Hall," said Dean Kevin R. Johnson.  "The clinics, which have an international reputation for excellence, enable students to gain first-hand exposure to the real world of clients, legal professionals, and the halls of justice, all while honing practical lawyering skills and contributing to the greater good by representing those in most dire need."