Mizzou Law students learn how to be excellent leaders and lawyers by practicing the “Missouri Method” of learning by doing. They do this through participating in one of our three client-serving clinics.
Child and Family Justice Clinic
The Child and Family Justice Clinic (CFJC) is a newly reinstated clinic at the University of Missouri School of Law that provides free legal assistance in matters involving domestic relations. The CFJC assists individuals in the legal services of:
- Obtaining orders of protection
- Child custody matters
- Adoption proceedings
- Other services related to domestic relations and family violence
Criminal Practice Clinic
The Criminal Practice Clinic (CPC) opens in Spring of 2025 and is a hybrid live-client clinical program. It consists of hands-on practical experience through a field placement in a local public defender or prosecutor office supervised by Clinic faculty, along with a weekly classroom component and faculty assistance preparing for court appearances and providing substantive feedback.
Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic
The Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic (ELC) is a program designed to provide legal assistance and support to entrepreneurs and small business owners throughout the state of Missouri. The clinic is staffed by law students under the supervision of the experienced clinic director. The primary goal is to offer practical legal experience to law students while simultaneously offering valuable legal services to local entrepreneurs.
Veterans Clinic
Under the supervision of experienced attorneys, law students at the Mizzou Law Veterans Clinic help veterans – free of charge – with discharge upgrades and Department of Veterans Affairs disability compensation claims. In addition to directly representing veterans with their disability claims, the Clinic also participates in high level amicus brief writing, training and education for practicing attorneys, rural veteran outreach through Tigers for Troops, and more.