The Unemployment Appeals Clinic is open to any law student enrolled at the University of Wisconsin Law School. It is even open to 1L students during their first semester. As such the Clinic offers a unique oppurtunity to get involved in the legal process early in law school. Training Sessions are offered near the begining of each semester (look around the law building for dates and times).

What Are Some of The Unique Benefits of Joining the Unemployment Clinic?

The Unemployment Clinic is not a for-credit program. Being a volunteer means:

• Students in the UC Clinic have less stress (no grades/exams to stress about).
• Students, 1Ls, 2Ls, and 3Ls can join and be fully active participants.
• Students can begin or continue to develop and refine their client-interviewing skills, learn a substantive area of administrative law, and gain basic litigation skills during their law school years.
• The Unemployment Clinic allows you (and expects you) to present real cases at administrative hearings.
• Students uncertain about what area of the law they want to go into can gain perspective on the world of litigation, and build experience through client-interviews, case preparation, case presentation (including questioning sworn witness), and learning basic evidentiary rules, etc

What Kind of Time Commitment is required?

The time commitment varies from student to student. Volunteers must complete 4 hours of training, and we ask them to sign up for at least two clinic intakes (each intake lasts about 2 hours). Additionally, many students prepare and advocate a case at an Unemployment Insurance hearing, which may take anywhere from 2 to 12 hours depending on the case. Thus volunteers are signing for up to 20 hours during the semester. The time commitment is not very large, but the the time spent with the clinic has a real impact on people's lives.

Interested in being a part of the Clinic? Other Questions?

Contact the student administrator, Brian Cadwell, at
uwuac@rso.wisc.edu with any questions concerning the clinic.