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About this Organization:
The Cyberlaw Clinic provides legal representation to private litigants and other clients in matters involving the public interest and technological development. The Cyberlaw Clinic gives students an opportunity to participate in supervised litigation, policy and legislative advocacy in matters involving technology and the public interest. Through the Clinic, students will develop and hone skills in interviewing and counseling, fact investigation, issue identification, case theory, development, planning and organization, discovery and motions practice, ethics, negotiation and oral advocacy. Bar Certified law students work directly with clients, file legal motions and briefs and argue matters in court. The Environmental Law Clinic at Stanford offers students an opportunity to provide legal assistance to nonprofit organizations on a variety of environmental issues, focusing primarily on natural resource conservation. The clinic's clients include large national environmental organizations such as The Ocean Conservancy, the Sierra Club, and National Parks Conservation Association), as well as a variety of regional and local grassroots groups (such as the Center for Biological Diversity, WaterKeepers Northern California, Environmental Protection Information Center, and Turtle Island Restoration Network). The Immigrants' Rights Clinic (IRC) at Stanford Law School is committed to protecting the human rights of all non-citizens, regardless of immigration status. Professor Jayashri Srikantiah and Teaching Fellow Kathleen Kim supervise students on direct services and legal advocacy projects. Students in the clinic represent individual immigrants in a variety of settings. For example, students have worked on: seeking humanitarian relief from deportation on behalf of non-citizens with criminal convictions, obtaining asylum protection for non-citizens fleeing persecution, and assisting immigrant survivors of domestic violence in gaining lawful status in the United States.

About this Organization:
Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto (?CLS?) provides free legal services to low-income and under-served individuals and families in East Palo Alto, eastern Menlo Park and the surrounding areas. We engage the assistance of volunteer law students and pro bono attorneys in all of our practice areas: housing, immigration, juvenile justice, and general civil litigation.