The Unemployment Compensation Clinic focuses
on unemployment compensation matters for
low-income clients. Clinic students working with
the unemployment compensation clinic receive
substantive seminars related to unemployment
compensation law including case law, and
procedure for willful misconduct and voluntary
quit cases, overpayment issues and offsets.
Students also receive valuable training in litigation
skills for direct application in their representation
of unemployment compensation clients. Each
unemployment compensation case gives students
experience in client interviewing, case preparation,
direct and cross-examination, application of the
rules of evidence, and oral presentation before a
referee. All students represent multiple clients
over the course of the clinic and therefore have
to opportunity to develop and hone their trial
advocacy skills.
