Spring Term Clinical Opportunity: Public Education Policy and Consulting Clinic

Application Due: November 10, 2015 @ 5 pm
Enrollment is by application and is limited to rising 2L and 3L students.

This full-semester interdisciplinary Clinic brings together upper-level graduate students in law, business, education and policy from Harvard, Columbia, Dartmouth, Michigan, NYU and Stanford to immerse themselves in (i) emerging strategies for K-12 and allied institutional reform; (ii) structured, team-based problem-solving skills that effective organizations use to address the most difficult challenges in public education and many other domains; and (iii) high-priority multi-dimensional consulting projects on behalf of public- and social-sector organizations serving the educational and related needs of children.

Clinic Description

Participants in this Clinic engage in:

1. A comprehensive seminar in the design, governance, regulation, democratic accountability and transformation of K-12 school systems and allied public- and social-sector organizations.

2. Skills training in a constellation of twenty-first century problem-solving competencies, including working in diverse teams to address multi-dimensional problems; quantitative and qualitative analysis and measurement; organizational macro- and micro-design; project management; policy research and analysis; and presentation of professional advice to public- and social-sector clients.

3. A high-priority, professionally guided consulting project on which an interdisciplinary team of professional students provides research, design, strategic planning, and/or counseling assistance on matters that interweave legal, regulatory, management, policy, and/or technological problems crucial to the mission of the client organization—typically, a state department of education, school district, charter school organization, social services agency or other non-profit serving children.

Students who are interested in this Clinic should submit a resume, unofficial transcript, and brief statement of interest (500 word max.) to cprl@law.columbia.edu by November 10, 2015 at 5 pm.

CPRL will notify students who have been invited for a video interview with Professor Liebman and the CPRL team. Feel free to contact CPRL at cprl@law.columbia.edu with any questions.

Accepted students will be enrolled in the clinic and associated course component by the Office of Clinical and Pro Bono Programs.

Read full Clinic Description in the Course Catalog