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Carrie Hempel
For Prof. Carrie Hempel, teaching in a law school clinic is her dream job, combining her passions for teaching and social justice. She first realized this dream as clinical professor in USC Law's Post-Conviction Justice Project, where she and her students represented women prisoners seeking parole and battered women seeking to overturn their convictions. During her 15 years at USC, Prof. Hempel also argued a case before the California Supreme Court that resulted in a change in the state's parole standard, benefitting hundreds of prisoners. She describes coming to UCI Law as pursuing another dream job that adds "entrepreneurship in legal education" to the mix. As Associate Dean for Clinical Education and Service Learning, she now oversees eight clinics that range in subject from appellate litigation and immigrant rights to civil rights and international human rights. She also co-teaches in the Community and Economic Development Clinic. Read more about Prof. Hempel's experience and her dedication to experiential learning.
Students represent real-life clients before federal appeals court
Ten 3Ls appeared before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in mid-April to represent clients in five real-life appeals cases - and so far, the court has ruled in the students' favor in two of the cases. Colin McGrath, Erica Maloney, Jeffrey Wachs, Lori Speak, Jenny Tryck, Eric Zhou, Adam Brauner, Xenia Tashlitsky, Matt Plunkett and Selwyn Chu appeared in pro bono cases they took on through UCI Law's new Appellate Litigation Clinic. Supervised by clinic directors Peter Afrasiabi and Kathryn Davis, students in the clinic meet with the client and investigate the issues on appeal, review the trial record, develop a legal theory, write an opening brief and reply brief, and argue the cases before the appeals court. Read this feature about the cases the court has already ruled on. And learn more about all eight of UCI Law's legal clinics.