Many students describe clinical education as a time when they can put together and apply the various pieces of what they have learned in law school. Not only are clinical students studying and learning to apply the law, but they additionally are learning to:

• interview and counsel clients from diverse backgrounds on a variety of legal matters
  
• develop and strengthen communication skills, including skills of listening, active listening, oral and written communication, and cross-cultural communication
  
• interpret and navigate unwritten systems of rules that   influence local legal systems
  
• investigate facts and formulate persuasive fact theories
  
• understand ethical rules and apply them in concrete situations
  
• analyze how justice can best be served
  
• predict the impact of legal actions on the lives of clients, other parties and society.
  
• explore and experience a variety of roles lawyers may assume, including lawyer as litigator, negotiator, mediator, facilitator, problem-solver, community builder, legislative advocate, and others
  
• develop effective planning and organizational habits, including the ability to manage multiple priorities
  
• begin developing a sense of professional identity and formalizing career plans

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