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Meeting the Needs of Underserved Communities: Contributions of Academic Clinics (September 2008).

To varying degrees in different communities, academic clinics assist in the legal empowerment of the underserved. This discussion inaugurates our series on best practices in providing pro bono services, which will examine how bar associations, private and public interest law firms, solo practitioners, law schools, foundations, courts and governments are working to expand access to justice. Beginning our series with a discussion of the work of law school clinics, this article focuses on the clinical programs at the American University Washington College of Law in Washington DC, USA.