ADDRESSING THE ONE-SIDED POLITICIZATION OF CLINICAL LEGAL EDUCATION: How Law Schools Can Fix The One-Sided Pursuit Of ‘Social Justice’ Through Clinics. “To correct this latter problem, I have a modest proposal. On any controversial matter where clinics will be pursuing social justice, a law school should establish two clinics. Thus, if there is a clinic whose focus is on representing those charged with death penalty, there should be another to represent murder victims to help them make victim impact statements. If there is a clinic representing tenants, there should be another representing small landlords.”

This is a good idea. It’s funny but one of my former colleagues in the UT legal clinic hated doing landlord/tenant because — though she was a big lefty in general — her family had a few properties in the NYC area that they rented out, and they were always getting screwed by deadbeat tenants. This gave her a degree of compassion in that field that was less present elsewhere. Lawyers in particular should know that there are two sides to every story.

At the University of Tennessee College of Law, we follow the above advice to some degree: We have a wide range of clinics, including a Business & Trademark Law Clinic aimed at helping small businesses.