Supreme Court Clinic
The Supreme Court Clinic provides pro bono legal representation before the United States Supreme Court. This course offers George Mason law students with the opportunity to work closely with supervising attorneys from Consovoy McCarthy PLLC to identify cases of interest, research legal issues, and draft Supreme Court briefs on behalf of parties and amici at both the certiorari and merits stages. In addition to working with supervising attorneys on Supreme Court cases, students accepted to the course will receive classroom instruction, analyze federal and state appellate decisions for possible litigation opportunities, and attend at least one Supreme Court argument per term.
Credits: 2 per semester
Program Length: Year-long
Program Director(s): Thomas McCarthy
Application Process: Short statement of interest, resume, transcript, and writing sample, compiled as a single PDF.
Prerequisite: LAW 121: Constitutional Law I
For more information, read our course catalog descriptor.