The Tax & Consumer Litigation Clinic offers you a WINDOW INTO THE WORLD OF COMMERCIAL LAW and a BROAD VIEW OF FINANCIAL ISSUES. Most of the clinic's cases are litigation matters pending in federal and state courts. The Clinic represents clients in cases involving consumer transactions and tax controversies such as audits and litigation. Our cases involve consumer fraud, car sales fraud, consumer debt, identity theft, deed theft, predatory lending, and post-filing bankruptcy issues.
Students in this Clinic will learn the skills involved in representing clients in business controversies and commercial litigation. Student-attorneys conduct client interviews, negotiate settlements, prepare legal memoranda and court papers, argue motions, and otherwise provide full representation to the Clinic's clients. (This Clinic provides legal services only; it does not prepare tax returns, or provide bookkeeping or accounting services.)
Our clients are day care providers, home-health care aides, barbers, nurses, waiters, clerks and small business owners, who often lack the education and financial literacy skills to defend themselves against well-heeled commercial lawyers and the government.
