[2] Some practice-based law clinics with no academic link provide hands-on skills to lawyers, judges, and non-lawyers on practical dimensions of the law while offering legal services to clients.
[3] In a law-school clinic, students typically provide assistance with research, drafting legal arguments, and meeting with clients.
[7] Clinics sometimes sue companies and government entities, which has led to pushback in courts and legislatures, including attempts to put limits on whom clinics can sue without losing state subsidies.
[6] According to some scholars, clinical legal education fails to meet its goals because it lacks resources.
[6] Other scholars have highlighted the educational capabilities of even low-cost legal clinics.