I was fortunate to be selected for the U.S.-Mexico Border Trip facilitated and funded by the Immigrant Rights Clinic each year. The trip provides law students with the unique opportunity to directly aid in addressing the legal barriers faced by migrants at the border through collaboration with a local non-profit organization and under the direct supervision of experienced Clinic staff.
Students from the Legislative and Policy Advocacy Clinic in Camden created a step-by-step guide to break down the 10-step name change process in New Jersey. Taking it a step further, the students also developed a user-friendly website to make this valuable resource easily accessible to the public.
Cuba may not be a Spring Break hotspot—particularly given that Americans are prohibited from visiting the island solely for tourism. But for a group of Rutgers Law students, Cuba turned out to be a unique and educational Spring Break destination, made possible through a law school travel course.
Rutgers Law's Pro Bono Program in Camden teamed up to host a Wills for Heroes event to provide estate planning services to first responders and their spouses.
Vital public interest legal internships, often unpaid, are supported by The Association for Public Interest Law (APIL) student-led initiatives at Rutgers Law in Camden.
Rutgers Law students coached a team of Camden high schoolers to a national competition where a member of the team finished as second runner-up and won the Artistic Expression Award.