School of Law – Abrahams Legal Clinic
Your Giving Day support will help our student attorneys gain experience and be of service to our community!
The Milton R. Abrahams Legal Clinic, the civil practice clinic staffed by Creighton law students, operates as a small law firm. It provides both invaluable experience for our law students and free legal assistance on civil matters for low-income residents of Douglas County.
Students also learn about the range of legal issues that arise from inequalities within society and the challenges lawyers face representing clients with serious educational, economic, intellectual, cultural and psychological disadvantages.
Part of what this clinic teaches is a connection to serving those on the margins, in the spirit of our Jesuit mission!
A gift to this clinic is a gift to our students and the clients they serve. Thank you!
The student experience
The Abrahams Legal Clinic gives students experience in:
Client interviewing and counseling
Drafting
Fact investigation
Law office organization and management
Negotiation
Preparing for and conducting trials and administrative hearings
Recognizing and addressing ethical problems
Trial techniques
Students also learn about the range of legal issues that arise from inequalities within society and the challenges lawyers face representing clients with serious educational, economic, intellectual, cultural and psychological disadvantages.
About the School of Law
As our alumni know, Creighton's School of Law provides our students with intellectual challenge, academic rigor and an opportunity to form a foundation of values for lifelong service in the law.
The School of Law believes you must develop as a whole person. We offer our faculty an environment that encourages personal growth and scholarly achievement. We prepare our students for careers in all walks of life and in all aspects of the law. We provide hands-on opportunities in legal clinics, externships and exposure to organizations all over the world.
More than anything, we prepare outstanding people to become outstanding attorneys and judges, wherever they choose to practice.
What is Giving Day?
It’s the day you make a difference for Creighton University.
The day you can support our most immediate areas of need.
The day thousands of donors like you come together to make a huge collective impact, one gift at a time.
P.S. — Your gift will also support Creighton's historic Forward Blue fundraising campaign!