Legal Clinics and Services
Western Law offers students the opportunity to develop practical skills and gain valuable hands-on legal experience through various clinics and programs that support the community.
Clinics
Community Legal Services: Provides free legal services by law students, who work under the close supervision of expert staff lawyers. Services are available for low-income individuals in London, as well as to Fanshawe College and Western University students.
Dispute Resolution Centre: A not-for-profit organization that provides free mediation services to residents of London and Middlesex County. The DRC assists people who wish to resolve their disputes quickly, efficiently, and effectively.
Pro Bono Students Canada: Pairs law students with community agencies in need of free legal services. Agencies typically involved with PBSC include public interest and non-profit organizations, tribunals, legal clinics, and lawyers working pro bono on a particular case.
Sports Solution Clinic: Offers Western Law students the opportunity to assist Canadian athletes in preventing and resolving sport-related legal issues. The Sport Solution clinic is the only program of its kind in North America and is available to all members of AthletesCAN.
Western Business Law Clinic: Provides small start-up businesses with pro bono legal counsel. With the exception of administrative fees, the Clinic offers its services on a pro bono basis. All work is reviewed and approved by a mentor lawyer.
Western Intellectual Property & Innovation Legal Clinic: Provides students with hands-on and client-facing opportunities to develop their professional skills while gaining exposure to a wide range of intellectual property-related legal matters. WIPILC is a unique legal clinic in Canada providing pro-bono legal information to start-ups, entrepreneurs, small businesses, artists, authors, researchers and inventors.
Services
Legal Information for Sexual Assault (LISA): LISA provides free and confidential legal information to current Western University students who have experienced sexual assault or abuse. Through LISA, any Western student can meet with a trained law student to discuss their legal options, understand various legal processes, and receive information and referrals to legal and non-legal resources. The team of volunteers work under the supervision of sexual assault lawyer, Anju Fujioka. Please note that we do not provide legal advice or opinions. We help survivors identify and understand their options and provide information about the various legal pathways that they may wish to pursue.
