SWLAW Blog | Future Students
October 19, 2022
Legal Clinic Leaders Series - 3L Lauren Espina
Meet the students who work directly with and in the community to provide quality legal representation to underserved individuals through our Legal Clinic Leaders blog series. We're excited to spotlight these all-star advocates and showcase the many different fields of law you can explore through our legal clinics and the wide range of opportunities available at Southwestern to gain practical lawyering skills. We hope their experiences will inspire YOU to join a legal clinic.
Meet 3L Lauren Espina
- Street Law Clinic, Spring 2022
Why did you decide to participate in a clinic?
I chose the Street Law Clinic because it sounded like it would be a symbiotic experience where we, as law students, got to learn from the clinic students and vice versa. My main goal was to build trust with the students and to help them understand how the law works and applies to their lives so they can advocate for themselves and their communities. That type of direct service work is what drives my law school journey.
What stands out about your clinic experience?
The students! My teaching partner and I had a bi