When you support the USD Legal Clinics, your one gift is transformed into three different points of impact:
You educate advocates. Students gain meaningful, hands-on legal experience preparing them to practice with confidence and purpose.
You make justice accessible. Low-income and underserved community members receive free, high-quality legal representation regardless of their ability to pay.
You reinforce a culture of service. Students experience firsthand that being a lawyer means more than practicing law—it means using their skills and expertise to make a difference.
Through 14 direct-client legal clinics, students work alongside experienced attorneys to provide free legal services to people facing some of life’s most difficult challenges.
2025 Calendar Year Impact by the numbers:
$3.4M+ in pro bono legal services provided to the San Diego community
600+ cases closed
145+ law students trained
600–700 active cases served throughout the year
Your support helps sustain a diverse network of clinics serving clients across a wide range of legal needs:
Appellate Clinic
Civil Clinic
Education & Disability Clinic
Entrepreneurship Clinic
Federal Tax Clinic
Housing Rights Clinic
Immigration Clinic
Innocence Clinic
State Income Tax Clinic
State Sales & Use Tax Clinic
Veterans Clinic
Women’s Legal Clinic
Workers’ Rights Clinic
Invest in the USD Legal Clinics to support life-changing student learning opportunities, stand-up for those most at risk in our community, and grant equitable access to justice.
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