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The Law School Consortium Project (LSCP) is a national non-profit organization dedicated to increasing access to justice to low and moderate income individuals through affordable and accessible legal services. The LSCP is comprised of an expanding group of law schools interested in designing, evaluating, and promoting programs that extend the educational and professionalism missions of law schools beyond graduation to train, mentor, and provide other support to community solo and small-firm lawyers. By supporting this segment of the legal profession, the LSCP ultimately seeks to increase the availability of quality legal services for low and moderate-income individuals and communities. City University of New York School of Law, University of Maryland Law School, and Northeastern University School of Law created the LSCP in 1997, with funding from the Open Society Institute (OSI). The LSCP member law schools provide assistance to their graduates who have community law firms. This assistance may include:
- Peer mentoring and technical assistance
- Access to law libraries
- Training in law office management, technology, and in substantive legal areas
- Community education opportunities
- Case referrals
- Discounts on services such as malpractice insurance, legal software, and legal research databases, and
- A forum to share experiences, successes, challenges, and practice tips.
Each LSCP law school network is designed to meet the specific needs of its graduates and local community. |
