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The New Lawyer Supplement

Nov. 26, 2013

Family law clinic provides educational escape from classroom

The clinic is run primarily by UCI law students who come in from 1p.m. to 5p.m. every Friday during the spring and fall semesters to help people with a variety of family legal concerns such as divorce and dissolutions.


By Alexandra Schwappach


Daily Journal Staff Writer


IRVINE - Third-year law student Mimi Ahn's first official court appearance - a default hearing in a divorce case - was nerve-wracking. But an understanding judge, a script and the support of colleagues and mentors steered her through to the end.


Ahn, a student at the UC Irvine School of Law, said she might not have had the opportunity to present in court so early in her career if it weren...

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