Clinical legal education is the study of law and lawyering in context. Working with real clients with real problems allows law students to begin the lifelong process of becoming thoughtful, responsible, and reflective lawyers. Students working under the close supervision of clinical attorneys are encouraged to identify and pursue their own learning goals while providing essential representation to a wide range of clients. Students become counselors, mediators, litigators, and educators as they learn to apply the legal knowledge they have gained in law school to their clients' diverse concerns.

One of the main goals of the program is to provide legal aid to poor members of the community. It is a very important social mission and also a way to enlighten students on the public service aspect of the legal profession. This introduction to existing  social problems increases awareness of  the problems caused by poverty and human rights violations  in society.

Another important goal is the improvement of  law students’ education  through  contact  not only with theory, but with law in practice as   well - relations with clients and their problems. It provides  a perfect combination of instructive education  practical  experience.

The program is geared towards  law students and law  professors but also to  at-risk social groups: unemployed, homeless, retired, handicapped, crime victims, domestic violence victims  situation, foreigners, and refugees.

The program involves students and the legal and academic community  in working with  people who are often left on the margins of society. It also helps fill the existing need of  free access to justice.