Boston College Law School gives its students a wide range of classes to take that are taught by some of the best scholars in the field. Yet, while learning about the law in a classroom is crucial to becoming a successful attorney, nothing prepares you for day-to-day practice more than getting hands-on experience before graduating. That’s where BC Law’s clinics come in.

Law students in their second and third years of study can apply for coveted spots in any of the school’s fifteen clinics. No matter what someone’s legal interest is, there’s a clinic for them! To help students better understand the opportunities available to them, the BC Law Impact Blog is highlighting each of these clinics this semester. Here is our interview with a co-director of the Massachusetts Attorney General Civil Litigation Program, Tom Barnico.

Tell us about your clinic!

The Massachusetts Attorney General Civil Litigation Program provides a full-year clinical experience in civil litigation in the Government Bureau of the Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General (AGO). Students in the Program get to work directly with Bureau assistant attorneys general in the representation of state agencies and officials in state and federal courts. This is also the only clinic offered at BC Law where students get to conduct civil litigation in a public law office.

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