The mission of the Thomas and Mack Legal Clinic and the William S. Boyd School of Law Externship Program is to offer students integrated academic and practice-based educational experiences, to teach them to be reflective practitioners and multi-disciplinary professionals, to improve the quality of and access to legal systems, and to provide service to communities in need of legal assistance in Nevada.

The Thomas & Mack Legal Clinic offices are located on the first floor of Boyd Hall, adjacent to the main entrance, on the campus of the University of Nevada--Las Vegas, 4505 Maryland Parkway. Visitor parking is available on the west side of Maryland Parkway at Harmon Avenue.

Thomas & Mack Legal Clinic
University of Nevada Las Vegas
William S. Boyd School of Law
P.O. Box 71075
Las Vegas, NV 89170-1075
Phone: (702) 895-2080
Fax: (702) 895-2081

In House Clinics

Externship Programs

In the News

01/29/09 - Metro Calls Deportation Program a Success (Channel 8 Eyewitness News) Boyd staff and alumna: Angela Morrison (Class of 2005)

01/16/09 - Going to Court with Confidence (UNLV Impacts) Professor: Rebecca Nathanson; Kids' Court School

12/21/08 - Kids have their day in court (Las Vegas Review-Journal) Professor: Rebecca Nathanson; Boyd student: Leslie Strasser Murdock

12/08/08 - Problem once thought dire hasn't been confirmed (Las Vegas Sun) Professor: David Thronson

11/21/08 - Looking in on: Higher Education (Las Vegas Sun)Boyd staff and alumna: Angela Morrison (Class of 2005)

10/09/08 - Innocence Clinic Helps Free Inmates: UNLV Students Use DNA to Exonerate Convicted (FOX5 KVVU Las Vegas) Professor: Kate Kruse

09/30/08 - Deal will let county officers start deportation proceedings (Las Vegas Review-Journal) Professor: Leticia Saucedo

09/25/08 - Other side of the line: Judy Cox used to help put immigrants in jail. Now she defends their rights. (Las Vegas CityLife) Boyd alum: Judy Cox; Professor: Leticia Saucedo

09/22/08 - In libertarian Vegas, ACLU keeps finding battles to fight (Las Vegas Sun) Professor: David Thronson

09/18/08 - Shedding light on the wrongfully convicted (The Rebel Yell) Boyd student: Lucy Flores; Professor: Kate Kruse

09/02/08 - SEEKING JUSTICE: Guilty until proven innocent (Las Vegas Review Journal) (PDF version) Boyd student: Lucy Flores; Professor: Kate Kruse

06/22/08 - Sealing lawsuit hid allegations that judge's law firm didn't perform its duties (Las Vegas Review-Journal) Professor: Kate Kruse

03/22/08 - State illegal immigrant hiring law won’t work (Las Vegas Sun) Professor: David Thronson

10/12/07 - UNLV legal clinic meets unmet needs: Students get real-world experience, opportunity to play role in community (LV Business Press) (click here for the PDF version)

07/08/07 - IN DEPTH: Working in Shadows: Studies dispute notion that immigrants take jobs, depress wages (Review-Journal) Professor: Leticia Saucedo

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