University of Alabama School of Law’s Legal Clinics
A partner at the Birmingham, Alabama-based law firm Gentle Turner Sexton and Harbison, LLC, Edgar Gentle works with courts as a special master and settlement administrator. A former Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University, Edgar Gentle went on to earn his juris doctor at the University of Alabama School of Law, which offers a unique law clinic program.
The University of Alabama School of Law stands out as one of only a few law schools in the United States that guarantees students experience in a law clinic. The school features five clinics, in the areas of civil law, criminal defense, elder law, domestic violence law, and mediation law.
Through these five clinics, second- and third-year students serve individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds, providing free legal assistance while gaining invaluable experience representing real clients. In most cases, students serve as “first chair” attorneys and take on a variety of primary responsibilities, from interviewing and counseling clients and planning cases to drafting pleadings and engaging in alternative dispute resolution.
To learn more about the University of Alabama School of Law and its programs, visit www.law.ua.edu.
