In partnership with Liberty University School of Law, Liberty Counsel is launching a new Supreme Court and Appellate Clinic this Fall for third-year law students to work on real-world cases at the highest court levels. The two-semester clinic will be open to up to four third-year students.

In 2005, Liberty Counsel and Liberty University School of Law launched the Constitutional Litigation Clinic. The clinic has been in operation for 20 years and will continue to be open to up to five students per semester. Previous students in this clinic worked on Shurtleff v. City of Boston, a Liberty Counsel case that begin in 2017 and resulted in a 9-0 win at the U.S. Supreme Court in May 2022. 

The Supreme Court and Appellate Clinic will be an advanced clinic focused on specific Supreme Court and Appellate cases. Under supervision and instruction from experienced Liberty Counsel’s Supreme Court practitioners, the students will have weekly class instruction, case rounds, and gain clinical experience with active cases. The clinic is designed to give students valuable practical experience in Supreme Court advocacy through researching and drafting certiorari petitions, merits and opposition briefs, reply briefs, and amicus briefs.

Liberty University School of Law Dean and Professor of Law Dr. Timothy M. Todd said, “We are thankful for the partnership with Liberty Counsel. This clinic will emphasize the development of practical skills while fostering a deep understanding of the substantive law and procedure relevant to practice before the United States Supreme Court and federal appellate courts.” 

Liberty University School of Law is also home to a one-of-a-kind replica of the U.S. Supreme Court bench designed by Mat Staver during his tenure as Dean and Professor of Law.

Liberty Counsel Founder and Chairman Mat Staver said, “We are excited to partner with Liberty University School of Law to educate and train students to practice at the highest levels of the U.S. Supreme Court and appellate courts. Law students in our previous clinics contributed to our 9-0 victory at the U.S. Supreme Court in Shurtleff v. City of Boston in 2022. The Supreme Court and Appellate Clinic will offer students the invaluable experience of working on high profile cases that will shape legal precedent for decades. Liberty Counsel is resolved to develop the next generation of constitutional law advocates.”