Lewis & ClarkLaw School

Small Business Legal Clinic

Client Statistics

SBLC By Numbers

Running Total of Clients Served by the SBLC

Total Number of Clients Served: 319

Total Number of Matters Handled: 711

Total Number of Interns: 56

Total Number of Pro Bono Attorneys Who Have Volunteered at Our Pro Bono Projects: 157

Total Number of Attorneys Who Have Volunteered at the SBLC in Other Ways: 39

Percentage of Clients Who Are Women, Minorities, or Recent Immigrants: 77%

Percentage of Clients Who Live in a Distressed Area: 38%

*Distressed area as defined by the OECDD based on data from the Oregon Employment Department and the US Bureau of Economic Analysis

*Numbers as of August 2009

Academic Year 2009-2010 Breakdown

Total Number of Clients Served: 29

Total Number of Matters Handled: 54

Total Number of Interns: 4

Total Number of Attorneys Who Have Volunteered at Our Pro Bono Project: 15

Total Number of Attorneys Who Have Volnteered at the SBLC in Other Ways: 2

Percentage of Clients Who Are Women, Minorities, or Recent Immigrants: 42%

Percentage of Clients Who Live in a Distressed Area: 48%

 

Academic Year 2008-2009 Breakdown

Total Number of Clients Served: 134

Total Number of Matters Handled: 268

Total Number of Interns: 24

Total Number of Attorneys Who Have Volunteered at Our Pro Bono Project: 68

Total Number of Attorneys Who Have Volunteered at the SBLC in Other Ways: 18

Percentage of Clients Who Are Women, Minorities, or Recent Immigrants: 81%

Percentages of Clients Who Live in a Distressed Area: 41%

 

Academic Year 2007-2008 Breakdown

Total Number of Clients Served: 102

Total Number of Matters Handled: 239

Total Number of Interns: 15

Total Number of Attorneys Who Have Volunteered at  Our Pro Bono Project: 52

Total Number of Attorneys Who Have Volunteered at the SBLC in Other Ways: 13

Percentage of Clients Who Are Women, Minorities, or Recent Immigrants: 70%

Percentage of Clients Who Live in a Distressed Area: 28%


Academic Year 2006- 2007 Breakdown

Total Number of Clients Served: 54

Total Number of Matters Handled: 150

Total Number of Interns: 13

Total Number of Pro Bono Attorneys Who Have Volunteered at Our Pro Bono Projects: 22

Total Number of Attorneys Who Have Volunteered at the SBLC in Other Ways: 7

Percentage of Clients Who Women, Minorities, or Recent Immigrants: 81%

Percentage of Clients Who Live in a Distressed Area: 44%

Contact Us

email sblc@lclark.edu

voice 503-768-6940
fax 503-546-8863

Executive Director and Clinical Law Professor
Maggie Finnerty

Clinical Law Professor
Scott Stevenson

Operations Manager
Becka Martinez Griffin

Address
310 SW 4th Ave.
Suite 1000
Portland OR 97204