1.  To provide law students an advanced substantive course in 
land use law focusing on growth management.
2.  To provide these students an opportunity to develop their 
research, analytical, drafting, and communication skills by 
working for specific clients to address pressing growth 
management issues.
3.  To provide state, regional, and local governments/agencies 
and others assistance in researching unresolved legal issues 
surrounding growth management and drafting laws and policies to 
promote quality growth.

Students will work between 10 and 20 hours per week in the 
clinic office to gain practical experience in land use planning 
and land use law.  The weekly class meetings will combine 
substantive instruction with staff law and in materials on 
planning, environmental design and ecology.  It will also use 
materials on transactional practice and develop student 
understanding of common practice challenges.  During staff 
meetings, students will review the status of pending cases, and 
discuss the use and development of lawyering approaches to their 
cases.

In their clinic work, students will work on comprehensive growth 
management issues identified at the beginning of each semester 
by clients and by the clinic's supervisors.  Students will 
engage in at least one substantial piece of research and 
writing, either as client work or through clinical development.  
Finally, students will engage in traditional clinical 
reflection, through periodic journals and focused personal 
interviews with clinicians.