Professor JoNel Newman, director of the Health Rights Clinic, recently published How to Set Up and Run a Law Clinic: Principles and Practice, along with Donald Nicholson and Richard Grimes. The how-to guide provides practical, expert guidance on how to successfully set up and run a law clinic. Based on the authors’ first-hand experience, the guide explores the theory, practice, and process of designing a clinic to address unmet legal needs, enhance student learning, and maximize the additional benefits of a clinic. The book analyses a variety of day-to-day issues and provides invaluable solutions to these commonly occurring challenges.
Newman teaches professional responsibility, civil procedure and directs the Health Rights Clinic at the University of Miami. Since 2005 this medical-legal partnership has successfully represented over three thousand impoverished clients who receive care in through the Medical School’s Comprehensive AIDS Program, the Pediatric Mobile Clinic and the Public Health Trust’s Community Medical Center.
Newman has held numerous leadership and service positions in the Law School and the University. She is the incoming Chair of the University of Miami Faculty Senate, having finished several terms as the First Vice Chair. She has served the Law School on its Dean Search, Curriculum and Appointments Committees. She also has a history of service and leadership with the American Association of Law Schools and its Clinical Section, the American Bar Association and the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida.
