One continuous path, seed to crown
Borrowing from how teaching hospitals train physicians, we deliver care and train practitioners in the same motion — grounding every lawyer in preventive law. Each level is independently complete — no prior level is required — but together they form a progression from first exposure to licensed leadership.
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Seeds · Sprouts · Saplings
Youth & pre-law · feederPlanned- · Early exposure to law as service and care
- · Mentorship and legal-identity formation
- · A pipeline that begins long before law school
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Seedlings
Law Student Summer Internship- · A summer internship for law students — 1L, 2L, or 3L
- · First supervised exposure to preventive law in practice
- · Observe, research, reflect, and build the habits of compassionate lawyering
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Roots
Clinical externship- · Supervised nonprofit legal work on real matters
- · Available for academic credit through a student's law school
- · Bridges classroom learning to practice
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Trunk
12-month fellowship- · A year-long nonprofit general-counsel immersion
- · Serve one organization in depth
- · Own client relationships under supervision
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Crown
24–36-month residency- · Licensed, salaried attorneys managing caseloads
- · Specialize and lead matters end-to-end
- · Mentor the levels below — the crown shelters the tree
No one practices alone
Every matter is held by a trainee and a supervising attorney together. Supervision is not a sign-off — it is structured, reflective mentorship in the practice of preventive law, the way attending physicians teach residents.
Supervised
Every trainee works under an experienced nonprofit attorney.
Preventive
We begin with a Legal Health Assessment, not an emergency.
Reflective
Regular rounds turn real cases into deliberate learning.
Twin goals
Client wellbeing and trainee growth, in every matter.