Washington and Lee University School of Law
 Painters put the finishing touches on the W&L Community Law Clinic at the Oliver Hill House. |
W&L Law School operates the W&L Community Law Center at the Oliver Hill House in the City of Roanoke. The Community Law Center aspires to instill the sense of great purpose, which a young law student named Oliver White Hill carried for four decades and beyond, into our law students.
It is common knowledge that Oliver Hill was among the great attorneys who litigated Brown v. Board of Education to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1954. Few realize, however, that Mr. Hill had entered Howard Law School in 1930 with a plan to overturn the unjust "separate but equal" doctrine announced in Plessy v. Ferguson. In fact, from the time he was an undergraduate student at Howard University, Oliver Hill knew that his career contribution to American society would be to overcome the racial inequalities practiced in the United States under the color of law.
We hope that every law student will find their passion for pro bono legal practice before graduation. Our program at the Hill House exposes W&L Law students to legal representation of individuals belonging to identifiable social classes which each suffer a different kind of injustice in the 21st century:
The W&L Community Law Center also maintains an "Open Door" Policy within the Gainsboro Community. When called upon by low-income community members for legal assistance with other types of legal problems, we will consider representation on a case-by-case basis. If you are looking for assistance, please call (540) 491-9302 to speak with someone at the W&L Community Law Center. If your income qualifies you, we can make an appointment for you to speak with a law student working under the supervision of an attorney.
W&L Community Law Center at the Oliver Hill House
401 Gilmer Ave. NW
Roanoke, VA 24016
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