The Rutgers/LEAP Law Clinic provides school-based legal services for families, with respect to housing issues, public benefits, and family law. A pro-bono panel of attorneys from the Camden Bar Association provides free representation to families.

Parents are represented by third-year students in the Rutgers Camden Law School Civil Practice Clinic, under the joint supervision of Alice Dueker, Director of Clinical Programs and Traci Overton, Clinical Staff Attorney.


To Schedule an Appointment
Office hours are held to meet with parents for an intake interviews at the LEAP Academy on Tuesdays from 5:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Parents may stop in during office hours without a prior appointment. To schedule an appointment, contact: Gail Molina, Clinic administrative assistant at 856-225-6568


Legal Education Workshops

The Rutgers/LEAP Legal Project will also provide legal education workshops for parents of the LEAP Academy students in an effort to solve and prevent problems. Past workshops include housing law, personal finances and family law. All workshops are held at the LEAP Academy. For further information, contact: Gail Molina, Clinic administrative assistant
at 856-225-6568


Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA)
Rutgers law students will be available to help families filing tax returns. Even families not earning enough money to require filing may be eligible to receive money from the government through the Earned Income Tax Credit. For more information contact:

Tracey Overton
Clinical Attorney
Rutgers, The State University of NJ, Camden Law School ,
200 217 N 5th Street
Camden, NJ 08102
(856) 225-6568 / Fax: (856) 225-6666
Email: overton@camlaw.rutgers.edu



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Telephone: 856-225-6348
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