Legal Servies

Center for Juvenile Law and Policy (CJLP)

The center was established to offer the hope of systemic reform of the L.A. juvenile justice system through research, litigation, discourse, and advocacy. Prior to the creation of the CJLP, L.A. was the only major metropolitan city nationwide without an independent organization dedicated to advocacy on behalf of children in the delinquency system.

LMU Externship Program

The program offers students a wide range of opportunities to explore the nature of the attorney-client relationship, to experience the actual operation of legal institutions and to refine the skills they will use as future attorneys. Externships expose students to particular areas of practice through work in specialized offices.

Center for Conflict Resolution

The center provides mediation, conciliation and facilitation services, and conflict resolution training to the communities throughout Los Angeles County, and to students, faculty and staff at Loyola. The services are provided in English, Spanish and Armenian.

Civil Justice Program

The program was created to focus research and public attention on the civil justice system. Also, the program convenes periodic conferences, seminars and presentations; promotes and publishes scholarly research; and initiates cross disciplinary projects.

The Disability Mediation Center

The center is an on-campus community-based mediation program serving persons with disabilities or those whose conflicts involve persons with disabilities. Law student externs are given extensive training in alternative dispute resolution, with an emphasis on mediation, as well as the state and federal laws applicable to disability mediation.