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Notre Dame Exoneration Justice Clinic: Mission Statement

The Exoneration Justice Clinic (“EJC”) provides law students and undergraduate students from Notre Dame and law students from abroad with real-world lawyering experience representing clients who were wrongfully convicted. The EJC’s mission has five principal pillars:

(1) The EJC investigates and litigates wrongful conviction cases involving claims of actual innocence in Indiana;

(2) The EJC investigates and litigates cases nationwide involving claims of actual innocence and manifest injustice on behalf of Mexican nationals through the Program for the Defense of Mexican Nationals in Criminal Matters in the United States (“PDM”);

(3) The EJC provides its clients who are released from prison with comprehensive reentry support, including education and vocational training, transitional housing, health care services, including mental health counseling, and other support programs;

(4) The EJC advocates for legislative reforms that will prevent wrongful convictions and abolish the death penalty; and

(5) The EJC seeks to expand access to justice on a global scale through advocacy, educational training, partnerships, and community engagement, including through the Strathmore Law School Legal Aid Caravan.