A legal clinic is a law school program providing hands-on- legal experience to law school students and services to various clients. Clinics are usually directed by clinical professors.Legal clinics typically do pro bono work in a particular area, providing free legal services to clients.Students typically provide assistance with research, drafting legal arguments, and meeting with clients. In many cases, one of the clinic's professors will show up for oral argument before the Court. However, many jurisdictions have "student practice" rules that allow law-clinic students to appear and argue in court.