This course seeks to assess the effectiveness of limited advice and assistance provided to low income clients rather than full representation. Because legal services programs can represent less than a fifth of those who need their help, most offer some form of limited aid. Partnering with the national Legal Services Corporation and Alaska Legal Services, students will interview of sample of clients who received limited assistance and a sample of individuals who secured no help. The outcome of this study will help guide the decisions of legal services programs about whether to invest in limited assistance. After the term begins, students accepted into the course can transfer from section 01 (3 units) into section 02 (4 units), which meets the R requirement, with consent of the instructor. Elements used in grading: Interviewing skills; data analysis; written research and drafting assignments. NOTE: Students may not count more than a combined total of eight units of directed research projects and policy lab practica toward graduation unless the additional counted units are approved in advance by the Petitions Committee. Such approval will be granted only for good cause shown. Even in the case of a successful petition for additional units, a student cannot receive a letter grade for more than eight units of independent research (Policy Lab practicum, Directed Research, Senior Thesis, and/or Research Track). Any units taken in excess of eight will be graded on a mandatory pass basis. For detailed information, see "Directed Research/Policy Labs" in the SLS Student Handbook. CONSENT APPLICATION: To apply for this course, students must complete and e-mail the Consent Application Form available on the SLS Registrar's Office website (see Registration and Selection of Classes for Stanford Law Students) to the instructors. See Consent Application Form for submission deadline.