The Poverty Law & Policy Clinic ("PLPC"), a Thomas & Mack Legal Clinic at the William S. Boyd School of Law at UNLV.

The Poverty Law & Policy Clinic (PLPC) is part of the Thomas & Mack Legal Clinic at the William S. Boyd School of Law at UNLV and was established by Professor Rachel J. Anderson in 2023. The PLPC teaches law students how to use law and policy to help Nevadans with the greatest needs through hands-on learning experiences as student attorneys working with government agencies, elected officials, non-profit organizations, and direct service providers. PLPC Student Attorneys conduct legal and policy research, studies, and analyses, draft legal memoranda, and prepare a presentation of the results. Student Attorneys in the PLPC work on issues that intersect with poverty including housing, mental health, food insecurity and nutrition, health, education, transportation, disability, environment, voting, internet access, and criminalization. The PLPC is committed to fostering a deeper understanding of the legal and policy landscapes that most profoundly affect the lives of Nevadans with the greatest economic and social needs, providing needed resources to help identify specific ways to reduce poverty and economic insecurity and ameliorate adverse collateral consequences so that more Nevadans can live lives full of opportunity.