Economic Opportunity

The WashULaw Civil Rights and Mediation Clinic focuses on housing, education, and consumer discrimination. Clinic students provide representation for low-income St. Louis clients on a multitude of different legal subjects ranging from housing to education to municipal court claims.

The WashULaw Clinical Education Program is considered one of the finest in the country. Established in 1973, the clinical education program allows WashU’s law students, and sometimes students outside of the Law School, to work to provide legal advice and litigation to clients in the St. Louis area.

The Live Near Your Work program provides employees help with purchasing homes in select St. Louis neighborhoods near WashU and BJC.

This collaborative effort between the Brown School’s Buder Center with leaders at the St. Louis Zoo, St. Louis Art Museum, Missouri Humanities Council, Missouri History Museum and Lutheran Indian Ministries, is meant to advance Native partnerships and programming. Strengthening collaboration and communication will allow better dissemination of knowledge, stronger programs, and improved outreach.

The Brown School Evaluation Center works with organizations to create change through evaluation. Through training, planning, data, and communication, the Evaluation Center has been helpful in working with numerous organizations and their capacity and resources to elevate the organizations.

The Center for Human Service Leadership (HSL) supports the nonprofit tenants at Delmar DivINe, a new complex in North St. Louis city dedicated to community development, social improvement and collaboration in the St. Louis area. Directed by Professor Barry Rosenberg, this initiative uses racial equity lens to contribute to the long-term development of social service organizations, assisting in organizational governance, data-driven strategic thinking, innovation, talent development and collaboration.