Disability Benefits Project

The Clinic represents persons who have been denied Social Security disability benefits in hearings before Administrative Law Judges and in appeals to the federal courts. The Clinic specializes in cases involving persons with mental illness and persons with cognitive impairments. Many of the Clinic’s cases in this area are referred by the Madison Center, which is the community mental health agency for St. Joseph County. The Clinic has particular expertise in this area by virtue of the fact that it has a clinical psychologist and graduate psychology student interns on staff to perform psychological assessments and provide other assistance to our clients and law students.