The West Virginia Innocence Project (WVIP) is a legal clinic within the Clinical Law Program at the West Virginia University. WVIP aims to serve and free people who are in prison for crimes they did not commit. They fix the problems that lead to wrongful convictions in the justice system and focus on those issues important to the people of West Virginia. WVIP helps their clients only by looking at the causes of wrongful imprisonment and helping end the cycle. The WVIP serves those who were wrongly convicted in either state or federal court in West Virginia and does not charge for its services. The WVIP serves only those prisoners who maintain that they are actually innocent of the crimes for which they were convicted. The Clinical Law Program aims to expose students to all phases of lawyering, from interviewing and counseling clients to drafting briefs and pleadings, to appearing in court or before administrative tribunals. To request help from the WVIP, prisoners must complete their application for assistance.