Children's Advocacy Clinic

This course will provide instruction to students in the legal representation of children in various civil matters, including dependency, adoption, and custody actions. Students will be managing a caseload of clients. Students will meet directly with their clients, and correspond with agencies and opposing counsel. Students will appear at all court appearances with a supervising attorney. The supervising attorney will meet with students individually on a regular basis for case reviews. The classroom component of the course will focus on various substantive and skills issues, including lectures on child interviewing skills and lectures from physicians on the medical aspects of child abuse. Students may also choose to focus their work on legislative and policy issues related to children's advocacy by drafting legislation and policies on local, state, and national levels.