LAW 680: Juvenile Practice Clinic
This course integrates substantive law and skills training with practical juvenile court experience to develop an understanding of the juvenile justice system not available from the traditional non-clinical courses. Initial classroom sessions cover the history of the juvenile court, major constitutional developments in juvenile law, competing and conflicting juvenile court philosophies, and present practices and procedures. With these classroom sessions as background, students represent children in juvenile court proceedings during all stages of representation, from intake through adjudication and disposition, under close supervision by clinical faculty. Later classroom sessions are primarily devoted to case reviews and further development of substantive knowledge and advocacy techniques in the context of cases that students are handling. Either or both semesters may be taken. Three credits are awarded in the first semester in which the student is enrolled, which includes a series of introductory classes on the lawyering process and relevant issues of substantive law and procedure. Pass/Fail. Enrollment limited. [3 credit hours]
LAW 765: Juvenile Practice Clinic – Advanced
A second optional semester is available. Maximum credit of 5 Clinic credits. Pass/Fail. Faculty approval required. [2 credit hours]
