SWKM 5475Legal Issues

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Prerequisite(s): SWKM 5400 and SWKM 5425, or SWKM 6400 with a B- or above and Formal acceptance into the MSW Program. The course provides learners with understanding, awareness, and skills to engage as leaders in multi-disciplinary social work practice within the legal system focusing on standards of practice for social work professionals while advancing social, economic, and environmental justice. Learners will be able to identify legal issues and understand the process of working in an interdisciplinary manner with culturally diverse populations who may be treated differentially by the court system. Learners will also understand the process of promoting client rights and humane laws including adequate representation in the legal system by advocating at multiple levels.