Family Law Practicum

Catalog description

This course continues where CL760 left off, incorporating practical community property and family law skills and concepts. Family law is a very common practice area for solo and small firm attorneys, particularly early in their careers, and there is a societal need for representation in this area, given that 80-90% of family law litigants are self-represented. Family law is at the intersection of law, social policy, and the most intimate of human relations, marriage and parentage. This course will explore topics including jurisdiction over the family, separation, dissolution, annulment, parenting time, parenting responsibility, child support, partner support, and domestic violence. Much of family law is policy driven and designed with a policy outcome in mind. This class will help you analyze legal policy to determine if, in application, it meets the policy goal.