Domestic Violence Clinic

Catalog description

The Domestic Violence Clinic operates as a law firm that provides legal services to survivors of gender-based violence. In this year-long clinic course, student-attorneys represent their clients in state court hearings involving protective orders, child custody, support, and divorce; they also represent criminalized survivors incarcerated for reasons associated with gender-based violence and trafficking, mostly in hearings before the pardon and parole board and in post-conviction cases. Student-attorneys will receive supervision and feedback while handling all stages of a client case -from client interviewing, drafting pleadings, case planning, investigation, discovery, motions argument, trial, and hearings. During weekly case rounds, student-attorneys gather for case discussion, strategy, and feedback. This course is taken in conjunction with its co-requisite course, Litigation Skills for Clinic Students.