Bronx Defenders Mainzer Family Defense Field Clinic Seminar

Catalog description

The seminar will provide an opportunity to conference cases as well as explore child welfare law and policy, both in New York and nationally, with an emphasis on Article 10 child protection proceedings and the due process issues they raise. Particular attention will be paid to the issues of class and race in child welfare practice. The seminar will teach practical litigation skills through discussion of the cases students are handling and in-class simulation exercises. Preference will be given to students who have taken courses in trial practice and evidence. Corequisite(s): LAW 7803 .