During the Spring semester, students enrolled in the Domestic & Sexual Violence Clinic will collaborate with community partners to engage in a regional, statewide, or national policy project focused on improving legal or institutional responses to gender-based violence. Depending on the semester project, clinic students may participate in additional trainings during the first few weeks of the semester focused on background areas of law. Subsequent two-hour seminars and weekly student meetings with the clinic director are held throughout the semester. Clinic students engage in an average of 13 hours of work per week. Some travel may be required.
Prerequisite: Law 203 Civil Procedure. Prior or concurrent enrollment in Law 219 Evidence, Law 272 Family Law, and Law 435/435A Domestic & Sexual Violence Clinic are recommended but not required.
Final Assessment: Other.
Grading Mode: Letter Grading.
Graduation Requirements: Counts towards the Professional Skills Requirement.
Graduation Requirements: Satisfies the Bias, Antiracism and Cultural-Competency requirement.