Course Description
Explores the responsibilities of lawyers for children and the factors that influence their interactions with child clients and lawyering decisions.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Graduate law students will not be doing any extra work beyond
that required of the Juris Doctor students. J.D. students are
post-baccalaureate students and the workload expected of them is
the same workload expected of post-baccalaureate graduate
students. Law students are professional students, not
undergraduate students. Graduate law students are primarily
international lawyers seeking expertise in the American legal
system. This expertise is gained through exposure to Juris
Doctor courses.
Athena Title
Lawyering for Children
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
At the end of this course, students will be able to: 1. Discuss child abuse and neglect cases in context 2. Have an understanding of lawyering theory and methods resulting from legal, social, policy, practical, and ethical considerations. 3. Be able to explain and discribe the representation of childen and how that lawyer/client relationship has certain responsibilities.
Topical Outline
Students will: 1. Review and learn new lawyering theory 2. Learn Lawyering methods 3. discuss factors influencing the lawyer/child client relationship 4. The class will refer to source materials, including judicial opinions, statutes, model rules/standards, scholarly research, case studies, and other materials, both legal and non-legal