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Nov 19, 2024
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LAW 7559 - Civil Clinic
Credits: 5
Develops lawyering skills and the analytic methods used to develop those skills. Clinic students represent indigent clients in actual cases. Topics include interviewing; counseling; case planning; and drafting of pleadings, motions, and memoranda. Also, fact investigation and discovery, negotiation, and pretrial and trial advocacy. Special emphasis is placed on professional responsibility issues and strategic planning methods. Employs a combination of teaching methods, including one-on-one case supervision, classroom instruction, simulations, and videotaped exercises. A third of the students in the clinic represent resident aliens facing deportation proceedings in the Immigration Clinic. Prerequisites: Completion of 45 credit hours and good academic standing.
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