Pathway: Family & Juvenile Law

The Family & Juvenile Law Pathway is designed as a guided curriculum that will help you develop the skill set necessary to work or practice law in the family law and/or juvenile law community. Family and juvenile law attorneys serve clients in a broad array of legal areas, such as divorce, child custody, child abuse and neglect, domestic and international adoption, domestic violence and child support. Therefore, in addition to developing basic knowledge of family law, you must learn a variety of ancillary subjects, such as bankruptcy, tax and others listed in this Pathway. By following this Pathway, you will hone core legal analysis, research and writing and trial skills.

Faculty Advisors

Professors LaShanda Adams, Andrew Budzinski, Matt Fraidin, and Tianna Gibbs

Curriculum

Stage 1: Foundational Courses

Stage 2: Electives

Civil Rights in the 21st Century Seminar ^RALWR
Education Law
Gender & Sexual Orientation Under the Law Seminar ^RALWR
Negotiations
Race and the Law Seminar ^RALWR
Remedies ^CORE
Rights of Persons with Disabilities Seminar
Trial Advocacy

Stage 3: Experiential Opportunities

Criminal Defense and Racial Justice Clinic ^CR
Externship Program
General Practice Clinic ^CR
Legislation Clinic ^CR
Summer Fellowship Program
Tax Clinic ^CR
Youth Justice Clinic ^CR

^{REQ. = Required course for all students | CORE = At least 3 core courses are required
RALWR = An opportunity to complete the Research Paper requirement | CR = An opportunity to complete the Clinic requirement}

Community Service/Summer Fellowships/Externships

UDC Law has extensive connections with non-profit organizations and governmental agencies in the DC metropolitan region that provide students with the opportunity to spend a semester actually working in their chosen fields. The following are some examples of relevant placements students have obtained with outside organizations and agencies: