LAW Youth and Education Advocacy Clinic: Clinical Practice
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116 / 162 Item is good for 25 routes, rollover orange dots above to see which ones! LAW 660A Youth and Education Advocacy Clinic: Clinical Practice Law School Recommended for route(s): [ Litigation ] Employment Law: General Why it is relevant for ... [ Litigation ] as a Clinic : This clinic is an obvious choice for students interested in education law and policy, and for students with a public interest career objective. Students in the clinic work with disadvantaged youth to ensure that they have access to equal educational opportunities. They work on community outreach and education, and they represent youth and their families in school reform litigation as well as policy research and administrative advocacy on equal access issues. Be sure to also consider other clinics: Whether or not a clinic focuses on the substantive law of your specific career orientation, you can be confident that every clinic will provide skills-based training that is relevant and transferable to other areas of practice. Review the clinic activities for the skill sets you are most interested in acquiring, such as interviewing clients, presenting arguments, writing for different audiences, or negotiating and collaborating with others. Equally important, the mentoring offered to students by clinical program directors provides a valuable opportunity to develop that key lawyering competence: professional judgment. The following clinics are particularly useful for those planning to litigate as they develop written and oral advocacy skills useful for a litigation career in any substantive area: Criminal Defense Clinic Criminal Prosecution Clinic Cyberlaw Clinic Environmental Law Clinic Community Law Clinic Supreme Court Clinic General course Description: (Same as EDUC 334A/B/C). The Youth and Education Law Project offers students the opportunity to participate in a wide variety of educational rights and reform work, including direct representation of youth and families in special education and school discipline matters, community outreach and education, school reform litigation, and/or policy research and advocacy. All students have an opportunity to represent elementary and high school students with disabilities in special education proceedings, to represent students in school discipline proceedings, or to work with community groups in advocating for the provision of better and more equitable educational opportunities to their children. In addition, the clinic may pursue a specific policy research and advocacy project that will result in a written policy brief and policy proposal. Students working on special education matters have the opportunity to handle all aspects of their clients' cases. Students working in this area interview and counsel clients, investigate and develop facts, work with medical and mental health professionals and experts, conduct legal and educational research, create case plans, and represent clients at individual education program (IEP) team meetings, mediation or special education due process hearings. This work offers students a chance to study the relationship between individual special education advocacy and system-wide reform efforts such as impact litigation. Students working on school discipline matters interview and counsel clients, investigate and develop facts, interview witnesses, conduct legal and educational research, create case plan, and represent clients at school discipline hearings such as expulsion hearings. Such hearings provide the opportunity to present oral and written argument, examine witnesses, and present evidence before a hearing officer. If appropriate and necessary, such proceedings also present the opportunity to represent students on appeal before the school district board of trustees or the county board of education. The education clinic includes two or three mandatory training sessions to be held at the beginning of the term, a weekly seminar that focuses on legal skills and issues in law and education policy, regular case review, and a one hour weekly meeting with the clinic instructor. Admission is by consent of instructor. The Law School's clinical courses are offered on a full-time basis for 12 credits. Course Style: A Clinic provides hands-on practical legal experience under the supervision of a faculty member and complemented by a seminar. Course Frequency: Offered twice a year |
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