LAW-6197 JUVENILE DEFENSE CLINIC

This is a six credit, one-semester course. Students will represent children in a variety of settings including delinquency, education, special education and possibly some dependency. Students must have completed four semesters and forty-eight credit hours to participate in this course. Students must also have received their Florida Board of Bar Examiners character. Prerequisites are criminal law, evidence and professional responsibility. Prior to taking this students may also want to take any of the following recommended courses: Advanced Legal Writing, Children and the Law: Dependency and the Rights to Protection and Services, Children and the Law: Delinquency and Children's Autonomous Rights, Client Counseling, Criminal Procedure, Disability Law, Evidence, Family Law, Florida Civil Practice, and Trial Advocacy. This course will be graded on the traditional A-F grading scale. This class satisfies the graduation requirement for a skills class. Students will be accepted into the Children and Family Clinic by application only.

Credits

6

Distribution

Law