Family Law

The family law concentration focuses on the processes of marriage, divorce and annulment. Students learn about support obligations in the family, intra-family litigation, separation agreements, premarital controversies (antenuptial agreements and contracts of marriage), illegitimate children, the legal position of married women, intra-family tort liability, child custody, adoption, alimony, property disposition, jurisdiction and other problems relating to the child. The faculty adviser for this concentration is Margaret Johnson.

Required Course:

• Family Law

From the following courses, students are required to select one experiential course, one upper level writing course, either Juvenile Justice or Child and the Family, and one additional course (for a total of four):

• Advanced Legal Research involving a family law topic (approved by Family Law Concentration advisor) (writing)
• Child and the Family
• Civil Advocacy Clinic (experiential) (writing)
• Elder Law
• Family Law Clinic I (experiential) (writing)
• Juvenile Justice
• Mediation Clinic for Families I (experiential)(writing)
• Mediating Family Disputes: Theory and Practice Seminar
• Mediating Family Disputes: Lecture
• Special Topics: Applied Feminism

Other Recommended Courses:  

• Family Law Clinic II
• Federal Income Tax
• Interviewing, Negotiating and Counseling
• Litigation Process
• Mediation Skills
• Planning for Families and Seniors Workshop
• Trial Advocacy
• Trusts and Estates