IMMIGRATION LAW & HUMAN RIGHTS CLINIC (CLIN7154, 7155)
4 credits clinical component, 1 credit classroom component.
Prerequisites: Minimum Cumulative 2.60 GPA, Evidence, Professional Responsibility.

The Immigration Law/Human Rights Clinic provides students the opportunity to represent people from all over the world who have fled persecution and seek political asylum in the United States. Students enrolled in the clinic represent indigent clients before the INS, immigration judges, the Board of Immigration Appeals and the Third Circuit. Students will be actively involved in all stages of representation including: researching human rights conditions in diverse countries; interviewing and counseling clients; drafting affidavits; researching and writing briefs; preparing witnesses for trial and examining witnesses (including experts) in court. In addition, because so many of the clinic's clients have just arrived in the United States and are being held at the nearby INS detention center, students gain exposure to the conditions of INS detention. In addition to working on political asylum cases, students may also represent clients pursuing other forms of relief from removal or family-based immigration matters (including battered spouse self-petitions). The classroom component combines trial skills with substantive immigration law. The law clinic is open to day and evening students who are the equivalent of a third year day student.

The course is letter-graded for both the clinical and classroom components.

NOTE: The clinic fulfills the Trial Requirement if the student is eligible to appear in court under New Jersey Court Rules.  Students cannot participate in an externship in the same semester in which they are enrolled in a clinic.

JUVENILE JUSTICE CLINIC (CLIN7164)
2 credits.
Prerequisites: Minimum Cumulative 2.60 GPA, Evidence, Professional Responsibility.

The Juvenile Justice Clinic provides students the opportunity to litigate before the Superior Court of New Jersey, Family Part. In the process, students learn about the premises underlying the juvenile system and develop specialized skills necessary for practice in that court. Students are involved in a full range of juvenile court proceedings including detention hearings, formal trials and sentencing hearings. The clinic is open to day and evening students who are the equivalent of a third year day student.

The course is letter-graded.

NOTE: The clinic fulfills the Trial Requirement if the student is eligible to appear in court under the New Jersey Court Rules.  Students cannot participate in an externship in the same semester in which they are enrolled in a clinic.

CIVIL LITIGATION CLINIC (CLIN7180, 7181)
4 credits clinical component, 1 credit classroom component.
Prerequisites: Minimum Cumulative 2.60 GPA, Evidence, Professional Responsibility.

The Civil Litigation Clinic provides students with an opportunity to litigate civil cases in a variety of fora and subject areas. The caseload may range from a federal class action lawsuit to landlord-tenant, consumer, and family cases in state court. Students will engage in all phases of the legal process, including interviewing, counseling, negotiation, motions, pleadings, discovery, trials, and appeals. The clinic represents tenants in landlord-tenant cases, represents parents and children in divorce and custody proceedings, and litigates consumer and a variety of other cases as well. The seminar is designed to ensure that students develop a common base of litigation skills through simulated exercises and will also introduce students to relevant substantive law. In addition to the seminar, students participate in weekly team meetings for the cases for which they are responsible. The Clinic requires an average of fifteen hours per week in addition to the two hour seminar. Litigation demands will vary on a weekly basis, and students must have the flexibility to commit more extended hours to meet court deadlines. The clinic is open to day and evening students who are the equivalent of a third year day student.

The course is letter-graded for both the clinical and class components.

NOTE: The clinic fulfills the Trial Requirement if the student is eligible to appear in court under New Jersey Court Rules.  Students cannot participate in an externship in the same semester in which they are enrolled in a clinic.

FAMILY LAW CLINIC (CLIN7182, 7183)
4 credits clinical component, 1 credit classroom component.
Prerequisites: Minimum Cumulative 2.60 GPA, Evidence, Professional Responsibility, Family Law, Marriage and Divorce.

The Family Law Clinic provides students with the opportunity to develop practice skills and an intensive understanding of various areas of family law practice. Students serve as counsel to clients in divorce and adoption cases from original interview through final judgment. Students also serve as law guardians for children in termination of parental rights and other cases. They are supervised in their activities by the clinic's attorneys, but have primary responsibility for the conduct of the case. Students draft all pleadings and make court appearances on behalf of their clients. The clinic offers training in techniques of advocacy and in legal ethics as well as providing an important service to those who would otherwise be unable to afford legal representation. The clinic is open to day and evening students who are the equivalent of a third year day student.

The course is letter-graded for both the clinical and class components.

NOTE: The clinic fulfills the Trial Requirement if the student is eligible to appear in court under New Jersey Court Rules.  Students cannot participate in an externship in the same semester in which they are enrolled in a clinic.

EVIDENCE: THEORY AND PRACTICE (PRMD7205)
6 credits. Two semesters. Lecture.

This full-year course provides an alternative to the basic evidence course for those who plan to do trial work, or those who want a more complete coverage than is possible in the three credit course. A single grade will be given for the course, but it will be derived from at least two anonymous grading exercises.

NOTE: Students cannot apply both this course and Evidence (PRMD7201) towards degree requirements.