Youth Advocacy Clinic (YR)

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Prerequisites: Trial Advocacy, Children and the Law, and 3rd Year Practice Certificate recommended, but not required. Because the credits in this course count toward the JD Program Professional Skills requirement, JD candidates will be given enrollment priority for this class. Concurrencies: None

Exclusive With: None

Laptops Allowed: Yes

First Day Attendance Required: Yes

Course Resources: To be announced.

Course Notes: Students will meet weekly for two hours at the Legal Aid Justice Center (1000 Preston Ave.) for instruction and case supervision. During the fall semester, the two hour weekly class session will include the clinical seminar, which will provide students with an understanding of the legal obstacles confronting low-income youth, the various legal systems and settings in which the law students will practice, and generalized instruction regarding the representation of clients. Additionally, students will meet in small groups with their supervising attorneys for additional case and project supervision as necessary, and the supervising attorneys will accompany students to all administrative and/or court hearings. Because students will participate in visits to juvenile correctional centers to provide incarcerated youth with access to counsel, a background check may be required. IMPORTANT: All clinic participants must attend an “Orientation to Law Clinics at LAJC” session at the start of the semester. This session will provide clinic participants with necessary information about working with LAJC and its client community. The date/time for the session will be announced, but in the past, it has been held on the Monday before the start of upper-level classes. NOTE REGARDING CREDITS AND GRADING BASIS: Of the eight credits awarded for this clinic, four will receive a Satisfactory (S) or Unsatisfactory (U) grade at the conclusion of the fall semester, and four will receive a grade of Honors (H), Pass (P) or Fail (F) at the conclusion of the spring semester. In accordance with Academic Policy, S, U, H and P grades do not earn grading points, so they do not contribute to a student's grade point average (GPA).