Special Topics in Client Services (SC) (JAG)

LAW7500
Section 7, Spring 25
JAG School Instructor

Schedule Information

Enrollment: 1/4
Credits: 1
Days Date Time Room

Wed

 		03/19/2025 1430-1620 JAG

Wed

 		03/26/2025 1430-1620 JAG

Wed

 		04/02/2025 1430-1620 JAG

Wed

 		04/09/2025 1430-1620 JAG

Wed

 		04/16/2025 1430-1620 JAG

Wed

 		04/23/2025 1430-1620 JAG

Wed

 		04/30/2025 1430-1620 JAG

Wed

 		05/07/2025 1430-1620 JAG

Course Description

This elective will examine the application of the growing legal assistance mission. Topics include special education law, immigration, consumer protection law and family law and their impact to the military community. Consumer law topics will include automobile fraud, automobile purchasing, identity theft, telemarketing and internet fraud, predatory lending, and debt collection. Students will also study military issues regarding the financial impact of marriage, separation, divorce, child custody, child support, property division, and division of retired pay. Students will have the opportunity to hear from the enforcement agencies that impact Service members, such as the Department of Justice and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. This elective is recommended for anyone who supervises or practices legal assistance (BJA, Chief of Client Services, CJA, and DSJA). Students will have short weekly reading assignments (cases and/or statutes or scholarly articles) for in-class discussion.

Course Requirements

Exam Information

Final Type (if any): None

Description: None

Written Work Product

Grades will be based on an individual presentation, one 2–3-page written submission, and class participation.

Other Work

Students will have short weekly reading assignments (cases and/or statutes or scholarly articles) for in-class discussion.

Other Course Details

Prerequisites: Approval of eligibility by JAG School required. Concurrencies: None

Exclusive With: None

Laptops Allowed: No

First Day Attendance Required: Yes

Course Resources: To be announced.

Course Notes: The instructors for this course are MAJ McMENAMIN and MAJ BEARDEN. This course meets at the JAG School during its 4thQuarter, March 18 - May 9, 2025. Due to weather, holidays, military requirements, etc., individual class sessions at the JAG School are subject to rescheduling on occasion. The JAG School attempts to reschedule make-ups at the same day/time slot, but there may be times when a meeting session date/time will not occur in the same day/time slot. All absences must be approved by the instructor. ENROLLMENT: Students seeking to enroll in this course must complete and timely submit a request e-form to SRO (available on LawWeb). The JAG School and Law School intend to finalize the roster of approved UVA Law students for this course by February 12, 2025.

Graduation Requirements

Satisfies Understanding Bias/Racism/Cross-Cultural Competency requirement: No

Satisfies Writing Requirement: No

Credits For Prof. Skills Requirement: No

Satisfies Professional Ethics: No

Additional Course Information

Schedule No.: 125219324

Modified Type: UVA Law Seminar

Cross Listed: No

Waitlist Count: 0

Concentrations: International and National Security Law

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*During open enrollment periods, live enrollment data may be found in SIS.