Seminar - 2 hours. This course focuses on the welfare and legal rights of children, especially the most at-risk in society including those in foster care and victims of crime and civil torts. Students will learn the substantive law of juvenile dependency and the special duties of lawyers representing children in dependency and civil cases, as well as child witnesses in criminal cases. Juvenile dependency law has been historically under-resourced in society. The goal of this class is to prepare the next generation of child advocates and to do our part in closing the resource gap.
Final Assessment: Paper
Graduation Requirements: May satisfy Advanced Writing Requirement with instructor's permission.
Advanced Writing
Maybe
Units
2
Professional Skills
No
Course Number
276A
Active
Yes
Certificate
Cluster
Unit 16
No