Family Law Concentration

I. Fundamentals (both courses required)
- Family Law I
- Family Law II

Students may satisfy the Family Law I course requirement by participating in either of the family law clinics, i.e., LAIP’s “Family Law Project” (a prison-based clinical program) or the Family Court Assistance Project.

II. Advanced Principles (one of these courses)
- Marital Property Law
- Selected Problems in Family Law: Controversies in Marriage, Divorce and Custody Law
- Adoption Law and Policy
- other Selected Problems in Family Law (Law 939) course designated as fulfilling “Advanced Principles” requirements.

III. Simulation and Experiential Component

Students are required to complete a minimum of six credits of simulation and/or experiential course work. They can satisfy the requirement by participating in:
- Family Court Assistance Project
- LAIP’s Family Law Project (a prison-based clinical program)
- Domestic Violence Externship.

Students may also take one or more of the following courses to satisfy this requirement:
- Client Interviewing and Counseling
- Lawyering Skills (8 credits; Spring Term with Profs. Cagle & Viney)
- Trial Advocacy

IV. Economics of Family Law
Family lawyers must have a grasp of the many issues involved in family law and must also have a working knowledge of tax, estate planning and business law. Students must take at least one of the following courses:
- Tax I 
- Trusts and Estates

V. Elective Courses

Students are required to take an additional six credits of course work from elective courses related to Family Law:
- Children, Law and Society
- Comparative Family Law
- Directed Reading/Directed Research (w/Family Law topic)
- Domestic Violence
- Evidence
- Juvenile Justice Administration
- Law and People with Disabilities
- Law and the Elderly
- Poverty Law
- Selected Problems in Family Law
- Use of Trusts in Estate Planning

Student earning a 3.3 (“B+”) cumulative average in courses fulfilling Family Law Concentration requirements will receive Honors in the Concentration.