Prerequisite or Corequisite: Evidence or Trial Advocacy –
Criminal or Trial Advocacy-Concentrated Civil or Trial Advocacy-
Concentrated Criminal
St. John's University School of Law is partnering with the New
York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG) to provide students with an
exciting, well-supervised, hands-on clinical experience. Clinic
students, working in pairs, represent clients in family offense and
visitation matters in the Queens and Manhattan family courts.
Students have the opportunity to handle cases from inception to
final disposition, including conducting client interviews, seeking
orders of protection, negotiating settlements, making all court
appearances, and, where indicated, taking the case to trial.
Clinic students enroll in the domestic violence clinic placement
and in a two-credit seminar component which meets at the law
school. The seminar provides clinic students with substantive
knowledge in aspects of family, matrimonial, immigration, and
criminal law relevant to the practice portion of the course.
In addition, students will be introduced to the integration of
law and psychology specific to intimate violence and participate in
skills classes in interviewing, safety planning, case preparation,
evidence gathering, legal writing, trial advocacy and
negotiation skills. This two-semester course maximizes each
student's opportunity to fully service each client while
maintaining continuous client representation on sensitive legal
matters. Students spend approximately 12 – 15 hours a week in court
or preparing their cases at the NYLAG clinic office. Students will
receive 4 credits per semester, 2 pass-fail credits and 2
letter-graded credits. Students will be chosen based upon an
interview with the professor. Evidence and a trial advocacy course
are pre- or corequisite courses and interested students are
strongly urged to take Family Law and Family Violence and Sexual
Assault.
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