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ELDER LAW CLINIC
(ADVOCACY AND LEGAL SKILLS - 2010)
(4 credits)
The Elder Law Clinic is a one-semester in-house clinical program and is available to second and third-year students. The Clinic addresses the legal needs of Queens' senior citizens and affords students the opportunity to develop essential lawyering skills, practical legal knowledge and professional responsibility while serving the community. Students represent clients in the areas of consumer law (focusing on consumer frauds and scams, including predatory lending), debtor-creditor law and benefit entitlements, such as social security disability, supplemental security income, Medicaid and pension benefits. Clinical Professors supervise students in all aspects of client representation. Students provide representation from the initial client contact through the final resolution of their case. Accordingly, students perform client and witness interviews; perform legal research; draft all pleadings including complaints, answers, motions and briefs; conduct discovery proceedings, including depositions; argue motions; represent clients at administrative hearings and at court hearings and trials; and represent clients at settlement negotiations and draft settlement agreements. Students are required to work in the Clinic 13 hours a week (20 hours a week during summer program). There is also a weekly 2-hour seminar component.
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POVERTY LAW SEMINAR
(INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS - 1060)
(2 credits)
This course will explore legal issues affecting low-income people, how the legal system has responded, and changing ways of effectively advocating on behalf of low-income individuals and communities. Emphasis will be placed on social and economic justice issues, including community development, welfare law, environmental justice, predatory lending and housing issues. Grades are based upon class participation, a research paper, and a short presentation on the research paper topic.
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REFUGEE & IMMIG RTS CL PLA-PTI
(ADVOCACY AND LEGAL SKILLS - 5010)
(2 credits)
The Refugee and Immigrant Rights Clinic is a two semester clinical program available to second and third year students. St. John's University School of Law is partnering with Catholic Charities, Department of Immigration and Refugee Services, to give students the opportunity to provide direct representation to immigrants, refugees and asylees. Students will provide representation in, among other things, asylum cases, cases under the Violence Against Women Act, and The Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000. Students provide representation from initial client contact through final resolution of the case. Students will interview clients, conduct full-scale investigations, perform legal research, develop a case theory that integrates the facts of the case and the relevant law, and provide representation at administrative hearings and court proceedings. Students will develop essential lawyering skills, substantive legal knowledge and professional responsibility while representing clients. Casework will be supervised by adjunct professors, who are experienced immigration rights attorneys from Catholic Charities. Clinic students will enroll in the Refugee and Immigrant Rights Clinic (two credits) and in a seminar component (two credits). The seminar meets for two (2) hours at either the law school or Catholic Charities. The seminar will provide the opportunity for students to learn and develop essential lawyering skills required in client representation, learn substantive areas of immigration law, and participate in roundtable discussions. Lawyering skills classes will include discussion of interviewing, cross- cultural lawyering, case theory and strategy, fact investigation, use of and preparation of experts, and direct and cross-examination. At roundtable discussions, students will present a client's case, identifying a particular complex legal, factual or strategy issue for discussion by the group. This two-semester course will maximize each student's opportunity to see a case from start to finish. Students will spend thirteen (13) hours a week working on cases at the Catholic Charities Office, or in the field investigating a case or appearing at an administrative or court proceeding. Students will receive four (4) credits per semester, 2 pass-fail credits for the clinic component and 2 letter-graded credits for the seminar component. Students will be chosen based upon an interview with the professors.
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REFUGEE & IMMIG RTS CL SEM-PTI
(ADVOCACY AND LEGAL SKILLS - 5000)
(2 credits)
The Refugee and Immigrant Rights Clinic is a two semester clinical program available to second and third year students. St. John's University School of Law is partnering with Catholic Charities, Department of Immigration and Refugee Services, to give students the opportunity to provide direct representation in, among other things, asylum cases, cases under the Violence Against Women Act, and The Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000. Students provide representation from initial client contact through final resolution of the case. Students will interview clients, conduct full-scale fact investigations, perform legal research, develop a case theory that integrates the facts of the case and the relevant law, and provide representation at administrative hearings and court proceedings. Students will develop essential lawyering skills, substantive legal knowledge and professional essential lawyering skills, substantive legal knowledge and professional responsibility while representing clients. Casework will be supervised by adjunct professors, who are experienced immigration rights attorneys from Catholic Charities. Clinic students will enroll in the Refugee and Immigrant Rights Clinic (two credits) and in a seminar component (two credits). The seminar meets for two (2) hours at either the law school or Catholic Charities. The seminar will provide the opportunity for students to learn and develop essential lawyering skills required in client representation, learn substantive areas of immigration law, and participate in roundtable discussions. Lawyering skills classes will include discussion of interviewing, cross- cultural lawyering, case theory and strategy, fact investigation, use of an preparation of experts, and direct and cross-examination. At roundtable discussions, students will present a client's case, identifying a particular complex legal, factual or strategy issue for discussion by the group. This two-semester course will maximize each student's opportunity to see a case from start to finish. Students will spend thirteen (13) hours a week working on cases at the Catholic Charities Office, or in the field investigating a case or appearing at an administrative or court proceeding. Students will receive four (4) credits per semester, 2 pass-fail credits for the clinic component and 2 letter-graded credits for the seminar component. Students will be chosen based upon an interview with the professors.
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REFUGEE& IMMIG RTS CL PLA-PTII
(ADVOCACY AND LEGAL SKILLS - 5030)
(2 credits)
The Refugee and Immigrant Rights Clinic is a two semester clinical program available to second and third year students. St. John's University School of Law is partnering with Catholic Charities, Department of Immigration and Refugee Services, to give students the opportunity to provide direct representation to immigrants, refugees and asylum cases, cases under the Violence Against Women Act, asylees. Students will provide representation in, among other things, asylum cases, cases under the Violence Against Women Act, and The Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000. Students provide representation from initial client contact through final resolution of the case. Students will interview clients, conduct full-scale fact investigations, perform legal research, develop a case theory that integrates the facts of the case and the relevant law, and provide representation at administrative hearings and court proceedings. Students will develop essential lawyering skills, substantive legal knowledge and professional responsibility while representing clients. Casework will be supervised by adjunct professors, who are experienced immigration rights attorneys from Catholic Charities. Clinic students will enroll in the Refugee and Immigrant Rights Clinic (two credits) and in a seminar component (two credits). The seminar meets for two (2) hours at either the law school or Catholic Charities. The seminar will provide the opportunity for students to learn and develop essential lawyering skills required in client representation, learn substantive areas of immigration law, and participate in roundtable discussions. Lawyering skills classes will include discussion of interviewing, cross-cultural lawyering, case theory and strategy, fact investigation, use of and preparation of experts, and direct and cross-examination. At roundtable discussions, students will present a client's case, identifying a particular complex legal, factual or strategy issue for discussion by the group. This two-semester course will maximize each student's opportunity to see a case from start to finish. Students will spend thirteen (13) hours a week working on cases at the Catholic Charities Office, or in the field investigating a case or appearing at an administrative or court proceeding. Students will receive four (4) credits per semester, 2 pass-fail credits for the clinic component and 2 letter-graded credits for the seminar component. Students will be chosen based upon an interview with the professors.
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REFUGEE& IMMIG RTS CL SEM-PTII
(ADVOCACY AND LEGAL SKILLS - 5020)
(2 credits)
The Refugee and Immigrant Rights Clinic is a two semester clinical program available to second and third year students. St. John's University School of Law is partnering with Catholic Charities, Department of Immigration and Refugee Services, to give students the opportunity to provide direct representation to immigrants, refugees and asylees. Students will provide representation in, among other things, asylum cases, cases under the Violence Against Women Act, and The Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000. Students provide representation from initial client contact through final resolution of the case. Students will interview clients, conduct full-scale fact investigations, perform legal research, develop a case theory that integrates the facts of the case and the relevant law, and provide representation at administrative hearings and court proceedings. Students will develop essential lawyering skills, substantive legal knowledge and professional responsibility while representing clients. Casework will be supervised by adjunct professors, who are experienced immigration rights attorneys from Catholic Charities. Clinic students will enroll in the Immigration Rights Clinic (two credits) and in a seminar component (two credits). The seminar meets for two (2) hours at either the law school or Catholic Charities. The seminar will provide the opportunity for students to learn and develop essential lawyering skills required in client representation, learn substantive areas of immigration law, and participate in roundtable discussions. Lawyering skills classes will include discussions of interviewing, cross-cultural lawyering, case theory and strategy, fact investigation, use of and preparation of experts, and direct and cross- examination. At roundtable discussions, students will present a client's case, identifying a particular complex legal, factual or strategy issue for discussion by the group. This two-semester course will maximize each student's opportunity to see a case from start to finish. Students will spend thirteen (13) hours a week working on cases at the Catholic Charities Office, or in the field investigating a case or appearing at an administrative or court proceeding. Students will receive four (4) credits per semester, 2 pass-fail credits for the clinic component and 2 letter-graded credits for the seminar component. Students will by chosen based on an interview with the professors.