Pathway: Family & Juvenile Law

The Family & Juvenile Law Pathway is designed as a guided curriculum that will help you develop the skill set necessary to work or practice law in the family law and/or juvenile law community. Family and juvenile law attorneys serve clients in a broad array of legal areas, such as divorce, child custody, child abuse and neglect, domestic and international adoption, domestic violence and child support. Therefore, in addition to developing basic knowledge of family law, you must learn a variety of ancillary subjects, such as bankruptcy, tax and others listed in this Pathway. By following this Pathway, you will hone core legal analysis, research and writing and trial skills.

Faculty Advisors

Professors Matthew Fraidin, Miriam Marton, and Saleema Snow

Curriculum

Stage 1: Foundational Courses

  • Administrative Law
  • Civil Procedure I and II REQ.
  • Evidence REQ.
  • Family Law
  • Property REQ.
  • Taxation I
  • Wills and Estates

Stage 2: Electives

  • Civil Rights in the 21st Century Seminar
  • Education Law
  • Gender & Sexual Orientation Under the Law Seminar
  • Negotiations
  • Race and the Law Seminar
  • Remedies
  • Rights of Persons with Disabilities
  • Trial Advocacy

Stage 3: Experiential Opportunities

REQ. = Required course for all students | Course descriptions can be found in the Course Catalog

Community Service/Summer Fellowships/Externships

UDC Law has extensive connections with non-profit organizations and governmental agencies in the DC metropolitan region that provide students with the opportunity to spend a semester actually working in their chosen fields. The following are some examples of relevant placements students have obtained with outside organizations and agencies: