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Family Empowerment & Legal Access Clinic
Class Term:
Spring Term 2024-2025
Catalog Number:
5398
Professor(s):
Professor
Clinic
Credits:
4 (2 Contact, 2 Field)
Graduation Requirements:
Experiential Learning
Priority:
Departmental Consent
Full Year Course:
No
Category:
Standard Courses
Description
In the Family Empowerment and Legal Access Clinic, law students develop the knowledge, skills, and values necessary for a professionally effective – and satisfying – client representation practice. Third-year students provide brief advice and legal representation to clients experiencing family law issues in Allegheny County and represent families in Special Immigrant Juvenile matters. During their practice, students are supervised by clinical faculty and certified by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania to provide legal services to pro se litigants.