Students in the Domestic Violence Clinic represent victims of domestic violence with a variety of civil legal issues including custody, divorce, visitation, housing, consumer, public assistance, and procurement of protective orders. Students sit “first chair,” and are responsible for all tasks associated with their cases. They meet with clients, draft pleadings, interview witnesses, draft and respond to discovery, take depositions, negotiate settlements, and conduct trials.
Highlights
By meeting with clients in-person and becoming personally involved with each case, I learned what it meant to be an advocate, rather than merely a lawyer.
Laura Shoemaker