The clinic fulfills the Trial Requirement if the student is eligible to appear in court under New Jersey Court Rules. People skills and a personal commitment to public service are typical of those enrolled in the Family Law Clinic. Students, working both in and out of court, represent impoverished people who are undergoing personal crises.
Participants work through complex cases in the full range of family law matters.
The clinic places special emphasis on training students to communicate with clients and to deal with the complex dynamics of family relationships. The Family Law Clinic provides students with the opportunity to develop practice skills and an intensive understanding of various areas of family law practice. Students are admitted in the first semester of their third year day or fourth year evening and typically remain in the clinic for two semesters. Students serve as counsel to clients in divorce and adoption cases from original interview through final judgment. Students also serve as law guardians for children in termination of parental rights and other cases.