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National Profile of Law School Clinics That Provide Representation in Child Support Cases

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This bibliography was made possible througtl a contract with the Office of Child Support Enforcement of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Contract No. 282-86-1014. Any statements, opinions, findings or conclusions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of this agency or the American Bar Association.

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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Haynes, Margaret Campbell. National profile of law school clinics that provide representation

1n child support cases / prepared by Margaret Campbell Haynes, Jeffrey Ball, Virginia Sablan.

p. cm. "Child Support Project, National Legal Resource Center for Child

Advocacy and Protection, American Bar Association." "December 1987." "This Directory was made possible through a contract with the

Office of Child Support Enforcement of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, contract no. 282-86-1014."

IS~N 0-89707-364-9 1. Custody of chi1dren--United States--Directories. 2. Legal aid-

-United States--Directories. I. Ball, Jeffrey, 1955-II. Sablan, Virginia, 1959- III. Child Support Project (U.S.) IV. United States. Office of Child Support Enforcement. V. Title. KF547.H39 1985 348.7301'72'025--dc19 [347.306172025J 88-11074

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. Introduction 0 •••••••• III ••• If • II • " •••••••••••••••• II III 1

II. Profile of Law School Clinics By State

Arkansas University of Arkansas at Little Rock

School of Law ............................... 15

California University of California

Hastings College of the Law .••••.••.••••...• 17 University of the Pacific

McGeorge School of Law .....••...••••••.••.• 19 University of San Diego School of Law ••••••••• 22 University of Santa Clara School of Law ••••.•• 24

Colorado University of Colorado School of Law ....••.•.• 26

Connecticut University of Bridgeport School of Law •••••••• 28 Yale Law School ....... II •••• " •••••••••• III • • • • • •• 30

Delaware Delaware Law School - Widener University ••.••• 32

District of Columbia American University, Washington

College of Law ••••••••••••••••..••••••••.•.• 34 Antioch School of Law •••••••••••••..•••••••.•• 36 Catholic University of America,

Columbus School of Law ••••••..••••••••••••.• 38 Georgetown University Law Center .••.•••••••.•• 41 George Washington University

National Law Center ..••••••••••••.•.•••••••• 43

Florida Florida State University College of Law •••••.• 45 Nova University Center for the

Study of Law ........................ It • • • • • • •• 47 University of Florida College of Law ••••••••.• 49 University of Miami School of Law ••••••••••.•• 51

Hawaii University of Hawaii at Manoa,

William S. Richardson School of Law ••••.•••• 53

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Idaho University of Idaho College of Law ....•.•...•• 55

Illinois DePaul University College of Law •..••••••..•••• 57 Northwestern University School of Law .•••••••• 59 Southern Illinois University

School of Law .. II • II ••••••••••••• II II & ••••••••• ., 61

Indiana Indiana University School of Law -

Indianapolis ... &1 •• 0 ••••••••••• $ ••••••••••••• 63 University of Notre Dame Law School ••••••.•••. 65

Iowa Drake University Law School ••..•.•..•••••••••• 67

Kansas Washburn University of Topeka

School of Law ••••••••••••••..•••.••••••••••• 69

Louisiana Loyola University School of Law •••..•••••••••• 71

Maine University of Maine School of Law •.•••••••••.• 73

Maryland University of Maryland School of Law •.•••••••• 75

Massachusetts Harvard University Law School .••.•..•••••••••• 77 New England School of Law .••••••••...••••••••• 80 Northeastern University School of Law ••••••••• 82 Suffolk University Law School ...••....•••••••• 84

Michigan University of Michigan Law School Wayne State University Law School

Minnesota

••••••••••• a It 86 88

University of Minnesota Law School •••••••••••. 90 William Mitchell College of Law •.•.••••••••••• 92

Missouri Saint Louis University School of Law ••••••••.• 94

Montana University of Montana School of Law ••••••••••• 96

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Nebraska University of Nebraska College of Law ....•.... 98

New Hampshire Franklin Pierce Law Center .•......•.•...•....• 100

New Jersey Rutgers University at Newark

School of Law ....................... 0 ••• II ••• II. 10·3 Seton Hall university School of Law ..••••••••• 105

New Mexico University of New Mexico School of Law ..••.... 107

New York Brooklyn Law School ....•..•....•........••.•.. 109 Cornell Law School •..•...•.••.••.....••••••••• III Fordham University School of Law .•..•.•••••.•• 113 Pace University School of Law •........••.•..•• 115 St. John's University School of Law .•••••••••. 117 Syracuse University College of Law .......••.•• 119

North Carolina University of North Carolina

School of Law .... 0 •••••••••••••••••••• s ••••• 121

North Dakota University of North Dakota

School of 'Law ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 123

Ohio Capital University Law School ........•..••...• 125 Case Western Reserve University

School of Law ............ II •••••••• 0 • • • • • • • •• 127 Ohio Northern University,

Claude W. Pettit College of Law .....•.•....• 129 Ohio State University College of Law .•••.••..• 131 University of Akron School of Law ......••....• 133 University of Dayton School of Law .••••••••••• 135

Oklahoma University of Oklahoma College of Law •.•••••.• 137

Oregon Lewis and Clark College

Northwestern School of Law ....••....•..•.••. 139 Willamette University College of Law •.•••..••• 141

Pennsylvania Dickinson School of Law •...•...•••••••..•...•• 143 University of Pennsylvania Law School ..•••.••• 145

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Puerto Rico Catholic University of Puerto Rico

School of Law ........... D«I ••••• ':I •••••••••••• 147 Inter American University of

Puerto Rico School of Law ••••••••.••••••••.• 149 University of Puerto Rico School of Law ••••••• 151

South Carolina University of South Carolina

School of Law .... e ••••• III •••••••• " II ••••••••• II 153

Tennessee University of Tennessee

College of Law ••.••••....•••...•••.•••.••••• 155 Vanderbilt University School of Law ..••••••••• 158

Texas Southern Methodist University

School of Law . Q • II ••••• " •• " ••••••• ~ • • • • • • • • •• 160 Texas Tech School of Law •••••••••••••••••••••• 162 University of Texas School of Law ...••.••.••.• 164

Utah University of Utah College of Law •.•••••••••.. 166

Virginia College of William and Mary,

Marshall-Wythe School of Law •••..••.•••••••• 168 University of Richmond, T.C. Williams

School of Law ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 170 University of Virginia School of Law •••••••••• 172

Washington Gonzaga University School of Law •••••••••••••• 174 University of Puget Sound

School of Law .... 0 ij • lit • 11:' tI •• e • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •• 176

West Virginia West Virginia University

College of Law •.••.••••.•..•••••.•.••••••••• 178

Wisconsin University of Wisconsin

Law School ..... '" .......... ell. • • • • • • • • • • • • • •• 180

Wyoming University of Wyoming College of Law •..•.•.••• 182

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III. Appendices

A. Alphabetical Listing of Law School Clinics That Provide Representation in Child Support Cases ..••..•..••••.•.•••.•.••.• 185

B. Alphabetical Listing of Law Schools That Do Not Provide Representation in Child Support Cases ..•..••••••.•••••••....••• 187

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INTRODUCTION

Each year law school clinics provide free or low-cost legal

assistance to thousands of custodial parents, non-custodial

parents and children involved in child support cases. These

clinics' services immeasurably benefit persons affected by the

financial problems of raising children with a parent absent from

the home. The clinics also help law students, providing them •• ,I

w~th practlcal, hands-on legal experlence to complement the

classroom lecture/casebook approach to legal training. This

symbiotic relationship between clinic student and client

underscores the importance of clinical programs to the child

support legal network.

Each clinic operates in ways particularly suitable to its

circumstances. This creates a hodgepodge of structure, emphasis,

funding and participation among the clinics. In order to provide

an overview of the types of clinics actually dealing with child

support and to inform schools without clinics of what is

occurring in the field, the Child Support Project of the American

Bar Association's National Legal Resource Center for Child

Advocacy and Protection, through a grant from the U.S.

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Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Child Support

Enforcement, surveyed all 175 ABA-accredited law schools in the

country. This publication profiles each clinic that deals with

child support issues. It provides clinical instructors a means

to compare their programs with others in the country. It also

lists a contact person within each clinic so that interested

persons or agencies can explore the clinic's operation in

greater detail.

The project found a wide range of clinic structures when it

reviewed responses to the 'survey. Some clinics are in-house,

concentrating on family issues and emphasizing representation of

the custodial parenti some clinics are affiliated with entities

such as IV-D (child support enforcement) agencies, or perhaps

Legal Services Corporation (LSC) grantees that specialize in

representing either the custodial or non-custodial parent.

Eighty-two law schools out of 175 (46%) indicate they have

clinics that handle child support issues in some manner. Some

clinics exclusively handle child support cases, while others

focus on other categories of cases such as domestic violence or

prisoner assistance cases, occasionally helping a client with a

child support problem. Most respondents, however, who indicated

they deal with support cases either have general practice

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clinics with a significant family law caseload or family law

clinics. Thus, it appears that half of the law schools in the

country have clinics that expose law students to child support

issues, and of those schools, the majority has a significant

child sup~vrt caseload.

The results of the survey show that clinics generally service

the area in the vicinity of the law school. Not surprisingly,

students do their clinical work close to their law schools.

Clinics usually provide full-service coverage for the client.

Almost all clinics interview and counsel clients, refer those

persons who need another legal resource to the appropriate

entity, conduct research, do discovery, draft correspondence and

pleadings, and negotiate. These activities are usually done

under supervision of a faculty member assigned to the clinic.

Sometimas an attorney from a local office of a LSC grantee, a

District Attorney, or a IV-D agency attorney supervises the

student. Whoever supervises the student does so with great

care, according to the responses we received. Many schools'

responses emphasize the continuous, direct and extensive

supervision students receive, so as to allay any potential

client's or court's fear that law students are handling these

important cases without guidance or experienced review.

Although some clinics allow students to practice in court

without a faculty member present, a large majority has

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supervisors present at a court or administrative hearing. Most

clinics handle appeals, although student responsibility during

the appeal stage varies from minimal involvement with to the

primary tending of the case.

When it comes to enforcing a support order, clinics pursue

contempt and income withholding remedies more often than any

other forms of relief. Tax refund offsets, liens, and bonds are

used less often. Twice as many clinics handle only int~astate

cases as those that handle both intra- and interstate ones. The

Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act (URESA), the

Uniform Enforcem~nt of Foreign Judgments Act (UEFJA), long-arm

statutes, and IV-D agency transmittal requests for interstate

income withholding are used to varying degrees by the clinics

when dealing with interstate cases.

About half of the 82 clinics that handl~ support cases work to

some degree with child support enforc~ment agencies. Few

clinics have extensive contact or re~ationships; those that do

tend to have agreements with the ageI~ies to represent either

custodial or non-custodial parents in IV-D cases. (Only

custodial parent representation may be paid for with Title IV-D

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federal funds). Other clinics have less-established

relationships with their local child support enforcement

offi~~s. Those clinics occasionally refer clients to or receive

clients from the agencies. Sometimes the clinics consult the

agency about support procedure or law or a particular case's

facts.

Several schools are affiliated with local LSC grantees,

providing students to the legal aid offices or taking referrals

from them. A few schools maintain an affiliation with a

prosecutor's office, a public defender's office, a private firm,

or a local volunteer bar association group.

If a clinic cannot help a person with a support case, it will

refer him or her to other resources located within the

community. The major sources of referrals are private law firms

and LSC grantees. Non-profit organizations staffed by either

lawyers or non-lawyers, and pro bono lawyers represent other

alternatives, especially in the more populous areas. The

District Attorney's Office is also a referral source, especially

for the custodial parent with an interstate support problem.

A large majority of clinics (80%) operates year-round. The rest

operate only during the school year, transferring their

caseloads to local LSC grantee offices or pro bono attorneys or

keeping them in-house for the faculty to monitor.

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Most clinics handle between 26 and 200 support cases annually,

with the two largest groups clumped at the 26-50 and 101-200

case levels, the former category representing general practice

clinics and the latter representing clinics that emphasize

support issues.

The clinics' child support caseload varies from 1-100% of the

total clinic caseload, obviously depending on the clinic's

focus. Paternity cases are a very small percentage of cases

handled, even among clinics that emphasize support cases.

Law school faculty members supervise the great majority of

student work. While some schools have faculty specifically

designated to serve as clinical director or instructor, others

select clinical supervisors from the general faculty. The

faculty supervisors range from tenured full professors to

part-time instructors. Of those schools that do not use a

faculty member as a supervisor, the majority uses LSC grantee

attorneys as overseers of student work. Only a few use private

attorneys as supervisors.

Most clinics are less than 20 years old. Many appear to have

been created in response to the recently growing concern that

law students need some practical hands-on training before

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practicing as full-fledged attorneys. Also, the necessity of

a~ternative services to bridge the great gulf betw~en the need

for legal services by lower-income people and the provision of

those services has given rise to greater law school clinic

involvement. Several clinics, such as Harvard's Legal

Assistance Bureau, established in 1914, have played such a role

for several decades.

Most clinics have made adjustments over their years of

operation, including bolstering faculty and increasing the

amount of credits offered to the student. Some clinics have

chosen to restrict the types of cases handled, while a few have

expanded theirs.

Most clinics are in-house, law-school-financed enterprises,

although some schools base their operations at LSC grantee

offices, IV-D agencies, or District Attorney Offices.

Clients usually do not have to pay for their clinic-provided

legal services outside of court costs. If they do, most of the

fees are nominal. When a client is an agency under a contract

with the clinic, the clinic usually provides services at an

hourly rate that reflects that area's going rate for

lesser-experienced attorneys.

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Clinics by a 5 to 1 margin have malpractice i~surance, usually

covering the clinic only, although a few are ~nder insurance

protection that covers the ~ntire law school or university.

The average clinic has about 6-20 student participants. Some of

the larger schools have several specialized clinics or one big

general practice clinic that has over 30 students. Most

students are selected for the clinic by lottery or by "first to

sign, first to participate" enrollment, with several clinics

staffed by students handpicked by faculty members.

The majority of schools allows only third-year students to

participate in clinics, while a significant m:nority opens its

clinics to either second- or third-year studer.ts. Typical

prerequisites to student participation include a student's

passing of, or current enrollment in, one or ~ore of the

following courses: evidence, ethics, domestic law, civil

procedure, and trial advocacy. In addition, some clinics

require a student to be eligible under their state's student

practice rule.

Clinics take up a large amount of a student's time, according to

the survey results. A plurality of students spends over 11

hours each week in clinic-related work. Usually the amount of

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time spent is tied to the credit hours awarded. Most schools

grant 3-6 credits per semester for clinical work. Only a few

schools award one hour of credit or no credit. It is very rare

that clinical participation is available as an extracurricular

activity, as most schools apparently believe that a lengthy,

emphatic commitment is necessary. One must be at least as

committed to clinic work as to traditional coursework in order

for the clinic to operate successfully and the clients to be

well-served.

While a case may take anywhere from 10 minutes to 100 hours of a

student's time, most responses to the survey indicate students

put in an average of at least 7 hours per case, with a majority

placing the hours spent per case at over 13 hours. A large

minority indicates each student spends an average of at least 21

hours per case, revealing fairly extensive student involvement

in each case.

When it comes to training students, supervisors rarely use the

law school standard, the casebook. Lectures, articles,

videotapes, compendia of materials, simulations, and copies of

case law and statutes provide the medium for teaching practical

aspects of handling cases as well as conveying substantive and

procedural laws in domestic relations matters.

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Instructors teac.h many child support topics. Most schools cover

guidelines, income withholding and garnishment, contempt,

long-arm jurisdiction, URESA, Title IV-O of the Social Security

Act, and income tax refund interception. Fewer schools discuss

UEFJA, Uniform Parentage Act, liens, security and bonds, and

credit bureau reporting.

Students, being students, need to work on many of their

lawyering skills. Many respondents indicate that students need

to work extensively on all skills an attorney should possess.

Others indicate that students need slightly l~ss work, on the

average, in the more "formal," more preparatory, aspects of

lawyering, such as researching, drafting pleadings admitting

documents into evidence, conducting a direct examination and

making a closing argument, and slightly more work on "informal"

skills such as negotiating, advice-giving and objecting to

inadmissible evidence. Basically, a student's informal,

"thinking-on-one's feet," legal skills are undeveloped until he

or she participates in clinical work, while many of his or her

more formal skills were honed in first-year legal writing

courses or during summer internships. Also, students seem to do

best at those lawyer activities of which they are in control and

do worse at those in which they are interacting with another

party, often without much premeditation, such as timely

objection to inadmissible evidence or cross-examination.

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The survey results reveal a sizeable law school commitment to

practical training_ Support cases have proved to be well-suited

to clinic handling, as the cases tend to be less complex and

more "people-oriented" than, for instance, antitrust or blue sky

cases might be. Students can see their work product's impact in

a tangible way, no matter whom they represent in a support

case. Also, the balance among court litigation, motions

practice, and settlement negotiation in support casework

provides a variety of experiences helpful to the neophyte

litigator.

Schools without clinics may want to consider the incalculable

value of clinical experience to the students as they try to

market themselves to law firms, nonprofit entities and

government agencies. Even brief practical experience may make a

student a more-qualified and more-attractive candidate for a

position than someone without any. Additionally, imaginative

link-ups with legal services grantee, district attorney, public

defender and child support enforcement offices give the student

a taste of "real world" practice and contacts, and may provide

the law school with some funding to underwrite the cost of the

clinical program.

Also, the survey results indicate that almost every clinic has

received a favorable review from the local bar and judiciary,

strengthening the school's ties to and prestige with the local

legal community.

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Entities such as lV-D agencies, district attorney and public

defender offices and LSC grantees benefit by contracting with a

clinic, as the shifting of cases to the clinic eases workload

crunches caused by understaffing and soaring caseloads.

The U.S. Department of Education and the Legal Services

Corporation annually award grants to law school clinics to

promote these types of school activities. Local bar association

donations, locally or state-appropriated funds and state lOLTA

(interest on lawyer's trust accounts) money also serve as

funding sources, not to mention the usual bequests and donations

to law schools.

The U.S. Department of Education funded 38 law school clinics in

1987, with several grants going to clinics that handle child

support cases. Programs that emphasized representation of

persons who have difficulty obtaining legal assistance received

priority consideration. For more information about these

grants, authorized by 20 U.S.C. §S l134s - l134t (1987) and 34

C.F.R. § 639 (1987), contact Dr. Charles Miller, Senior

Education Program Specialist, Office of Higher Education

Programs, U.S. Dept. of Education, Room 3022, 400 Maryland

Avenue, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20202.

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LSC has provided annually since 1984 between 14 and 20 law

school civil clinics with one-time grants to augment the

services that are available through local LSC-funded offices,

pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §§ 2996(a)(1}(B) and 2996(a)(3). The

grants are designed to help clinics expand or develop programs

to assist under served segments of the population or to fill in

gaps in existing local legal resources for indigents. The 1987

grants range from $25,615 to $50,000 per school. Clinics

interested in applying should contact Charles Moses, Legal

Services Corporation, Office of Field Services, Program

Development ~nd Substantive Support Division, 400 Virginia

Avenue, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20024.

Local child support agencies may find clinic affiliation

cost-effective. Federal funding is available under Title IV-D

to help pay for attorneys to represent custodial parents in IV-D

cases. Non-custodial parents' representation cannot be

federally-funded under 45 C.F.R. § 304.23(j), although states

may pay for their representation.

Following this overview is a profile, based on questionnaire

responses, of each law school that indicated it handles child

support cases. A list of schools that either do not have

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clinics or do not handle support cases in their clinics is also

included. Please note that "N/A" means either "not applicable,"

"not available" or "not answered."

The authors wish to thank all the people who completed the

survey. We also want to acknowledge the valued contributions of

Bernadette Higgins, Liz Saunders, and Martha Jones, without whom

this directory would not have been completed.

Margaret Campbell Haynes

Jeffrey Ball

Virginia Sablan

Washington, DC

December 1987

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Arkansas

University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law

400 West Markham Little Rock, AR 72201

I. contact Person and Phone Number:

Paula Casey: (501) 371-2024

II. Type of Clinic: Family law clinic covering: Divorce/separation; Custody/visitation; Child/spousal support; Property division; Guardianship/termination of parental rights; Adoption; Powers of attorney; Child abuse/neglect.

III. Profile of Clinic:

A. Clients: Children; Custodial parents; Noncustodial parents; Public interest groups.

B. Geographic area covered: Central Arkansas.

C. Services provided: Interviewing clients; Counseling clients; Referring persons to other" resources; Representing clients in administrative cases; Representing clients in court (supervised); Negotiating with other party; Drafting legal documents; Responding to discovery requests; Appealing cases; Instituting post-judgment enforcement action.

D. Cases handled and remedies pursued: N/A

E. Affiliations: A Legal Services Corp. grantee; A public defender's office (case referrals).

F. Working with IV-D agencies: N/A

G. Alternative legal resources: State or district attorneys; Private law firms; Legal Services Corp. grantees; Pro bono work by local bar members.

H. Clinic's operation: All year. ·.r'

I. Number of family law cases: 51-100

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J. Percentage of support/paternity cases:

Support: N/A Paternity: N/A

K. Supervision: Prof., Assoc. Prof., Asst. Prof., Lecturer.

L. Degree of supervlslon and delegation: Students perform all tasks with direct supervision and review.

M. Year clinic began and subsequent adjustments: 1977; All clinic work brought in house and supervised by faculty.

N. Funding sources (other than law school): None.

o. Fee charged: None.

IV. Profile of Students:

A. Number of students: 11-15

B. How students are selected: First students to sign up participate.

C. Prerequisites: Must be a 3rd-year law student.

D. Average weekly time spent in clinic: 0-3 hours.

E. Average amount of time spent on each case: 7-12 hours.

F. Credits: 4

G. Training materials used: Casebooks; Articles; An original compendium of excerpts; Audio/video tapes; Lectures.

H. Topics discussed: N/A

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california

University of California Hastings College of Law

Volunteer Legal Services Program 685 Market Street, 1700

San Francisco, CA 94105

I. Contact Person and Phone Number:

Jody Joseph: (415) 764-1600

II. Type of Clinic: Family law clinic covering: Paternity; Divorce/separation; Custody/visitation; Child/spousal support; Property division.


A. Clients: Custodial parents; Noncustodial parents.

B. Geographic area covered: San Francisco, California.

C. Services provided: Interviewing clients; Counseling clients; Representing clients in court (supervised); Negotiating with other party; Drafting legal documents; Responding to discovery requests; Initiating discovery requests; Coordinating blood tests.

D. Cases handled and remedies pursued: Local IV-D cases; Local non-IV-D cases; Wage withholding (intrastate cases); Uniform Parentage Act.

E. Affiliations: A Legal Services Corp. grantee; A private law firm; Bar Association of San Francisco Volunteer Legal Services Program provides a staff attorney, and screens and refers cases.

F. Working with IV-D agencies: Some; When representing a custodial parent. clinic students work with district attorney.

G. Alternative legal resources: State or district attorneys; Private law firms; Legal Services Corp. grantees; Pro bono work by local bar members; IV-O agency.

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H. Clinic's operation: Part of the year (period is from January to May.



Support: 100% Paternity: 30%

K. Supervision: Private firm attorney; Legal services attorney.

L. Degree of supervlslon and delegation: Students interview clients, research, investigate, draft pleadings, maintain contact with client, counsel client, appear in court and before court mediation service. Supervisors sign pleadings and are ultimately in control of conduct of case.

M. Year clinic began and subsequent adjustments: 1985; Time devoted to noncontested cases reduced; Number of lectures increased.

N. Funding sources (other than law school): Bar. Association of San Francisco Volunteer Legal Services Program provides attorneys and materials. (BASF-VLSP is funded by lOLTA, LSC and foundation grants.)

O. Fee charged: None.



B. How students are selected: N/A

C. prerequisites: N/A


E. Average amount of time spent on each case: 21+ hours.

F. Credits: 2

G. Training materials used: Articles; An original compendium of excerpts; Audio/video tapes; Lectures; Sample client files.

H. Topics discussed: Uniform Parentage Act; Title IV-D of the Social Security Act; Support guidelines.

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University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law

Community Legal Services 3130 Fifth Avenue

S~cramento, CA 95817


Terence W. Roberts: (916) 739-7161

II. Type of Clinic: Family law clinic covering: paternity; Divorce/separation; Custody/visitation; Child/spousal support; Property division; Guardianship/termination of parental rights; Adoption; Powers of attorney.


A. Clients: Cltildren; Custodial parents; Noncustodial parents.

B. Geographic area covered: Sacramento, California.

C. Services provided: Interviewing clients; Counseling clients; Referring persons to other resources; Representing clients in administrative cases; Representing clients in quasi-judicial cases; Representing clients in court (supervised); Negotiating with other party; Drafting legal documents; Responding to discovery requests; Appealing cases; Instituting post-judgment enforcement action; Coordinating blood tests.

D. Cases handled and remedies pursued: Local IV-D cases; Local non-IV-D cases; Interstate IV-D cases; Interstate non-IV-D cases; URESA/RURESA; Long-arm statutes; Wage withholding (interstate cases); Wage withholding (intrastate cases); Uniform Parentage Act; Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act; Income tax refund offset; Liens; Contempt; Garnishment; Security/bond; Military allotment.

E. Affiliations: N/A

F. Working with IV-D agencies: Slight; Occasionally, a referral is made to the IV-D agency.

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G. Alternative legal resources: IV-D agency; State or district attorneys; Private law firms; Legal Services Corp. grantees; Non-profit organizations staffed by lawyers; Non-profit organization staffed by non-lawyers; Pro bono work by local bar.

H. Clinic's operation: All year.

I. Number of family law cases: 401+



K. Supervision: Prof., Assoc. Prof., Asst. Prof., Lectu.rer.

L. Degree of supervision and delegation: Students interview clients, research, draft pleadings and correspondence, investigate facts~ handle discovery, and interview witnesses. Supervisor signs pleadings.

M. Year clinic began and subsequent adjustments: 1972; No major adjustments made.

N. Funding sources: U.S. Dep't. of Education; California IOLTA program.

O. Fee charged: $10.00


A. Number of students: 31+


C. Prerequisites: Must be a 2nd- or 3rd-year law student; Must be certified in the California State Bar Practical Training of Law Students program, which requires completion of or current enrollment in courses on civil procedure, evidence, and professional responsibility.

D. Average weekly time spent in clinic: 11+ hours.


F. Credi ts : 6

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G. Training materials used: Casebooks; Articles; Treatises; An original compendium of excerpts; Audio/video tapes; Lectures; A clinic handbook.

H. Topics discussed: Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act; Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act; Uniform Parentage Act; Title IV-D of the Social Security Act; Long-arm statutes; Income withholding; Income tax refund offset; Liens; Support guidelines; Military allotments; Garnishment; Contempt.

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University of San Diego School of Law

Alcula Park San Diego, CA 92110


TeresCi Player: (619) 260-4532

II. Type of Clinic: General practice clinic with family law component covering: Paternity; Divorce/separation; Custody/visitation; Child/spousal support; Property division: Guardianship/termination of parental rights: Adoption.


. A. Clients: Children: Custodial parents; Noncustodial parents.

B. Geographic area covered: San Diego County, California.

c. Services provided: Interviewing clients; Counseling clients; Referring persons to other resources; Representing clients in administrative cases; Representing clients in quasi-judicial cases; Representing clients in court (supervised); Negotiating with other party; Drafting legal documents; Responding to discovery requests; Appealing cases (not often); Instituting post-judgment enforcement action.


E. Affiliations: A local neighborhood service agency (non-governmental).


G. Alternative legal resources: State or district attorneys: Private law firms; Legal Services Corp. grantees; Non-profit organizations staffed by lawyers; Pro bono work by local bar members.

H. Clinic's operation: All school year.


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L. Degree of supervision and delegation: Students interview clients, research, draft pleadings, and represent clients in court. Supervisors sign pleadings and argue cases on appeal.

M. Year clinic began: 1979

N. Funding sources (other than law school): State bar; IOLTA grant.


IV. Profire of Students:



C. Prerequisites: Must be a 2nd- or 3rd-year law student.



F. Credits: 4

G. Training materials used: An original compendium of excerpts; Audio/video tapes; Lectures.


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University of Santa Clara School of Law

3100 The Alameda Santa Clara, CA 95050


Kandis Scott: (408) 554-1945

II. Type of Clinic: General practice clinic with family law component covering: Paternity; Divorce/separation; Custody/visitation; Child/spousal support; Property division; Guardianship/termination of parental rights; Adoption.



B. Geographic area covered: Santa Clara County, California.

C. Services provided: Interviewing clients; Counseling clients; Referring persons to other resources;Representing clients in administrative cases; Representing clients in quasi-judicial cases; Representing clients in court (supervised); Negotiating with other party; Drafting legal documents; Responding to discovery requests.

D. Cases handled and remedies pursued: Local IV-D cases; Contempt; Garnishment.

E. Affiliations: None.

F. Working with IV-D agencies: None.

G. Alternative legal resources: state or district attorneys; Private law firms; Legal Services Corp. grantees; Non-profit organizations staffed by lawyers.





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L. Degree of supervision and delegation: Students interview clients, research, draft letters and pleadings. Supervisor signs pleadings.

M. Year clinic began and subsequent adjustments: 1971; Reduced caseload per student.


O. Fee charged: $110.00 to $125.00




C. Prerequisites: Must be a 2nd- or 3rd-year law student; Passed an evidence course.



F. Credits: Varies from 3 to 6.

G. Training materials used: An original compendium of excerpts~ Audio/video tapes; Lectures; Clinic manual.


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Colorado

University of Colorado School of Law

Legal Aid & Defender Program Campus Box 404

Boulder, CO 80309-0404


Robert J. Dieter: (303) 492-8126

II. Type of Clinic: General practice clinic with family law component covering: Paternity; Divorce/separation; Custody/visitation; Child/spousal support; Property division; Adoption; Powers of attorney; Child abuse/neglect.



B. Geographic area covered: Cases filed in Eioulder County, Colorado.

C. Services provided: Interviewing clients; Counseling clients; Referring persons to other resources; Representing clients in administrative cases; Representing clients in quasi-judicial cases; Representing clients in court (supervised): Negotiating with other party; Drafting legal documents; Responding to discovery requestfli Appealing cases; Instituting post-judgment enforpement action; Coordinating blood tests.

D. Cases handled and remedies pursued: Local IV-D cases; URESA/RURESA; Wage withholding (interstate cases).

E. Affiliations: A Legal Services Corp. grantee.

F. Working with IV-D agencies: Clinic and IV-D agency work together on some cases; Attorney from IV-O agency lectures to students.

G. Alternative legal resources: N/A



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Support: 30% Paternity: Very small %


L. Degree of supervision and delegation: Students sign pleadings along with the supervising attorney; Students are not permitted to appear in the state appellate or federal district courts, otherwise, students perform all aspects of the case under close supervision by the staff attorneys.

M. Year clinic began and subsequent adjustments: Before 1967; Format changed; Hired full-time clinic faculty member; Instituted closer supervision of students and cases; Reduced student/faculty ratio.

N. Funding sources (other than law school): Clinic has contract with local municipality to provide criminal defense representation to indigents. Clinic has received LSC grant for a special summer program.

o. Fee charged: $15.00



B. How students are selected: Lottery with 3rd-year students having priority.




F. Credits: 7 (4 in fall, 3 in spring).

G. Training materials used: Articles; Treatises; An original compendium of excerpts; Audio/video tapes; Lectures.

H. TOpics discussed: Support Act; Title Long-arm statutes; Contempt.

Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of IV-D of the Social Security Act; Support guidelines; Garnishment;

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Connecticut

University of Bridgeport School of Law

303 University Avenue Bridgeport, CT 06601


James A. Trowbridge: (203) 576-4595

II. Type of Clinic: Family law clinic covering: Divorce/separation; Custody/visitation; Child/spousal support; Property division; Guardianship/termination of parental rights.


A. Clients: parents.

Children; Custodial parents; Noncustodial /

B. Geographic area covered: Bridgeport, Connecticut area.

C. Services provided: Interviewing clients; Counseling clients; Referring persons to other resources; Representing clients in court (supervised); Negotiating with other party; Drafting legal documents; Appealing cases; Instituting post-judgment enforcement action.



F. Working. with IV-D agencies: None.

G. Alternative legal resources: Legal Services Corp. grantees; Court family relations counseling, mediation and enforcement offices.






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L. Degree of supervision and delegation: Students interview, draft pleadings and prepare clients for hearing under at least minimal supervision. Supervisor signs pleadings, reviews all documents and evaluates cases.

M. Year clinic began and subsequent adjustments: 1980~ Reduced caseload and changed seminar components.

N. Funding sources (other than law school): N/A




B. How students are selected: Combination of those who first sign up participate and faculty selection.

C. prerequisites: Must be a 3rd-year law student~ Passed an evidence course.


E. Average amount of time spent on each case: N/A

F. Credits: 8

G. Training materials used: Lectures; State materials.


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Yale Law School

401-A Yale Station New Haven, CT 06520


Stephen Wizner: (203) 432-4800

II. Type of Clinic: Children's law clinic covering: Paternity; Custody/visitation; Child support; Guardianship/termination of parental rights; Adoption; Child abuse/neglect; Juvenile delinquency; Special education; Handicapped children.


A. Clients: Children.

B. Geographic area covered: Entire state of Connecticut, although primarily New Haven County.

C. Services provided: Interviewing clients; Counseling clients; Referring persons to other resources; Representing clients in administrative cases; Representing clients in court (supervised); Negotiating with other party; Drafting legal documents; Responding to discovery requests; Appealing cases; Instituting post-judgment enforcement action; Arranging for evaluations and placements of children.



F. Working with IV-O agencies: N/A

G. Alternative legal resources: State or district attorneys; Private law firms; Legal Services Corp. grantees; Pro bono work by local bar members; Court appointed lawyers.




Support: N/A paternity: N/A

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L. Degree of supervision and delegation: With the notion that supervision is a form of instruction, students work on all facets of a case under substantial supervision.

M. Year clinic began and subsequent adjustments: 1974; Added more cases, students and faculty.





B. How students are selected: Students who sign up for clinic as first choice.

c. Prerequisites: Must be a 2nd- or 3rd-year law student.



F. Credits: 3

G. Training materials used: Articles; An original compendium of excerpts; Audio/video tapes~ Lectures: Books.


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Delaware

Delaware Law School Widener University

P.O. Box 7474 Concord Place

Wilmington, DE 19803


Francis J. Catania, Jr.: (215) 875-5608

II. Type of Clinic: Family law clinic covering: Divorce/separation; Custody/visitation; Child/spousal support; Property division; Guardianship/termination of parental rights; Adoption; Child abuse/neglect.


A. Clients: N/A

B. Geographic area coverl2d: Delaware County, Pennsylvania.

C. Services provided: N/A

D. Cases handled and remedies pursued: Local IV-D cases; Local non-IV-D cases; Interstate IV-D cases; Interstate non-IV-D cases; URESA/RURESA; Wage withholding (interstate cases); Wage withholding (intrastate cases); Income tax refund offset; Liens; Contempt; Security/bond; Garnishment; Military allotment.


F. Working with IV-D agencies: Some; Local domesti~ relations personnel assist in orienting students and help with cases; More interaction anticipated as clinic focuses more on support issues.



I. Number of family law cases: N/A


Support: 25% (about to increase) Paternity: 10% (about to increase)

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L. Degree of supervision and delegation: In the Child Support Project, faculty and students meet to discuss cases at initial and pre-court stages. Faculty members are present during negotiations and at hearings.

M. Year clinic began and subsequent adjustments: 1985; Clinic doubled in size, adding a consumer component; In 1987 the support project will dramatically increase the number of cases dealing primarily with support issues.


O. Fee charged: N/A


A. Number of students: N/A

B. How students are selected: Clinic instructor selects students.

C. Prerequisites: Must b~ a 3rd-year law student; Passed a lawyering process course.

D. Average weekly time spent in clinic: N/A


F. Credits: N/A

G. Training materials used: Articles; Treatises; An original compendium of excerpts; Audio/video tapes; Lectures; Simulations; Exercises.

H. Topics discussed: Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act; Title IV-D of the Social Security Act; Income withholding; Income tax refund offset; Liens; Security/bond; Support guidelines; Credit bureaus; Military allotments; Garnishment; Contempt.

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District of Columbia

American University Washington College of Law

4400 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20016


Ann Shalleck: (202) 885-1510

II. Type of Clinic: Family law clinic covering: Paternity; Divorce/separation; Custody/visitation; Child/spousal support: Property division; Child abuse/neglect; Domestic violence/spouse abuse.


A. Cliepts: Custodial parents; Victims of domestic violence.

B. Geographic area covered: Washington, D.C. area.


D. Cases handled and remedies pursued: Local IV-D cases; Local non-IV-D cases; Interstate IV-D cases; Interstate non-IV-D cases; URESA/RUR£SA; Wage withholding (interstate cases); Wage withholding (intrastate cases); Contempt; Garnishment.


F. Working with IV-D agencies: Slight. Clinic uses IV-D agency resources; Clinic tries to resolve problems clients may have with IV-D service.

G. Alternative legal resources: IV-D agency; State or district attorneys; Private law firms; Legal Services Corp. grantees; Non-profit organizations staffed by lawyer; Non-profit organization staffed by non-lawyers; Pro bono work by local bar members; Other law school clinical programs.

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Support: 30% Paternity: N/A

K. Supervision: Each case is intensively supervised.

L. Degree of supervision and delegation: Students are extensively supervised. Supervisor signs pleadings.


N. Funding sources (other than law school): D.C. Government Law School Clinical Assistance Program.




B. How students are selected: By lottery and interview.

C. prerequisites: Must be a 3rd-year law student; Passed an evidence course; Passed a procedure course; Passed an ethics course.

D. Average weekly time spent in clinic: 11+ hours (over 20).

E. Average amount of time spent on each case: 13 to 21+ hours. #'

F. Credits: 6 per semester (12 for year).

G. Training materials used: Casebooksi Articles; An original compendium of excerpts; Audio/video tapes; Lectures; Assigned readings; Simulations.


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Antioch School of Law

2633 16th Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20009


Diane M. Brenneman: (202) 639-2641

II. Type of Clinic: Family law clinic ~overing: Paternity; Divorce/separation; Custody/visitation; Child/spousal support; Property division; Guardianship/termination of parental rights; Adoption; Spousal abuse; conservatorship.


A. Clients: Children; Custodial parents; Noncustodial parents.

B. Geographic area covered: Washington, D.C.

C. Services provided: Interviewing clients; Counseling clients;\~eferring persons to other resources; Representing clients in court (supervised); Negotiating with other party; Drafting legal documents; Responding to discovery requests; Appealing cases; Instituting post-judgment enforcement action; Coordinating blood tests; Providing community education for those who proceed pro see

D. Cases handled and remedies pursued: Local non-IV-D cases; Interstate IV-D cases; Interstate non-IV-D cases; URESA/RURESA; Long-arm statutes; Wage withholding (intrastate cases); Income tax refund offset; Contempt; Garnishment; Military allotment.


F. Working with IV-D agencies: Some. Clinic refers appropriate cases to IV-D agency.

G. Alternative legal resources: IV-D agency; State or district attorneys; Legal Services Corp. grantees; Pro bono work by local bar members.


I. Number of family law cases: 26-50.

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L. Degree of supervisioa and delegation: Students are supervised throughout process. Pleadings are thoroughly reviewed by supervisor, who must approve and sign them.

M. Year clinic began and subsequent adjustments: 1975; Since 1979, clinic handles all aspects of family law.





B. How students are selected: Students must have 30 clinic hours to graduate; First students to sign up for family law clinic participate, within clinic limitations.

c. Prerequisites: None.


E. Average amount of time spent on each case: From 3 to 20 hours.

F. Credits: Varies from 3 to 12 (depends on degree of student involvement and length of participation).

G. Training materials used: Articles; An original compendium of excerpts1 Audio/video tapes; Lectures; D.C. Code; Rules of Procedure.

H. Topics discussed: Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act; Title IV-D of the Social Security Act; Long-arm statutes; Income withholding~ Income tax refund offset; Liens; Support guidelines; Military allotments; Garnishment; Contempt.

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Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law

Columbus Community Legal Services - The American

Legal Clinic 1713 North Capitol Street, N.E.

Washington, DC 20002 (202) 526-5800


Ellen M. Saully: (202) 526-5800

II. Type of Clinic: General practice clinic with family law component covering: Paternity; Divorce/separation; Custody/visitation; Child/spousal support; Property division; Guardianship/termination of parental rights; Adoption; Powers of attorney; Child abuse/neglect; Family abuse.



B. Geographic area covered: Washington, D.C. and metropolitan Virginia and Maryland clients with D.C. cases.

C. Services provided: Interviewing clients; Counseling clients; Referring persons to other resources; Representing clients in administrative cases; Representing clients in quasi-judicial cases; Representing clients in court (not supervised); Representing clients in court (supervised); Negotiating with other party; Drafting legal documents; Responding to discovery requests; Appealing cases; Instituting post-judgment enforcement action; Providing legislative materials.

D. Cases handled and remedies pursued: Local IV-D cases; Local non-IV-D cases; Interstate IV-D cases; Interstate non-IV-D cases; URESA/RURESA; Long-arm statutes; Wage withholding (interstate cases); Wage withholding (intrastate cases); Uniform Parentage Act; Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act: Income tax refund offset: Liens; Contempt: Security/bond: Garnishment; Military allotment: Mediation.

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F. Working with IV-D agencies: Some referrals; information.

G. Alternative legal resources: IV-D agency; State or district attorneys; Private law firms; Legal Services Corp. grantees; Non-profit organizations staffed by lawyers; Non-profit organizations staffed by non-lawyers; Pro bono work by local bar members.






L. Degree of supervlslon and delegation: Students handle most aspects of each case, with varying degrees of supervision depending on the circumstances. Jury trial work is generally divided between student and supervisor.

M. Year clinic began and subsequent adjustments: 1969; Clinic is constantly adjusting course; Fewer cases are being taken; More administrative procedures have been developed to improve supervision.

N. Funding sources (other than law school): Local bar foundation: Small private donations; Federal grants.





C. Prerequisites: Must be at least a 2nd- or 3rd-year law student; To receive court certification, student must have passed a procedure course and an evidence course, and have gained 51 hours of credit.

D. Average weekly time spent in clinic: 7-10 hours on family law cases; 24 hours total in clinic.

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E. Average amount of time spent on each case: Depends on case.

F. Credits: Credit varies from 6 to 13; Occasionally a student participates in clinic as extracurricular activity.

G. Training materials used: Casebooks; 'Articles; Treatises; An original compendium of excerpts; Audio/video tapes; Lectures; One-on-one supervision.

H. Topics discussed: Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act; Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act; Uniform Parentage Act; Title IV-D of the Social Security Act; Long-arm statutes; Income withholding; Income tax refund offset; Liens; Security/bond; Support guidelines; Credit bureaus; Military allotments; Garnishment; Contempt.

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Georgetown University Law Center

600 New Jersey Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20001


Wallace J. Mlyniec: (202) 662-9000

II. Type of Clinic: Sex discrimination clinic and juvenile clinic handle some family law cases coverlng: Divorce/separation; Custody/visitation; Child/spousal support; Property division; Guardianship/termination of parental rights; Adoption; Child abuse/neglect.


A. Clients: parents.

Children; custodial parents; Noncustodial I


C. Services provided: Interviewing clients; Counseling clients l Referring persons to other resources; Representing clients in administrative cases; Representing clients in court (supervised); Negotiating with other party; Drafting legal documents; Responding to discovery requests; Appealing cases; Instituting post-judgment enforcement action.




G. Alternative legal resources: State or district attorneys; Private law firms; Legal Services Corp. grantees; Non-profit organizations staffed by lawyers; Non-profit organization staffed by non-lawyers; Pro bono work by local bar members.





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IV.


L. Degree of supervision and delegation: Students are primarily respon:sible for case but faculty is involved in each step. Nothing is done with minimal supervision.


N. Funding sources (other than law school): Grants, etc. , when available.


Profile of Students: ~

A. Number of students: II-Ie:;

B. How students are selected: Combination of faculty selection and lottery. J

C. Prerequisites: Must be a 2nd- or 3rd-year law student; Passed an evidence course; Passed a procedure course.

D. Average weekly time spent in clinic: N/A


F. Credits: 6

G. Training materials used: Articles; Treatises; An original compendium of excerpts; Audio/video tapes; Lectures.


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George Washington University National Law Center

720 20th Street, N.W. Room SL10l

Washington, DC 20052


Eric Sirulnik: (202) 994-7463

II. Type of Clinic: Family law clinic covering: Paternity; Divorce/separation; Custody/visitation; Child/spousal support; Property division; Adoption; Powers of attorney; Civil protection orders in domestic violence cases.




C. Services provided: Interviewing clients; Counseling clients; Referring persons to other resources; Representing c~ients in administrative cases; Representing clients in court (supervised); Negotiating with other party; Drafting legal documents; Responding to discovery requests; Appealing cases; Instituting post-judgment enforcement action.

D. Cases handled and remedies pursued: Local non-IV-D cases; Interstate non-IV-D cases; URESA/RURESA; Long-arm statutes; Wage withholding (intrastate cases); Contempt; Garnishment.


F. Working with IV-D agencies: Slight; Clinic contacts IV-D agency when client formerly on AFDC seeks arrearages.

G. Alternative legal resources: State or district attorneys; Private law firms; Legal Services Corp. grantees; Non-profit organizations staffed by lawyers; Judicare.

H. Clinic's operation: All year {although summer intake is limited}.


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Support: 40-50% Paternity: 10-15%

K. Supervision: Non-tenure track clinical instructors.

L. Degree of supervision and delegation: Once trained, students are primarily responsible for all phases of litigation. Supervisor discusses case with students, approves all case work and appears in court with student. Supervisor co-signs pleadings. Students are not e~cluded at any stage.

M. Year clinic began and subsequent adjustments: 1972; School plans to expand the number of attorneys, supervisors and students and set up formal training and office procedures.

N. Fpnding sources (other than law school): Grants.





C. Prerequisites: Must be a 3rd-year law student; Passed an evidence course; Passed a procedure course; Must be eligible for limited student practice under local court rules.



F. Credits: 4 per semester.

G. Training materials used: An original compendium of excerpts; Lectures.

H. Topics discussed: Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act; Long-arm statutes; Income withholding; Support guidelines; Garnishment; Contempt.

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Florida

Florida State University Colleqe of Law

Room 238 Tallahassee, FL 32308


Care»l Gregg: (904) 644-4010

II. Type of Clinic: Externship program in which students are placed in various legal services offices around the state, many of which deal with cases covering: Paternity; Divorce/separation; Custody/visitation; Child/spousal support; Property division; Guardianship/termination of parental rights; Adoption; Name changes.

fII. Profile of Legal Services Extern Placement Program:


Be Geographic area covered: Students placed in offices throughout Florida.

C. Services provided: Interviewing clients; Counseling clients; Referring persons to other resources; Representing clients in administrative cases; Representing clients in quasi-judicial cases; Representing clients in court (supervised); Representing clients in court (supervised); Negotiating with other party; Drafting legal documents; Responding to discovery requests; Appealin~ cases; Instituting post-judgment enforcement action.




G. Alternative legal resources: Private law firms; Non-profit organizations staffed by lawyers; Non-profit organizations staffed by non-lawyers; Pro bono work by local bar members; Florida Dep't. of Health and Rehabilitative Services.


I. Number of family law cases: Unknown.

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Support: Unknown. Paternity: Unknown.

K. Supervision: Faculty Supervisor; Legal services attorney.

L. Degree of supervIsIon and delegation: Students interview, draft pleadings and research; all under the supervision of an attorney admitted to practice in Florida.

M. Year clinic began and subsequent adjustments: Externship placements began in 1977.




A. Number of students: 10

B. How students are selected: Clinic instructor selects students; LSC grantee interviews students or reviews their resumes.

C. Prerequisites: Must be a 3rd-year law student; Completed 45 semester hours; Completed LSC orientation course; Passed an evidence course; Passed an ethics course.

D. Average weekly time spent in clinic: 40 hours.

E. Average amount of time spent on each case: Varies.

F. Credits: 12


H. Topics discussed: Litigation skills; Dissolution of marriage.

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Nova University Center for the Study of Law

Civil Law Clinic 3100 S.W. 9th Avenue

Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33315


Marilyn Rose: (305) 467-0300

II. Type of Clinic: General practice clinic with family law component covering: Divorce/separation; Custody/visitation~ Child/spousal support; property division; Guardianship/termination of parental rights.


A. ClientDt Custodial parents; Noncustodial parents.

B. Geographic area covered: Broward County, Florida.

C. Services provided: Interviewing clients; Counseling clients; Referring persons to other resources~ Representing clients in administrative cases; Representing clients in quasi-judicial cases; Representing clients in court (supervised); Negotiating with other party; Drafting legal documents; Responding to discovery requests; Appealing cases; Instituting post-judgment enforcement action.









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L. Degree of supervision and delegation: Students perform all functions under close supervision.

M. Year clinic began and subsequent adjustments: 1983; Reduced number of family law cases.

N. Funding sources (otber than law school): Florida Bar Foundation grant.





C. Prerequisites: Must be a 3rd-year law student; Passed an evidence course; Passed a procedure course.



F. Credits: Varies. from 3 to 9.

G. Training materials used: An original compendium of excerpts; Audio/video tapes; Lectures; Simulations.


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University of Florida College of Law

105 Bruton-Gear Hall Gainesville, FL 32611


Don Peters or Anne L. Spitzer: (904) 392-0413

II. Type of Clinic: Family law clinic covering: Paternity; Divorce/separation; Custody/visitation; Child/spousal support; Property division; Adoption.

III.

A.

Profile of Clinic:

Clients: Custodial parents; Noncustodial parents. (Clients must be indigent.)

B. Geographic area covered: Alachua County, Florida.

C. Services provided: Interviewing cli€nts; Counseling clients; Representing clients in court (supervised); Negotiating with other party; Drafting legal documents; Coordinating blood tests.

D. Cases handled and remedies pursued: Local IV-D cases; Local non-IV-D cases; Income deduction orders (for dissolution of marriage and paternity cases); Contempt.

E. Affiliations: A Legal Services Corp. grantee (clinic shares intake with Three Rivers Legal Services).

F. Working with IV-D agencies: Some; IV-D agency and clinic coordinate cases.

G. Alternative legal resources: state or district attorneys; IV-D agency; Legal Services Corp. grantees; Pro bono work by local bar members.

B. Clinic's operation: All year.



Support: 88% paternity: 6%

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K. Supervision: Prof., Assoc. Prof., Asst. Prof.

L. Degree of supervision and delegation: Students interview clients and do research; Faculty member signs pleadings and supervises students in court.

M. Year clinic began and subsequent adjustments: 1968; Cases handled now are those that tend to be resolved quickly.

N. Funding sources (other than law school): Florida Bar Associatior...



A. Number of students: 10 per semester.

B. How students are selected: Clinic instruc~or selects students through application process.

C. Prerequisites: Must be a 3rd-year l~w student who has completed at least 48 semester hours; Must not be on academic probation.



F. Credits: 9 (fall and spring); 6 (summer).


H. Topics discussed: Procedures for dissolution of marriage and paternity cases; Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act; Title· IV-O of the Social Security Act; Long-arm statutes; Income withholding; Support guidelines; Contempt; Negotiations.

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University of Miami School of Law

Legal Aid Society III N.W 1st Avenue

Miami, FL 33128


Sharon Langer: (305) 579-5733

II. Type of Clinic: Two family law clinics covering: Paternity; Divorce/separation; Custody/visitation; Child/spousal support; Property division; Guardianship/termination of parental rights; Adoption.



B. Geographic area covered: Dade County, Florida.

C. Services provided: Interviewing clients; Counseling clients; Referring persons to other resources; Representing clients in court (not supervised); Representing clients in court (supervised); Negotiating with other party; Drafting legal documents; Responding to discovery requests; Instituting post-judgment enforcement action.


E. Affiliations: Bar-sponsored Legal Aid Society.


G. Alternative legal resources: State or district attorneys; Legal Services Corp. grantees; Pro bono work by local bar members.


I. Number of family law cases: Legal Aid Society has 1500 pending cases on which students may assist.



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K. Supervision: Legal Aid attorney.

L. Degree of supervision and delegation: Students interview, research, draft motions, argue motions, handle uncontested divorces, under supervision.

M. Year clinics began: 1970 - Legal Services Clinic; 1980 - Legal Aid Society Clinic.





B. How students are selected: All students who want to participate.

c. Prerequisites: Must 'be a 3rd-year law student; Passed an evidence course; Passed a procedure course; Enrolled in a professional methods (skills and ethics) course.



F. Credits: 8

G. Training materials used: Treatises; Lectures; Florida Law Weekly; Personal contact with practicing attorneys; Regular training events.


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Hawaii

University of Hawaii at Manoa William S. Richardson

School of Law

2515 Dole Street Honolulu, HI 96822


Kate Federle: (808) 948-7474

II. Type of Clinic: Defense clinic covering: Child abuse/neglect: Juvenile law; Support cases (when appointed by the court as guardian ad litem).



B. Geographic area covered: City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii.

C. Services provided: Interviewing clients; Counseling clients; Referring persons to other resources; Representing clients in court (supervised); Negotiating with other party; Drafting legal documents; Responding to discovery requests; Appealing cases.










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L. Degree of supervision and delegation: Students interview clients, research issues, investigate, draft motions and negotiate. All work supervised by an attorney.


N. Funding sources (other law school): None.








F. Credits: 12 (6 each semester).

G. Training materials used: Casebooks; Articles; An original compendium of excerpts; Lectures; Forensic exercise; Simulations.


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Idaho

University of Idaho College of Law

Moscow, 10 83843

I. Contact Persons and Phone Number:

Neil Franklin: (208) 885-6541

II. Type of Clinic: Family law clinic covering: Paternity; Divorce/separation; Custody/visitation; Ctild/spousal support; Property division; Guardianship/termination of parental rights; Adoption; Powers of attorney; Child abuse/neglect.


A. Clients: Custodial parents; Noncustcdial parents.

B. Geographic area covered: Second Jud:cial District (5 counties - mostly Latah County, Idaho).


D. Cases handled and remedies pursued: wocal IV-D cases; Long-arm statutes; Contempt.


F. Working with IV-D agencies: Extensive.

G. Alternative legal resources: State or district attorneys; Private law firms; IV-D agency; Pro bono work by local bar members.





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K. Supervision: Prof., Assoc. Prof., Visiting Prof.

L. Degree of supervision and delegation: Students conduct interviews and research projects. Students do not sign pleadings.


N. Funding sources (other than law school): U.S. Dep't. of Education and Idaho Law Foundation.





C. Prerequisites: Must be a 3rd-year law student; Passed an evidence course; Passed a procedure course; Lawyering process course.



F. Credits: 8

G. Training materials used: Audio/video tapes; Lectures; Simulated trial training.

H. Topics discussed: Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act; Long-arm statutes; Income withholding; Liens; Support guidelines: Garnishment.

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Illinois

DePaul University College of Law

DePaul Legal Clinic 23 East Jackson Boulevard

Suite 950 Chicago, IL 60604


Howard M. Rubin: (312) 341-8294

II. Type of Clinic: General practice clinic with family law component covering: Paternity; Divorce/separation; Custody/visitation; Child/spousal support; Property division~ Guardianship/termination of parental rights; Adoption.



B. Geographic area covered: Cook County, Illinois.

C. Services provided: Interviewing clients; Counseling clients; Referring persons to other resources; Representing clients in administrative cases; Representing clients in quasi-judicial cases; Representing clients in court (not supervised); Representing clients in court (supervised); Negotiating with other party; Drafting legal documents; Responding to discovery requests~ Instituting post-judgment enforcement action; Coordinating blood tests.

D. Cases handled and remedies pursued: Local non-IV-D cases; Interstate non-IV-D cases; URESA/RURESA; Long-arm statutes; Wage withholding (interstate cases); Liens; Contempt: Garnishment; Military allotment.


F. Working with IV-D agencies: Slight.

G. Alternative legal resources: State or district attorneys; Private law firms; Legal Services Corp. grantees; Non-profit organizatior.s staffed by lawyers; IV-D agency; Pro bono work by local bar members.

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K. Supervision: Assoc. Prof., Asst. Prof., Lecturer.

L. Degree of supervision and delegation: All work is reviewed by supervising attorney but attorney functions are performed by the students. Supreme Court Rule 711 limits students' ability to perform attorney functions, including mandating appearance of supervisor with student in cases in which a person may be incarcerated or when a case is being argued on appeal.

M. Year clinic began and subsequent adjustments: 1976; Added technological improvements.

N. Funding sources (other than law school): Small grants; Client fees.

o. Fee charged: $50-$500




C. prerequisites: Must be a 3rd-year law student; Passed an evidence course; 2.5+ grade point average.




G. Training materials used: Audio/video tapes; Lectures.

H. Topics discussed: Illinois Marriage Dissolution of Marriage Act; Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act; Title IV-D of the Social Security Act; Long-arm statutes; Income withholding; Income tax refund offset; Support guidelines; Garnishment; Contempt.

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Northwestern University School of Law

357 East Chicago Ave. Chicago, IL 60611


John Elson: (312) 908-8175

II. Type of Clinic: General practice clinic covering: Divorce/separation; Custody/visitation; Child/spousal support; Property division; Guardianship/termination of parental rights; Child abuse/neglect; Domestic violence.

III. Pc~file of Clinic:

A. Clients: Children; Custodial parents~ Noncustodia~ parents: Public interest groups.

B. Geographic area covered: Chicago, Illinois.

C. Services provided: Interviewing clients; Counseling clients; Referring persons to other resources; Representing clients in administrative cases; Representing clients in quasi-judicial cases; Representing clients in court (not supervised); Representing clients in court (supervised); Negotiating with other party; Drafting legal documents: Responding to discovery requests; Appealing cases; Instituting post-judgment enforcement action.



P. Working with IV-D agencies: N/A

G. Alternative legal resources: State or district attorneys; Legal Service Corp. grantees; Non-profit organizations staffed by lawyers.





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K. Supervision: Prof., Assoc. Prof., Asst. Prof., Lecturer; Clinical Fellows.

L. Degree of supervision and delegation: Everything the students do is under close supervision.

M. Year clinic began and subsequent adjustments: 1969; Expanded faculty and credit hours.

N. Funding sources (other than law school): Charitable donations; Government funds.






D. Average weekly time spent in clinic: Varies.

E. Average amount of time spent on each case: 12 hours or more.

F. Credits: 4

G. Training materials used: Clinical course is taken with trial practice and pre-trial clinical course, so materials are those used in the other courses.


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Southern Illinois Univer.sity School of Law

104 Lesar Law Building Carbondale, IL 62901-6821


Howard B. Eisenberg: (618) 536-4423

II. Type of Clinic: Elderly law and prison inmate clinics handle some family law cases covering: Paternity; Divorce/separation; Custody/visitation; Child/spousal support; Property division; Guardianship/termination of parental rights; Adoption; Powers of attorney;



B. Geographic area covered: Thirteen southernmost counties of Illinois.

c. Services provided: Interviewing clients; Counseling clients; Referring persons to other resources; Representing clients in administrative cases; Representing clients in quasi-judicial cases; Representing clients in court (not supervised); Representing clients in court (supervised); Negotiating with other party~ Drafting legal documents; Responding to discovery requests; Appealing cases; Instituting post-judgment enforcement action.




G. Alternative legal resources: Mostly none.




Support: 5% Paternity: Under 1%.

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L. Degree of supervision and delegation: Students supervised pursuant to Illinois Supreme Court Rule 11. Supervisors sign pleadings and are ultimately responsible.

M. Year clinic began and subsequent adjustments: 1976; Shifting emphasis to senior representation.

N. Funding sources (other than law school): LSC grant; Illinois IOLTA program; United Mine Workers; Attorney's fees.









G. Training materials used: Lectures.

H. Topics discussed: Title IV-D of the Social Security Act.

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Indiana

Indiana University School of Law

735 West New York Indianapolis, IN 46202


Mary Therese Wolf: (317) 274-3808/639-4151

II. Type of Clinic: General practice clinic with family law component covering: Paternity; Divorce/separation; Custody/visitation; Child/spousal support; Property division; Guardianship/termination of parental rights; Adoption; Child abuse/neglect.



B. Geographic area covered: Indianapolis, Indiana.

C. Services provided: Interviewing clients; Counseling clients; Referring persons to other resources; Representing clients in administrative cases; Representing clients in quasi-judicial cases; Representing clients in court (supervised); Negotiating with other party; Drafting legal documents; Responding to discovery requests; Appealing cases; Instituting post-judgment enforcement action.

D. Cases handled and remedies pursued: Local IV-O cases; Local non-IV-O cases; Interstate IV-O cases (defense only); URESA/RURESA; Long-arm statutes; Wage withholding (interstate cases); Wage withholding (intrastate cases); Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act; Income tax refund offset; Contempt; Military allotment.

E. Affiliations: A Legal Services Corp. grantee. (Students are housed at the grantee's office, but are supervised by law school faculty.)

F. Working with IV-O agencies: Some; Usually clinic represents defendants in IV-O agency initiated actions where there is a defense.

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G. Alternative legal resources: IV-D agency~ State or district attorneys; Private law firms; Legal Services Corp. grantees; Non-profit organizations staffed by lawyers; Non-profit organizations staffed by non-lawyers; Pro bono work by local bar members.






L. Degree of supervision and delegation: Students interview clients, research, investigate, interview witnesses, develop trial plans, draft pleadings, and handle discovery, under supervision. If case is complicated, it is transferred from the clinic. Supervisor co-signs pleadings.

M. Year clinic began and subsequent adjustments: 1982

N. Funding sources (other than law school): LSC grant.






D. Aver.age weekly time spent in clinic: 11+ hours.


F. Credits: 4

G. Training materials used: Articles; Lectures; Simulations.

H~ Topics discussed: N/A

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University of Notre Dame Law School

Notre Dame, IN 46556


Thomas Broden: (219) 239-7995

II. Type of Clinic: Domestic violence clinic with family law component covering: Paternity; Divorce/separation; Custody/visitation; Child/spousal support; Property division; Guardianship/termination of parental rights; Adoption; Powers of attorney; Child abuse/neglect; Domestic violence.


A. Clients: Custodial parents; Persons affiliated with University of Notre Dame or St. Mary's College.

B. Geographic area covered: St. Joseph County, Indiana.

C. Services provided: Interviewing clients; Counseling clients; Referring persons to other resources; Representing clients in court (supervised); Negotiating with other party; Drafting legal documents; Responding to discovery requests; Appealing cases; Instituting post-judgment enforcement action.

D. Cases handled and remedies pursued: Local non-IV-D cases; Wage withholding (intrastate cases); Garnishment; Dissolution; Custody; Maintenance; Temporary restraining orders; Injunctions.



G. Alternative legal resources: IV-D (child support enforcement) agency; Legal Services Corp. grantee.





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L. Degree of supervision and delegation: Students interview clients, research, draft pleadings and negotiate with minimal supervision. Supervisors co-sign pleadings and accompany students to court.

M. Year clinic began and subsequent adjustments: 1964; Clinic expanded its services and number of interns.

N. Funding sources (other than law school): LSC grants.




B. How students are selected: First students to sign up participate.!

C. prerequisites: Must be a 2nd- or 3rd-year law student.



F. Credits: Credit varies from 1 to 2; May be selected either as an extracurricular activity or as a credit course; Sixty hours of clinic work equals one credit.

G. Training materials used: Oral and limited written orientation.

H. Topics discussed: Community resources.

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Iowa

Drake University Law School

Drake Legal Clinic 2400 University

Des Moines, IA 50317


Daniel L. Power or William J. Hornbas~1l: (515) 271-3851

II. Type of Clinic: General practice clinic with family law component covering: Paternity; Divorce/separation; Custody/visitation; Child/spousal support; Property division; Guardianship/termination of parental rights; Adoption; Powers of attorney.



B. Geographic area covered: Polk, Boone and Jasper Counties, Iowa.

C. Services provided: Interviewing clients; Counseling clients; Referring persons to other resources; Representing clients in administrative cases; Representing clients in quasi-judicial cases; Representing clients in court (supervised); Negotiating with other party; Drafting legal documents; Responding to discovery requests; Appealing cases; Instituting post-judgment enforcement action; Coordinating blood tests; All tasks necessary to provide proper representation.




G. Alternative legal resources: State or district attorneys; Private law firms; Legal Services Corp. grantees; Non-profit organizations staffed by lawyers; Pro bono work by local bar members.



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K. Supervision: Prof., Assoc. Prof., Asst. Prof., Lecturer; Private firm attorney.

L. Degree of supervision and delegation: Students interview clients, research, investigate facts, draft pleadings, counsel clients, and negotiate, all under at least minimal supervision.

M. Year clinic began and subsequent adjustments: 1972; Expanded program to meet students' interests.

N. Funding sources (other than law school): Grants; State and city funds; Endowment.




B. How students are selected: First students to sign participate.

Prerequisites: Must be a 2nd- or 3rd-year law student; Passed trial practice course.

C.



F. Credits: 3



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Kansas

Washburn University of Topeka School of Law

1700 College Topeka, KS 66621


Sheila Reynold~: (913) 295-6660

II. Type of Clinic: General practice clinic with family law component covering: Paternity; Divorce/separation; Custody/visitation; Child/spousal support; Property division~ Guardianship/termination of parental rights; Adoption; Powers of attorney; Child abuse/neglect.



B. Geographic area covered: Shawnee County, Kansas.

C. Services provided: Interviewing clients; Counseling clients; Representing clients in administrative cases; Representing clients in quasi-judicial cases; Representing clients in court (supervised)~ Negotiating with other party; Drafting legal documents; Responding to discovery requests; Appealing cases; Instituting post-judgment enforcement action.







J. Number of support/paternity cases:

Support: 1 per semester. Paternity: 2 to 3 per semester.

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L. Degree of supervision and delegation: Students conduct interviews, negotiate, research, etc. Faculty meets with students at least once a week. Students work on their own except for court appearances. Both student and supervisor decide which cases to accept.

M. Year clinic began and subsequent adjustments: 1970; After the initial years of operation, there was a decrease in the students' caseloads.

N. Funding sources (other than law school): Funding is provided by a mediation grant from U.S. Dep't. of Education.



A. Number of students: 21-35 per semester.


C. Prerequisites: Must be a 3rd-year law student; Passed an ethics course.




G. Training materials used: Lectures; Outline.


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I Louisiana

Loyola University School of Law

7214 St. Charles Avenue Box 902

New Orleans, LA 70188


Patricia E. Regan: (504) 861-5590

II. Type of Clinic: General practice clinic with a family law component covering: Paternity; Divorce/separation; Custody/visitation; Child/spousal support; Guardianship/termination of parental rights; Adoption; Child abuse/neglect.



B. Geographic area covered: Orleans, Jefferson and St. Bernard Parishes, Louisiana.

C. Services provided: Interviewing clients; Counseling clients; Referring persons to other resources; Representing clients in administrative cases; Representing clients in quasi-judicial cases; Representing clients in court (not supervised); Representing clients in court (supervised); Negotiating with other party; Drafting legal documents; Responding to discovery requests; Appealing cases; Instituting post-judgment enforcement action.

D. Cases handled and remedies pursued: Local non-IV-D cases; Wage withholding (intrastate cases); Contempt; Security/bond; Garnishment.

E. Affiliations: Clinic places students in a variety of state, local and LSC offices.


G. Alternative legal resources: IV-D agency; State or district attorneys; Legal Services Corp. grantees; Non-profit organizations staffed by lawyers; Pro bono work by local bar members.


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Support: 32 % Paternity: Very small %

K. Supervision: Prof., Assoc. Prof., Asst. Prof., Lecturer; Legal services attorney; State, city or county attorney.

L. Degree of supervision and delegation: Students interview, research, draft pleadings, memos, and correspondence, and negotiate. All written work is reviewed by supervisor, and negotiations are done with supervisor present. Supervisor and student practitioners co-sign pleadings.

M. Year clinic began and subsequent adjustments: 1970; Expanded docket to include civil cases; Increased faculty.

N. Funding sources (other than law school): One-time grant from LSC.

O. Fee charged: $5.00 (To defray copying charges).


A. Number of students~ 11-15 (summer); 21-30 (rest of year - currently under review).

B. How students are selected: So far, any student interested has been accommodated.




F. Credits: Credit varies from 6 to 9 (currently under review).

G. Training materials used: Articles; Audio/video tapes; Lectures; Clinic handbook.

H. Topics discussed: Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act; Income withholding; Security/bond; Support guidelines; Military allotments; Garnishment; Contempt.

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Maine

University of Maine School of Law

246 Deering Avenue Portland, ME 04102


Naira B. Soifer: (207) 780-4358

II. Type of Clinic: Family law clinic covering: Divorce/separation; Custody/visitation; Property division; Guardianship/termination of parental rights; Adoption; Child abuse/neglect; Protection from abuse; Juvenile criminal.


A. Clients: Custodial parents; Noncustodial parents; children.

B. Geographic area covered: Cumberland and York Counties, Maine.





G. Alternative legal resources: Private law firms; Legal Services Corp. grantees; Pro bono work by local bar members; Volunteer Lawyer's Project - Statewide Referral System.





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K. Supervision: Prof., Assoc. Prof.

L. Degree of supervision and delegation: Students interview, counsel, attend mediation sessions, negotiate, and appear in court. Supervisors review and sign all written work and accompany students to court.

M. Year clinic began and subsequent adjustments: 1986; Focused on custody issues; Made efforts for multi-disciplinary approach.

N. Funding sources (other than law school): u.S. Dep't. of Education grant.

O. Fee charged: $10.00 - part of fee may be refunded if not spent on expenses such as postage.



B. How students are selected: First students to sign up participate; Lottery when overenrolled.

C. Prerequisites: Must be a 3rd-year law student; Passed an evidence course; Passed a trial advocacy course; Students may be enrolled in clinic and take evidence and procedure courses simultaneously.


E. Average amount of time spent on each case: At least 15 hours.

F. Credits: 4

G. Training materials used: An original compendium of excerpts.


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Maryland

University of Maryland School of Law

500 W. Baltimore Street Baltimore, MD 21201

I. Contact Persons and Phone N~mber:

E. Clinton Bamberger or Richard L. North: (301) 328-3295

II. Type of Clinic: General practice clinic with family law component covering: Divorce/separation; Custody/visitation; Child/spousal support; Property division; Guardianship/termination of parental rights; Adoption; Child abuse/neglect.

II:. Profile of Clinic:


B. Geographic area covered: Baltimore City and surrounding Maryland counties.

C. Services provided: Interviewing clients; Counseling clients; Referring persons to other resources; Representing clients in court (supervised); Negotiating with other party; Drafting legal documents; Responding to discL~ery requests; Appealing cases; Instituting post-judgment enforcement action.




G. Alternative legal resources: State or district attorneys; Private law firms; L~gal Service Corp. grantees; Non-profit organizations staffed by lawyers.





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L. Degree of supervision and delegation: The intensity of supervision varies according to the the stud~nt:s competence, the client's needs and the complexity of the case'. Court appearances and pleading signing require supervisor's involvement.

M. Year clinic began and subsequent adjustments: N/A

N. Funding sources (other than law school): Endowment.




B. How students are selected: N/A I

C. Prerequisites: Must be a 2nd- or 3rd-year law student; Must qualify under local student practice rule.


E. Average amonnt of time spent on each case: 21+ hours.


G. Training materials used: Articles; An original compendium of excerpts; Audio/video tapes; Lectures; Practice materials.


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Massachusetts

Harvard University Law School

Legal Aid Bureau (LAB) Harvard University School of Law Cambridge, MA 02138

Legal Services Center (LSC) 3529 Washington Street Jamaica Plain, MA 02130

I. Contact Persons and Phone Numbers:

Betty Allbach: Jeanne Charm:

(6l7) 495-4408 (617) 522-3003

(LAB) ; (LSC) .

II. Type of Clinic: Two general practice clinics with family law components covering: Divorce/separation; Custody/visitation; Child/spousal support; Property division; Guardianship/termination of parental rights.



B. Geographic area covered: LAB: Middlesex and Suffolk Counties, Massachusetts; LSC: Jamaica Plain, Chinatown, Roslindale, Roxboro, Dorchester, Hyde Park, Mattapan and South End, Massachusetts.

C. Services provided: Interviewing clients; Counseling clients; Referring persons to other resources; Representing clients in administrative cases; Representing clients in quasi-judicial cases; Representing clients in court (supervised); Negotiating with other party; Drafting legal documents; Responding to discovery requests; Appealing cases.

D. Cases handled and remedies pursued: Income tax refund offset (LSC only); Liens (both LAB & LSC); Garnishment (LSC only); Military allotment (LSC only); Court judgments (LSC only).

E. Affiliations: A Legal Services Corp. grantee (Greater Boston Legal Services) (LSC); Non-profit corporation funded by Harvard Law School (LAB).

F. Working with IV-D agencies: LAB: None; LSC: Slight.

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G. Alternative legal resources: State or district attorneys; Private law firms; Legal Services Corp. grantees; Non-profit organizations staffed by lawyers; Non-profit organizations staffed by non-lawyers; Pro bono work by local bar members.


I. Number of family law cases: LAB: 51-100; LSC: 201-400.



K. Supervision: Drof., Assoc. Prof., Asst. Prof., Lecturer; Legal services attorney; Private attorney hired by law school (LSC); 6 part time attorneys hired by law school (LAB).

L. Degree of supervision and delegation: Students interview clients, research, draft pleadings and prepare for trial under supervision. Supervisor sign pleadings.

M. Year clinic began and subsequent adjustments: LAB: 1914; Added pro se divorces; LSC: 1979.

N. Funding sources (other than law school): LAB: None; LSC: Legal Services Corporation grant.



A. Number of students: 31+ (LSC); 60 (~\B).

B. How students are selected: First students to sign up participate (if qualified under student practice rule) (LSC); Lottery (LAB).

C. Prerequisites: Must be a 2nd- or 3rd-year law student; Passed or enrolled in an evidence course; Passed or enrolled in a trial practice course; Must meet requirements of Massachusetts student practice rule.

D. Average weekly time spent in clinic: 11+ hours (fluctuates depending on number of credits)(LSC)i 20 hours (LAB).


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F. Credits: Varies from 2 to 6; Either taken as an extracurricular activity or a credit course.

G. Training materials used: Articles; Treatises; An original compendium of excerpts; Lectures; Bridging seminars; Generalized orientation to Massachusetts practice.


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New England School of Law

Legal Services Office 75 Kneeland Street

Boston, MA 02111


Alan Minuskin: (6l7) 357-9200

II. Type of Clinic: General practice clinic with family law component covering: Divorce/separation; Custody/visitation; Child/spousal support; Property division.


A. Clients: Custodial parents.

B. Geographic area covered: Boston, Massachusetts and its suburbs.


D. Cases handled and remedies pursued: Local non-IV-D cases; Interstate non-IV-D cases; URESA/RURESAi Wage withholding (interstate cases); Wage withholding (intrastate cases).


F. Working with IV-D agencies: Slight; Coordinate with IV-D agency before trial to seek same support amount.

G. Alternative legal resources: State or district attorneys; Private law firms; Legal Services Corp. grantees; Non-profit organizations staffed by lawyers; Non-profit organizations staffed by non-lawyers; Pro bono work by local bar members; IV-D agency.



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Support: 80% Pa terni ty: 0%

K. Supervision: Assoc. Prof., Clinical Instructor.

L. Degree of supervision and delegation: Students interview, research, draft pleadings and write letters. Other work requires more supervision and observation.

M. Year clinic began and subsequent adjustments: 1971: Changed type of cases accepted.





B. How students are selected~ Lottery by year in school.

C. Prerequisites: Must be a 2nd- or 3rd-year law student; Passed or enrolled in an evidence course.



F. Credits: 6

G. Training materials used: Audio/video tapes; Lectures; Manual checklist.

H. Topics discussed: Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act; Support guidelines; Contempt.

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Northeastern University School of Law

400 Huntington Avenue Boston, MA 02115


Professor James V. Rowan: (617) 437-3924

II. Type of Clinic: Family law clinic covering: Paternity: Divorce/separat:on: Child/spousal support; Adoption; Child abuse/neglect; Spouse abuse; Governmental benefits.


A. Clients: Children; Custodial parents; Public interest groups.

B. Geographic area covered: Southern portion of Metropolitan Boston, Massachusetts.

C. Services provided: Interviewing clients; Counseling clients; Referring persons to other resources; Representing clients in administrative cases; Representing clients in quasi-judicial cases; Representing clients in court (supervised); Negotiating with other party; Drafting legal documents: Responding to discovery requests; Appealing cases; Instituting post-judgment enforcement action; Coordinating blood tests.

D. Cases handled and remedies pursued: Local IV-D cases; Local non-IV-D cases; URESA/RURESA; Wage withholding (intrastate cases); Uniform Parentage Act; Income tax refund offset; Liens; Contempt; Security/bond; Garnishment; Military allotment.

E. Affiliations: A Legal Services Corp. grantee: Harvard Law School. (Harvard, Northeastern and Greater Boston Legal Services operate a local office as a joint project.)

F. Working with IV-D agencies: gxtensive.

G. Alternative legal resources: State or district attorneys; Private law firms; Legal services grantees; Non-profit organizations staffed by lawyers; Non-profit organizations staffed by non-lawyers; Pro bono work by local bar members; IV-D agency.

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H. Clinic's operation: May through December.




K. Supervision: Prof., Assoc. Prof., Asst. Prof., Lecturer; Legal services attorney.

L. Degree of supervision and delegation: Once trained, students interview counsel, research, draft pleadings, motions, discovery and memoranda, and negotiate. Students must get supervisory approval to accept a case, submit court documents, fix overall strategy and to close a case.


N. Funding sources (other than law school): LSC grant plus a variety of other sources.




B. How students are selected: Third year preference plus lottery.

C. Prerequisites: Must be a 2nd- or 3rd-year law student; Passed a procedure course.



F. Credits: 6

G. Training materials used: Articles; Treatises; A Cont.empt; Compendium of excerpts; Audio/video tapes; Lectures; Simulations; Computer programs.

H. Topics discussed: Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act; Title IV-D of the Social Security Act; Long-arm statutes; Income withholding; Income tax refund offset; Liens; Sec\U'ity/bond; Support guidelines~ Credit bureaus; Military allotments; Garnishment; Contempts

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Suffolk University Law School

Legal Assistant Bureau 41 Temple Street Boston, MA 02114


John David Schatz: (617) 573-8100

II. Type of Clinic: Family law clinic covering: Divorce/separation; Custody/visitation; Child/spousal support; Property division; Battered women's advocacy.


A. Clients: Custodial parents; 'Noncustodial parents.

B. Geographic area covered: Metropolitan Boston, Massachusetts.

C. Services provided: Interviewing clients; Counseling clients; Representing clients in court (not supervised); Representing clients in court (supervised); Negotiating with other party; Drafting legal documents; Responding to discovery requests; Instituting post-judgment enforcement action.

D. Cases handled and remedies pursued: Local IV-D cases; Contempt; Military allotment.

E. Affiliations: A Legal Services Corp. grantee. (The clinic is autonomous, but is located at Greater Boston Legal Services' office and takes referrals exclusively from GBLS.)


G. Alternative legal resources: IV-D agency; Non-profit organization staffed by lawyers; Non-profit organization staffed by non-lawyers; Pro bono work by local bar members.


I. Number of family law cas@s: 25-50

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J. Percentage of support/paternity c~ses:

Support: 75% Paternity: (Only one case reported.)


L. Degree of supervlslon and delegation: Students do all functions under moderate to intense supervision. Supervisors sign pleadings and handle contested custody cases.







c. Prerequisites: Must be a 3rd-year law student; Passed an evidence course.



F • C r ed its: 6


H. Topics discussed: Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act; Long-arm statutes; Income withholding; Support guidelines; Contempt.

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Michigan

University of Michigan Law School

Michigan Clinical Law Program 363 Legal Research Building

801 Monroe Street Ann Arbor, MI 48109


Paul Reingold: (313) 763-4319

II. Type of Clinic: General practice clinic with family law component covering: Paternity; Divorce/separation; Custody/visitation; Child/spousal support; Property division; Powers of attorney.



B. Geographic area covered: Washtenaw County, Michigan (occasionally Southeastern Michigan).

C. Services provided: Interviewing clients; Counseling clients; Representing clients in administrative cases; Representing clients in quasi-judicial cases; Negotiating with other party; Drafting legal documents; Responding to discovery requests; Appealing caseSi Instituting post-judgment enforcement action.




G. Alternative legal resources: Non-profit organization staffed by lawyers; Non-profit organization staffed by non-lawyers; Pro bono working local bar members; Family Law Project.

H~ Clinic's operation: All school year.




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L. Degree of supervision and delegation: Students interview clients, research, negotiate, and represent clients in administrative hearings with minimal supervision. Supervisors co-sign pleadings.

M. Year clinic began and subsequent adjustments: 1972; Hired long-term staff.

N. Funding sources (other than law school): Legal Services Corp.






D. Average weekly time spent in clinic: 20 hours (0-3 hours on support cases).



G. Training materials used: Casebooks; Articles; Treatises; An original compendium of excerpts; Audio/video tapes; Simulations; Lectures.


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Wayne State University Law School

468 West Ferry Detroit, MI 48202


Edward M. Wise, Associate Dean: (313) 57'7-3973

II. Type of Clinic: LSC-affiliated, on-campus clinic with a family law component covering: Paternity; Divorce/separation; Custody/visitation; Child/spousal support.



B. Geographic area covered: Wayne County, Michigan.

c. Services provided: Interviewing clients; Counseling clients; Referring persons to other resources; Representing clients in administrative cases; Representing clients in quasi-judicial cases; Representing clients in co~rt (supervised); Negotiating with other party; Drafting legal documents; Responding to discovery requests.






I. Number of family law cases: 101·-200



K. Supervision: Legal services attorney.

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L. Degree of supervision and delegation: Students handle most tasks under at least minimal supervision. Supervisor signs pleadings.


N. Funding sources (other than law school): Cooperative agreement with LSC grantee; Annual fundraising.




B. How students are selected: Open to all students.


D. Average weekly time spent in clinic: 4-6 hours in clinic overall.

E. Average amount of time spent on each case: Varies.

F. Credits: Extracurricular activity for which one may receive I credito

G. Training materials used: N/A


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Minnesota

University of Minnesota Law School

229 19th Avenue, South Minneapolis, MN 55455


Stephen F. Befort: (612) 625-5515

II. Type of Clinic: General practice clinic with a family law component covering: Divorce/separation; Custody/visitation in dissolution cases; Child/spousal support in dissolution cases; Child abuse/neglect.



B. Geographic area covered: Hennepin and Ramsey Counties, Minnesota.



E. Affiliations: A Legal Services Corp. grantee; Volunteer bar associations. (Both entities refer cases and schedule appointments.)


G. Alternative legal resources: State or district attorneys; Private law firms; Legal Service Corp. grantees; Non-profit organizations staffed by lawyers; Pro bono work by local bar members.





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L. Degree of supervision and delegation: Students interview, research and draft pleadings, appear in court, all under supervision. Supervisors review all written documents, legal issues, and settlement positions.

M. Year clinic began and subsequent adjustments: 1968~ Instituted more prepatory training and restricted caseloads in family law so that students could work on other legal issues; Discontinued post-decree representation.





B. How students are selected: First students to sig~ up participate.

C. Prerequisites: Must be a 2nd- or 3rd-year law student: Must attend lawyering skill class sessions.



F. Credits: 4

G. Training materials used: Articles: An original compendium of excerpts; Audio/video tapes: Lectures: Simulations.

H. TopiCS discussed: N/A

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William Mitchell College of Law

875 Summit Avenue, ,3llA st. Paul, MN 55105


Linda J. Gallant: (612) 290-6357

II. Type of Clinic: Family law clinic covering; Paternity; Divorce/separation; Custody/visitation; Child/spousal support: Property division; Guardianship/termination of parental rights; Adoption; Child abuse/neglect.


A. Clients: Custodial parents; Noncustodial parents. All clients must be indigent. j

B. Geographic area covered: Twin Cities, Minnesota.

C. Services provided: Interviewing clients; Counseling clients; Referring persons to other resources; Representing clients in court (supervised); Negotiating with other party; Drafting legal documents: Initiating and responding to discovery requests; Appealing cases; Instituting post-judgment enforcement action; Coordinating blood tests.

D. Cases handled and remedies pursued: Local IV-D cases; Local non-IV-D cases; Interstate IV-D cases; URESA/RURESA; Long-arm statutes; Wage withholding (interstate cases); Wage withholding (intrastate cases).


F. Working with IV-D agencies: Some.

G. Alternative legal resources: State or district attorneys; Private law firms; Legal Services Corp. grantees; Non-profit organizations staffed by lawyers1 Pro bono work by local bar members; Judicare.


I. Number of family law cases: 25-50 per year.

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K. Supervision: All student work supervised by clinic faculty.

L. Degree of supervision and delegation: With supervision, students interview clients, do research, draft pleadings and motions, argue motions. Supervising attorney co-signs pleadings.

M. Year clinic began: About 1978

N. Funding sources (other than law school): U.S. Dep't. of Education; LSC.





C. Prerequisites: Must be a 3rd-year law student; Passed a domestic law course; Passed an evidence course; Passed a procedure course; Passed an ethics course.



F. Credits: 4 per year (2 per semester; minimum of 2 semesters).

G. Training materials used: Treatises; An original compendium of excerpts.

H. Topics discussed: Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act; Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act; Uniform Parentage Act; Title IV-D of the Social Security Act; Income withholding; Income tax refund offset; Support guidelines; Military allotments; Garnishment; Contempt.

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Missouri

st. Louis University School of Law

3700 Lindell St. Louis, MO 83843


Herb Eastman: (314) 658-2778

II. Type of Clinic: General practice clinic with a family law component covering: Divorce/separation; Custody/visitation; Child/spousal support; Adoption; Powers of attorney; Child abuse/neglect.


A. Clients: Agencies; Custodial parents; Noncustodial parents.

B. Geographic area covered: City and County of St. Louis, Missouri.



E. Affiliations: A Legal Services Corp. grantee; A local department of social services.


G. Alternative legal resources: Private law firms; Legal Services Corp. grantees.





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L. Degree of supervision and delegation: Students provide all types of legal work except signing pleadings.

M. Year clinic began and subsequent adjustments: 1970; Clinic expanded to other areas such as mental health care.

N. Funding sources (other than law school): LSCi U.S. Dap't. of Education.








F. Credits: 3



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Montana

University of Montana School of Law

c/o Department of Revenue Child Support Enforcement Program

715 Kensington, Suite 19 Missoula, MT 59801

I. contact Person and Phone Number:

John McRae: (406) 721-1541

II. Type of Clinic: IV-D agency covering: Paternity; Child/spousal support.

III. Profile of Clinic: I

A. Clients: Agency; Custodial parents.

B. Geographic area covered: Mainly Missoula County, Montana.

C. Services provided: Interviewing clients; Referring persons to other resources; Representing clients in administrative cases; Representing clients in court (not supervised); Representing clients in court (supervised); Negotiating with other party; Drafting legal documents; Responding to discovery requests; Appealing cases; Instituting post-judgment enforcement action.

D. Cases handled and remedies pursued: Local IV-D cases; Interstate IV-D cases; URESA; Long-arm statutes; Wage withholding (interstate cases); Wage withholding (intrastate cases); UPA; Income tax refund offset; Liens; Contempt; Security/ bond; Garnishment; Military allotments.

E. Affiliations: IV-O agency.

F. Working with IV-D agencies: Extensive.

G. Alternative legal resources~ Legal Services Corp. grantee~ State or district attorneys; Private law firms; Pro bono work by local bar members.


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K. Supervision: IV-D attorney.

L. Degree of supervision and delegation: Students interview clients, research, draft pleadings and negotiate with minimal supervision. Supervisors usually co-sign pleadings.

M. Year clinic began and subsequent adjustments: 1983; Accumulated more training materials.






C. Prerequisites: Must be a 3rd-year law student; Must be certified by Montana Supreme Court for 3rd-year practice.

D. Average weekly time spent in clinic: 11+ hours"


F. Credits: 2 per semester (4 total).

G. Training materials used: Internal operating manual; LectureG; Federal materials.

H. Topics discussed: URESA; Uniform Parentage Act; Title IV-D; Long-arm statutes; Income withholding; Income tax refund offset; Liens; Security/bond; Support guidelinesj Credit bureaus; Military allotments; Garnishment.

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Nebraska

University of Nebrdska-Lincoln

College of Law, Room 172 Lincoln, NE 68583-0902


Peter Hoffman/Kevin Ruser: (402) 472-3271

II. Type of Clinic: Family law clinic covering: Paternity; Divorce/separation; Custody/visitation; Child/spousal support; Property division; Guardianship/termination of parental rights; Adoption; Powers of attorney.



B. Geographic area covered: Eight-county area in Southeast Nebraska.

C. Services provided: Interviewing clients; Counseling clientr~ Referring persons to other resources; Representing clients in administrative cases; Representing clients in quasi-judicial cases; Representing clients in court (supervised); Negotiating with other party; Drafting legal documents; Responding to discovery requests; .Appea1ing cases; Instituting post-judgment enforcement action; Coordinating blood tests.

D. Cases handled and remedies pursued: Local non-IV-D cases; Interstate non-IV-D cases; Long-arm statutes; Wage withholding (intrastate cases); Income tax refund offset; Liens; Contempt; Garnishment.

E. Affiliations: A Legal Services Corp. grantee, from which most cases corne.

F. Working with IV-D agencies: Some. Clinic routinely refers IV-D eligible clients to the IV-D agency for assistance in collecting child support established in original or modified divorce decrees.

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G. Alternative legal resources: attorneys; Private law firms; Corp. grantees; Pro bono work members; IV-D agency.


State or district Legal Services by local bar



Support: 33% Paternity: Under 5%


L. Degree of supervision and delegation: Students interview, counsel, negotiate, and draft pleadings, all under supervision.

M. Year clinic began and subsequent adjustments: 1975; Practice manual has been developed.

N. Funding sources (other than law school): Grants.




B. How students are se1ect~d: Lottery.




F • C r ed its: 6

G. Training materials used: Casebooks; An original compendium of excerpts; Lectul:'es.

H. Topics discussed: Long-arm st:atutes; Income withholding; Income tax refund offset; Support guidelines; Garnishment; Contempt.

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Ne~ Hampshir~

Franklin Pierce Law Center

2 White Street Concord, NH 03301


Bruce Friedman: (603) 225-3350

II. Type of Clinic: Family law clinic covering: Paternity; Divorce/separation; Custody/visitation; Child/spousal support; Property division; Guardianship/termination of parental rights; Adoption; Powers of attorney; Child abuse/neglect; Domestic violence.


A. Clients: Custodial parents; Children.

B. Geographic area covered: Merrimack County, New Hampshire (elsewhere in state if case is compelling and instructive to students).

C. Services provided: Interviewing clients; Counseling clients; Referring persons to other resources~ Representing clients in administrative cases; Representing clients in quasi-judicial cases; Representing clients in court (supervised); Negotiating with other party; Drafting legal documents; Responding to discovery requests; Appealing cases; Instituting post-judgment enforcement action.

D. Cases handled and remedies pursued: Local IV-D cases; Local non-IV-D cases; Interstate IV-D cases; Interstate non-IV-D cases; URESA; Long-arm statutes; Wage withholding (interstate cases); Wage withholding (intrastate cases); Income tax refund offset; Liens; Contempt; Security/bond; Garnishment.



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G. Alternative legal resources: IV-D (child support enforcement) agency; State or district attorneys; Private l~w firms; Pro bono work by local bar members.






L. Degree of supervision and delegation: Depending on student and case, supervisors monitor activities at varying rates, although all typed work is carefully reviewed.

M. Year clinic began and subsequent adjustments: 1978; Added administrative course for 2nd-year students; Focused on children; Added advanced course.

N. Funding sources (other than law school): IOLTA; U.S. Dep't. of Education.




B. How students are selected: First students to sign up participate if 3rd-year student: Slots for 2nd-year students determined by lottet~.


D. Average weekly time spent in clinic: 7-11+ hours.



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G. Training materials used: Articles; An original compendium of excerpts; Audio/video tapes; Lectures.

H. Topics discussed: URESA; Title IV-O; Long-arm statutes; Income withholding; Income tax refund offset; Liens; Security/bond; Support guidelines; Garnishments; Contempt.

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New Jersey

Rutgers University at Newark

Rutgers Urban Legal Clinic 15 Washington Street

Newark, NJ 07102


Patricia Rousseau: (201) 648-5576

II. Type of Clinic: Urban legal clinic that handles family law cases covering: Divorce/separation; Custody/visitation; Child/spousal support; Guardianship/termination of parentai rights; Child abuse/neglect.


A. C~ients: Agencies; Children; Custodial parents; Noncustodial parents; Public interest groups.

B. Geographic area covered: Counties in close proximity to Newark, New Jersey.

C. Services provided: Interviewing clients; Counseling clients; Referring persons to other resources; Representing clients in court (supervised); Negotiating with other party; Drafting legal documer~s: Responding to discovery requests; Appealing cases; Lnstituting post-judgment enforcement action.




G. Alternative legal resources: State or district attorneys; Private law firms; Legal Services Corp. grantees; Pro bono work by locil bar members.





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K. Supervision: Prof., Assoc. Prof., Asst. Prof., Lecturer; Staff attorneys.

L. Degree of supervision and delegation: Students interview clients and research under minimal supervlslon. Supervisors sign pleadings and argue cases on appeal.

M. Year clinic began and subsequent adjustments: 1970.

N. Funding sources (other than law school): Attorney fees.





C. Prerequisites: Must be a 3rd-year law student; Passed an evidence course.




G. Training materials used: Articles; NITA materials.


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Seton Hall University School of Law

1111 Raymond Boulevard Newark, NJ 07102


Professor James Boskey: (201) 642-8811

II. Type of Clinic: Family law clinic covering: Divorce/separation; Custody/visitation; Child/spousal support; Property division; Guardianship/termination of parental rights; Adoption; Child abuse/neglect.



B. Geographic area covered: Three counties in Newark, New Jersey area.

C. Services provided: Interviewing clients; Counseling clients; Referring persons to other resources; Representing clients in court (not supervised); Representing clients in court (supervised); Negotiating with other party; Drafting legal documents; Responding to discovery requests; Instituting post-judgment enforcement action.


E. Affiliations: Legal services provides case referrals; Public advocate provides case referral and supervision.







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K. Supervision: Supervising attorney; State, city or county attorney.

L. Degree of supervision and delegation: Students do all tasks under at least minimal supervision. Students do not sign pleadings or argue appeals.

M. Year clinic began and subsequent adjustments: 1978; Expanded area of coverage to include divorce, adoption and termination of parental rights.

N. Funding sources (other than law school): Small grants from foundations.

o. Fee charged: None (except publication and out-of-state service).



B. How students are selected: Selected by faculty director, clinical instructor from application pool.




F. Credits: 3-12

G. Training materials used: Lectures.


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New Mexico

University of New Mexico School of Law

1117 Standard NE Albuquerque, NM 87131


J. Michael Norwood: (505) 277-4140

II. Type of Clinic: General practice clinic with family law component covering: paternity; Divorce/separation; Custody/visitation; Child/spousal support; Property division; Guardianship/termination of parental rights; Adoption; Powers of attorney; Child abuse/neglect.



B. Geographic area covered: Bernaillo County, New Mexico.

C. Services provided: Interviewing clients; Counseling clients; Referring persons to other resources; Representing clients in administrative cases; Representing clients in quasi-judicial cases; Representing clients in court (not supervised); Representing clients in court (supervised); Negotiating with other party; Drafting legal documents; Responding to discovery requests; Appealing cases; Instituting post-judgment enforcement action; Coordinating blood tests.

D. Cases handled and remedies pursued: Local IV-D cases; Local non-IV-D cases; Wage withholding (intrastate cases); Contempt.



G. Alternative legal resources: State or district attorneys; Private law firms; Legal Service Corp. grantees; Non-profit organizations staffed by lawyers; Pro bono work by local bar members; Judicare; IV-D agency.



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L. Degree of supervision and delegation: N/A






B. How students are selected: N/A

c. Prerequisites: N/A

D. Average weekly time spent in clinic: 11+ hours. (Students are required to spend 16 hours per week in the law practice clinic.)


F. Credits: 6 (Law practice clinic is required.)

G. Training materials used: Treatises; An original compendium of excerpts; Audio/video tapes; Lectures.


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New York

Brooklyn Law School

250 Joralemon Street Brooklyn, NY 11201


Stacy Caplow or Caroline Kearney: (718) 780-7944

II. Type of Clinic: Beginning 1987, family law clinic covering: Paternity; Child/spousal support.



B. Geographic area covered: Kings County, New York. I

C. Services provided: Interviewing clients; Counseling clients; Representing clients in court (supervised); Negotiating with other party; Drafting legal documents; Responding to discovery requests; Instituting post-judgment enforcement action.

D. Cases handled and remedies pursued: Local IV-D cases; Long-arm statutes; Wage withholding (intrastate cases); Income tax refund offset; Liens: Contempt: Security/bond; Garnishment; Military ailotment.

E. Affiliations: A IV-D agency.

F. Working with !V-D agencies: Extensive; Clinic will be able to tap into IV-D resources, such as parent locator service.

G. Alternative legal resources: IV-D agency; Private law firms; Non-profit organization staffed by lawyers; Non-profit organization staffed by non-lawyers; Pro bono work by local bar members.


I. Number of family law cases: Approximately 90


Support: 85% Paternity: 15~

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K. Supervision: Asst. Prof.

L. Degree of supervision and delegation: Students interview clients, research, counsel, negotiate, handle discovery, draft pleadings and memos. Supervisors review and approve all of student's work. (Student practice rule allows 2nd- and 3rd-year students do all lawyerir.q tasks.)


N. Funding sources (other than law school): Federal, state and local sources.

o. Fee charged: Fee paid to IV-D agency from collected support. For 1-12 hours of work, the fee is $135; for 12-18 hours, $265; for 18+ hours, $365.



B. How students are selected: Clinic instructor selects students. Third year students are given preference.

c. Prerequisites: Family law course is recommended.



F. C r ed its: 5

G. Training materials used: Articles; Treatises; An original compendium of excerpts; Audio/video tapes; Lectures: Problems; Simulations.

H. Topics discussed: Title IV-D of the Social Security Act; Long-arm statutes; Income withholding; Income tax refund offset; Liens; Security/bond; Support guidelines; Credit bureaus; Military allotments; Garnishment: Contempt: State support and paternity statutes; Interviewing; Counseling; Negotiations; Discovery; Trial skills; Ethical issues.

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Cornell Law School

Myron Taylor Hall Ithacat NY 14853


Barry Strom: (607) 255-4196

II. Type of Clinic: General practice with family law component covering: Paternity; Divorce/separation; Custody/visitation; Child/spousal support; Property division; Guardianship/termination of parental rights; Adoption; Powers of attorney; Child abuse/neglect.



B. Geographic area covered: Tompkins County, New York (Ithaca, NY and surrounding towns).


D. Cases handled and remedies pursued: Local IV-D cases; Interstate IV-D cases; Interstate non-IV-D cases; USDL; Wage withholding (intrastate cases); Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act; Contempt; Garnishment.

E. Affiliations: Clinic works closely with LSC, but without a formal agreement.


G. Alternative legal resources: IV-D attorneys; Legal Services Corp. grantees; Non-profit organizations staffed by lawyers; Pro bono work by local bar members.

H. Clinic's operation: All year, although clinic accepts new cases during a 6-month period.


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K. Supervision: Lecturer.

L. De9ree of supervision and dele9ation: There is less supervision with client interviewing and more extensive supervision generally. Students do not sign pleadings.





A. Number of s~udents: 36+

B. How students are selected: About 2/3 of students are selected by faculty; 1/3 by lottery.




F. Credits: 4 per s~mester.

G. Training materials used: An original compendium of excerpts; Lectures; Simulations.

H. Topics discussed: Uniform Support fer Dependents Law; Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act; Title IV-D of the Social Security Act; Support guidelines; Garnishment; Contempt.

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Fordham University School of Law

Lincoln Square Legal Services, Inc. 140 W. 62rd Street, Room 10

Lincoln Center New York, NY 10023


Beth G. Schwartz: (212) 841-5656

II. Type of Clinic: Initial year of family law clinic covering: Paternity; Custody/visitation; Child/spousal support.



B. Geographic area covered: New York City.


D. Cases handled and remedies pursued: Child support establishment and enforcement; Paternity.

E. Affiliations: New York City Dep't. of Social Services.

F. Working with IV-D agencies: New York City Dep't. of Social Services.

G. Alternative legal resources: Brooklyn and Pace Law Schools; Local Legal Services Corp. grantees; Bar association referrals.


I. Number of family law cases: Approximately 45 to date.


Support: 85%. Paternity: 15%.

K. Supervision: Assoc. Clinical Prof.

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L. Degree of supervision and delegation: Students perform all duties under supervision, except supervisor signs pleadings.


N. Funding sources (other than law school): City, state and federal governments.

o. Fee charged: Up to 12 hours -$265; 19 hours or more - $365. from SUppOlt payments received each support payment until fee



$135; 13 to 18 hours -(Fee to be deducted

at the rate of 25% of is fully paid.)

B. How students ar~ selected: Clinic instructor selects students.





G. Training materials used: An original compendium. of statutes, cases, articles and other publications.

H. Topics discussed: Establishment of child support and spousal obligations; Paternity; Procedures for court proceedings; Interviewing; Negotiating; Enforcement/violation proceedings; Custody and visitation; Interstate remedies.

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Pace University School of Law

33 Crane Avenue White Plains, NY 10603


Mariana J. Hogan: (914) 681-4333

II. Type of Clinic: Family law clinic covering: Paternity; Custody/visitation; Child/spousal support.



B. Geographic area covered: Bronx County, New York.

C. Services provided: Interviewing clients; Counseling clients; Referring persons to other resourceSi Representing clients in court (supervised); Negotiating with other party; Drafting legal documents; Responding to discovery requests; Instituting post-judgment enforcement action.

D. Cases handled and remedies pursued: Local non-IV-D cases; Interstate non-IV-D cases; Long-arm statutes; Wage withholding (interstate cases); Income tax refund offset; Liens; Contempt; Security/bond.



G. Alternative legal resources: A IV-D agency; Private law firms.







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N. Funding sources (other than law school): Federal, state and city governments.

o. Fee charged: Up to 12 hours - $135; 13 to 18 hours -$265; 19 hours and more - $365.




C. Prerequisites: Must be a 2nd- or 3rd-year law student; Passed an evidence course.



F. Credi ts: 6

G. Training materials used: Casebooks; Articles; An original compendium of excerpts; Audio/video tapes; Lectures.

H. Topics discussed: Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act; Long-arm statutes; Income withholding; Income tax refund offset; Liens; Security/bond; Contempt.

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st. John's University School of Law

Grand Central and Utopia Parkways Jamaica, NY 11439


Philip Weinberg: (718) 990-6628

II. Type of Clinic: Proposed family law clinic covering: Paternity; Child/spousal support.



B. Geographic area covered: To be negotiated.

C. Services provided: Interviewing clients; Counseling clients; Referring persons to other resources; Representing clients in court (supervised); Negotiating with other party; Drafting legal documents; Instituting post-judgment enforcement action.


E. Affiliations: New York Dep't. of Social Services.







K. Supervision~ Prof., Assoc. Prof., Asst. Prof., Lecturer.


M. Year clinic will begin: Proposed for 1988.

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N. Funding sources (other than law school): Being negotiated.



A~ Number of students: N/A





F. Credits: 3

G. Training materials used: N/A


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Syracuse University College of Law

E.I. White Hall Syracuse, NY 13244


Kirk Hazen: (315) 423-4582

II. Type of Clinic: General practice clinic with family law component covering: Custody/visitation; Child abuse/neglect; Juvenile delinquency; P.I.N.S; Support cases (only when issue arises in context of other cases).

III. Profile of Clinic;

A. Clients: Children, Custodial parents.

B. Geographic area covered: Onondaga County, New York.





G. Alternative legal resources: State or district attorneys; Private law firmsi Legal Services Corp. grantees.






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L. Degree of supervlslon and delegation: Students, under substantial supervision, are delegated most of the tasks.







c. Prerequisites: None.




G. Training materials used: Articles; Audio/video tapes; Lectures.


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North Carolina

University of North Carolina School of Law

Civil Legal Assistance Clinic Chapel Hill, NC 27514


Richard Rosen: (919) 962-8505

II. Type of Clinic: General practice clinic with a family law component covering: Paternity; Custody/visitation; Child/spousal support.



B. Geographic area covered: Alamance, Orange, Durham & Chatham Counties, North Carolina.

C. Services provided: Interviewing clients; Counseling clients; Referring persons to other resources; Representing clients in administrative cases; Representing clients in quasi-judicial cases; Representing clients in court; Negotiating with other party; Drafting legal documents; Responding to discovery requests; Appealing cases; Instituting post-judgment enforcement action.




G. Alternative legal resources: State or local attorneys; Private law firms; Legal Services Corp. grantees; Non-profit organizations staffed by lawyers; Pro bono work by local bar members.



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K. Supervision: prof., Assoc. Clinical Prof., Asst. Clinical Prof.

Lo Degree of supervision and delegation: Students interview, investigate, research, draft letters and pleadings. Students are not permitted to sign pleadings. All but the most routine decisions are made under close supervision.

M. Year clinic began and subsequent adjustm~nts: 1982; Added a civil lawyering process course accompany clinic work.

N. Funding sources (other than law school): In the past, LSC grants.




B. How students are selected: Lottery.




F. Credits: 6 for clinic work; 3 for civil lawyering process course.

G. Training materials used: Articles; Treatises; An original compendium of excerpts; Audio/video tapes; Lectures; Materials available in mandatory 3-hour civil lawyering process course.


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North Dakota

University of North Dakota School of Law

Legal Aid Association Grand Forks, NO 58202


Larry R. Spain: (701) 777-2932

II. Type of Clinic: General practice clinic with family law component covering: Paternity; Divorce/separation; Custody/visitation; Child/spousal support; Property division; Guardianship/termination of parental rights: Adoption; Powers of attorney.



B. Geographic area covered: Grand Forks County, North Dakota.





G. Alternative legal resources: State or district attorneys; Private law firms.





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L. Degree of supervision and delegation: Students interview, research and draft pleadings. Supervisors sign pleadings.

M. Year clinic began and subsequent adjustments: 1968; Boosted faculty supervision; Awarded credit.

N. Funding sources (other than law school): Legal Assistance of North Dakota; LSC; State Council on Developmental Disabilities; University fees.











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Ohio

Capital University Law School

665 S. High Street Columbus, OH 43215


William H. Smith: (6l4) 445-8836

II. Type of Clinic: Family law clinic covering: Paternity; Divorce/separation; Custody/visitation; Child/spousal support; Property division.



B. Geographic area covered: Franklin County, Ohio.

C. Services provided: Interviewing clients; Counseling clients; Representing clients in court (supervised); Negotiating with other party; Drafting legal documents; Responding to discovery requests; Appealing cases; Instituting post-judgment enforcement action; Coordinating blood tests.

D. Cases handled and remedies pursued: Local IV-O cases; Local non-IV-D cases; Wage withholding (interstate case); Wage withholding (intrastate cases); Security/bond; Garnishment.



G. Alternative legal resources: Legal Services Corp. grantees; IV-O Agency; Private law firms; Pro bono work by local bar members.




Support: 25% Paterni ty: 5%


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L. Degree of supervision and delegation: Students interview clients, research, draft lettors, and handle preliminary negotiations, under supervision. Pleadings are signed by supervisor.

M. Year clinic began and subsequent adjustments: 1974; Confined coverage area to Franklin Co., Ohio.




A. Number of students: N/A


C. Prerequisites: Must be a 3rd-year law student; Passed a preclinical course.





H. Topics discussed: Income withholding; Security/bond; Support guidelines.

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Case western Reserve University School of Law

11075 East Boulevard Cleveland, OH 44106


Peter A. Joy: (216) 368-2766

II. Type of Clinic: Civil practice clinic including a family law component covering: Divorce/separation; Custody/visitation; Child/spousal support; Property division; Adoption.



B. Geographic area cov~red: Cuyahoga County, Ohio.

c. Services provided: Interviewing clients; Counseling clients; Referring persons to other resources; Representing clients in administrative cases; Representing clients in court (supervised); Negotiating with oth~r party; Drafting legal documents; Responding to discovery requests.




G. Alternative legal resources: State or district attorneys; Private law firms; Legal Services Corps. grantees; Pro bono work by local bar members.





K. Supervision: Prof., Assoc. Prof., Asst. Prof., Lecturer; Instructor.

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L. Degree of supervision and delegation: Students do all attorney functions. Supervisors reviews and co-sign all pleadings, motions and briefs. All court appearances are under supervision. Negotiations are mon! tored by supervisors •.

M. Year clinic began and subsequent adjustments: 1976; Status and experience of supervisors have been improved: More classroom instruction on lawyering skills and ethical problems provided; Students are now individually supervised and no longer work in teams.

N. Funding sources (other than law school): Some grant support.




B. How students are selected: Lottery if over enrollment.

c. Prerequisites: Must be a 3rd-year law student; Passed an evidence course.

D. Average weekly time spent in clinic: 0-3 hours on family law cases.


F. Credits: 4

G. Training materials used: Articles: Tre~tises; Audio/video tapes; Lectures; Handouts.

H. Topics discussed: Overview of a divorce; Motions practice; Hearing skills; Pleadings: Discovery; Negotiations; Ethical issues.

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Ohio Northern University Claude W. Pettit College of Law

Ada, OH 45810


Frank G. Avellone: (419) 772-2240/2243

II. Type of Clinic: General practice clinic with family law component covering: Divorce/separation; Custody/visitation; Child/spousal support; Property division; Adoption; Powers of attorney.



B. Geographic area covered: West-Central Ohio. (In-house program largely confined to Hardin County, Ohio; Extern programs cover Hancock and Allen Counties, Ohio.)

C. Services prqvided: Interviewing clients; Counseling clients; Referring persons to other resources; Representing clients in administrative cases; Representing clients in court (supervised); Negotiating with other party; Drafting legal documents; Responding to discovery requests; Appealing cases.


E. Affiliations: A IV-D agency; Prosecutor/defender extern clinic.

F. Working with IV-D agencies: Phasing out child support enforcement cases as local IV-D office becomes operational.

G. Alternative legal resources: State or district attorneys; Legal Service Corp. grantees; Pro bono work by local bar members; IV-D agency.



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J. Number of support/paternity cases:



L. Degree of aupervision and delegation: Students interview and research but all tangible work product is reviewed and modified when appropriate by supervisors.





A. Number of students: 2-6 (in-house); 4-8 (externs).

B. How students are selected: Chosen similarly to academic course or program through registration.

C. Prerequisites: Must be a 3rd-year law student; Passed an evidence course; Passed a procedure course; Passed an ethics course; Passed lawyering process course.



F. Credits: 2 per term, up to 6 credits per academic career.

G. Training materials used: An original compendium of excerpts; Audio/video tapes; Le9tures; Simulations; Case conferences.

Ho Topics discussed: N/A

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Ohio State University College of Law

Clinical Programs 1659 N. High Street Columbus, OH 43210


David Goldberger: (614) 292-6821

II. Type of Clinic: General practice clinic with family law component: Paternity: Divorce/separation; Custody/visitation; Child/spousal support; Property division.

III. Profile of family law component of the clinic:

A. Clients: Children; Custodial parents: Noncustodial parents.

B. Geographic area covered: Within reasonable accessibility to Columbus, Ohio.

C. Services provided: Interviewing clients; Counseling clients; Referring persons to other resources; Representing clients in administrative cases; Representing clients in quasi-judicial cases; Representing clients in court (supervised); Negotiating with other party; Drafting legal documents; Responding to discovery requests; Appealing cases: Instituting post-judgment enforcement action: Coordinating blood tests; Anything determined to be in client's interest, Serving as guardian ad litem for children.






Y. Number of family law cases: 0-10; Clinic offers family law clinic course on periodic basis; General civil clinic continuously handles 3-5 family law cases at minimum.

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Support: 10% Paternity~ 5%


L. Degree of supervision and delegation: All functions are done by students with active supervision. Students are specially licensed and may practice in Ohio courts under supervision.

M. Year clinic began: 1930's



IV. Profile of/Students:


B. How students are selected: First students to sign up participate: Lottery when over-enrolled.



E. Average amount of time spent on each case: Depends on case.

F. Credits: 4

G. Training materials used: Duplicated materials.

H. Topics discussed: All relevant topics.

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University of Akron School of Law

Akron, OR 44325


Marla L. Mitchell: (216) 375-7751

II. Type of Clinic: Family law clinic covering: Paternity; Custody/visitation; Child/spousal support: Child abuse/neglect.



B. Geographic area covered: Summit and Stark Counties, Ohio.

C. Services provided: Interviewing clients; Counseling clients; Referring persons to other resources: Representing clients in administrative cases~ Representing clients in quasi-judicial cases; Representing clients in court (not supervised); Representing clients in court (supervised)# Negotiating with other party; Drafting legal documents; Responding to discovery requests.

D. Cases handled and remedies pursued: Local IV-D cases; Local non-IV-D cases. (Clinic usually 'represents absent parent: therefore, most support enforcement remedies not pursued.)

E. Affiliations: Legal Services Corp. grantee and Public Defender's Office refer cases to clinic.


G. Alternative legal resources: State or district attorneys; Legal Services Corp. grantees; Pro bono work by local bar members; Judicare.


I. Number of family law cases: 5% of caseload.

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L. Degree of supervision and delegation: Students are very closely supervised for one or two cases, then supervision is relaxed slightly. Supervisor signs pleadings and is ultimately responsible.

M. Year clinic began and subsequent adjustments: 1971~ Added trial clinic in 1983; Narrowed legal areas covered.






C. Prerequisites: Must be a 2nd- or 3rd-year law student; Passed an ethics course; Received legal intern certificate from Ohio State Supreme Court.




G. Training materials used: Audio/video tapes; Orientation; Intern certificate material.

H. Topics discllssed: N/A g .'

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University of Dayton School of Law

300 College Park Dayton, OH 45469


Dennis Turner: (513) 229-3217



A. Clients: N/A

B. Geographic area covered: Montgomery County, Ohio.

C. Services provided: Interviewing clients; Counseling clients; Referring persons to other resources; Representing clients in court (supervised); Negotiating with other party; Drafting legal documents; Responding to discovery requests; Instituting post-judgment enforcement action.

D. Cases handled and remedies pursued: Local IV-D cases; Wage withholding (intrastate cases); Contempt; Garnishment.



G. Alternative legal resources: State or district attorneys; Private law firms; Legal Services Corp. grantees; IV-D agency.

H. Clinic's operation: N/A




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M. Year clinic began and subsequent adjustments: N/A


O. Fee charged: N/A







F. Credits: 5



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Oklahoma

University of Oklahoma College of Law

300 Timberdell Road Norman, OK 73019


Ted Roberts: (405) 325-3702

II. Type of Clinic: General practice clinic with family law component covering: Divorce/separation; Custody/visitation; Child/spousal support; Property division; Guardianship/termination of parental rights; Adoption; Powers of attorney; Child abuse/neglect.



B. Geographic area covered: Norman, Oklahoma area (2 counties).

C. Services provided: Interviewing clients; Counseling clients; Referring persons to other resources; Representing clients in administrative cases; Representing clients in quasi-judicial cases; Representing clients in court (supervised); Negotiating with other party; Drafting legal documents; Responding to discovery requests; Appealing caseSi Instituting post-judgment enforcement actions.









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K. Supervision: Prof., Assoc. Prof., Asst. Prof., Lecturer; Staff attorney.

L. Degree of supervision and delegation: Students interview and counsel clients and research, under at least minimal supervision. Supervisors co-sign pleadings. Other activities handled by students under appropriate supervision.







C. Prerequisites: Must be a 2nd- or 3rd-year law student; Passed an evidence course; Passed a procedure course; Passed an ethics course: Passed a legal intern exam provided by state bar.



F. Credi t s : 3



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Oregon

Lewis & Clark College Northwestern School of Law

310 SW 4th, Room 1018 Portland, OR 97204


Richard Slotee: (503) 222-6429

II. Type of Clinic~ General practice clinic with family law component covering: Paternity; Divorce/separation; Custody/visitation; Child/spousal support; Property division.

III. profile of Clinic:

A. Clients: Custodial parents~ Noncust~dial parents.

B. Geographic area covered: Multnomah County, Oregon

C. Services provided: Interviewing clients; Representing clients in administrative cases; Representing clients in quasi-judicial cases; Representing clients in court (supervised); Negotiating with other party; Drafting legal documents; Responding to discovery requests.




G. Alternative legal resources: State or district attorneys; Private law firms; Legal Services Corp. grantees: Pro bono work by local bar members.

H. Clinic's operation: N/A




K. Supervision: N/A

L. Degree of supervision and delegation: All work closely supervised.

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N. Funding sources (other than law school): LSC grant; U.S. Dep't~ of Education grant.

O. Pee charged: None.







F. Credits: 4

G. Training materials used: Lectures; Clinic-prepared materials.


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Willamette University College of Law

Willamette Legal Clinic P.o. Box 13752

Salem, OR 97309


Bryan Johnston: (503) 370-6140

II. Type of Clinic: Family law clinic covering: Paternity; Divorce/separation; Custody/visitation; Child/spcusal support; Property division; Guardianship/termination of parental rights; Adoption; Child abuse/neglect.


A. Clients: Noncustodial parents. (Clients include inmates incarcerated in state penal institutions.)

B. Geogr·aphic area covered: State of Oregon.

C. Services provided: Interviewing clients; Counseling clients; Referring persons to other resources; Representing clients in court (supervised); Negotiating with ~ther party; Drafting legal documents; Responding to discovery requests.

D. Cases handled and remedies pursued: Local non-IV-D cases; Interstate non-IV-D cases; URESA/RURESA; Long-arm statutes; Wage withholding (interstate cases); Wage withholding (intrastate cases); Uniform Parentage Act.



G. Alternative legal resources: Legal Services Corp. grantees; Pro bono work by local bar members.





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L. Degree of supervision and delegation: Students conduct client interviews, draft pleadings, provide counseling and do research work. Students are not responsible for signing pleadings; trial work is done by third year students.

M. Year clinic began and subsequent adjustments: 1986; Refocusing of clinic.

N. Funding sources (other than law school): State.



A. Number of students: 6-10 I

B. How students are selected: Lottery, when necessary.




F. Credits: 2

G. Training materials used: Articles; Treatises; An original compendium of excerpts;, Lectures; State bar CLE materials.


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Pennsylvania

Dickinson School of Law

150 South College Street Carlisle, PA 17013


Thomas M. Place: (717) 243-1968

II. Type of Clinic: Family law clinic covering: Paternity; Divorce/separation; Custody/visitation; Child/spousal support; Property division; Guardianship/termination of parental rights; Adoption; Powers of attorney; Child abuse/neglect.



B. Geographic area covered: Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.

C. Services provided: Interviewing clients; Counseling clients; Referring persons to other resources; Representing clients in administrative cases; Representing clients in quasi-judicial cases; Representing clients in court (supervised); Negotiating with other party~ Drafting legal documents; Responding to discovery requests; Appealing cases.

D. Cases handled and remedies pursued: Interstate IV-D cases; URESA/RURESA.


F. Working with IV-D agencies: Some; Speakers from IV-D agency lectures family law students on support and paternity.

G. Alternative legal resources: State or district attorneys; Private law firms; Non-profit organizations staffed by lawyers.



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K. Supervision: Prof., Assoc. Prof., Asst. Prof. or Lecturer.

L. Degree of supervision and delegation: Once trained, students interview clients and attend support conference. Students do not sign pleadings and are supervised during court proceedings.






B. How students are selected= Lottery.






H. Topics discussed: Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act; Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act; Uniform Parentage Act; Title IV-D of the Social Security Act; Liens; Support guidelines; Military allotments; Garnishment; Contempt.

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University of Pennsylvania Law School

3400 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104


Douglas N. Frenkel: (215) 898-4628

II. Type of Clinic: Family law clinic covering: Paternity; Divorce/separation~ Custody/visitation; Child/spousal support; Property division; Guardianship/termination of parental rights; Adoption; Child abuse/neglect; Domestic violence.



B. Geographic area covered: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.




F. Working with IV-O agencies: N/A

G. Alternative legal resources: State or district attorneys; Legal Service Corp. grantees: Non-profit organizations staffed by lawyers; Non-profit organizations staffed by non-lawyers; Pro bono work by local bar members.



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L. Degree of supervision and delegation: All pre-trial and trial functions performed by students are done under intense supervision. Work is delegated to the students unless contrary to court rule.

M. Year clinic began and subsequent adjustments: 1977; Expanded number of clinic courses and clinics.









F. Credits: 6



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Puerto Rico

Catholic University of Puerto Rico School of Law

Station 6 Ponce, PR 00731


Juan Agala Cadiz: (809) 844-4150 - ext. 198

II. Type of Clinic: General practice clinic with family law component covering: Paternity; Divorce/separation; Custody/visitation; Child/spousal support; Guardianship/termination of parental rights; Adoption.



B. Geographic area covered: Metropolitan Ponce, Puerto Rico.

C. Services provided: Interviewing clients; Counseling clients; Referring persons to other resources; Representing clie~ts in administrative cases; Representing clients in quasi-judicial cases; Representing clients in court (supervised); Negotiating with other party; Drafting legal documents; Responding to discovery requests; Appealing cases; Instituting post-judgment enforcement action.




G. Alternative legal resources: Non-profit organizations staffed by lawyers; Pro bono work by local bar members.





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L. Degree of supervision and delegation: Students interview, research, draft motions, visit public agencies, and speak to local indigent communities.

M. Year clinic began and subsequent adjustments: 1975; Moved facilities to a location more convenient for clients.




A. Number of students: 21-30 I

B. How students are selected: Clinic instructo~ selects students.

C. Prerequisites: Must be a 3rd-year law student; Passed an evidence course; Passed a procedure course; Passed an ethics course; Must have 62 approved credits.



F. Credits: 3

G. Training materials used: Casebooks; Articles; Treatises; Audio/video tapes; Lectures.


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Inter American University of Puerto Rico School of Law

Box 8897 Fernandez Juncos Station

Santurce, PR 00910


Carlos E. Ramos-Gonzales: (809) 727-1930/724-5190

II. Type of Clinic: Family law clinic covering: Paternity; Divorce/separation; Custody/visitation; Child/spousal support; Adoption; Child abuse/neglect.



B. Geographic area covered: Santurce, Puerto Rico metropolitan area.

C. Services provided: Interviewing clients; Counseling clients; Referring persons to other resources; Representing clients in administrative cases; Representing clients in quasi-judicial cases; Representing clients in court (not supervised); Representing clients in court (supervised); Negotiating with other party; Drafting legal documents; Responding to discovery requests; Appealing cases; Instituting post-ju.dgment enforcement actio11.

D. Cases handled and remedies pursued: Local IV-D cases; Wage withholding (intrastate cases).

E. Affiliations: A Legal Services Corp. grantee (cooperative agreement).

F. Working with IV-D agencies: Slight (informal conversations).

G. Alternative legal resources: Legal Services Corp. grantees.



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Support: 30% Paterni ty: 10%

K. Supervision: Assoc. Prof., Asst. Prof., Adjunct Prof., Lecturer; Legal services attorney.

L. Degree of supervision and delegation: All tasks performed by the students are done under direct supervision. Supervisor decides whether to close a case. The decision to take a case or argue a case on appeal is made at a weekly staff meeting_


N. Funding sources (other than law school): Special grants from the U.S. Dep't. of Education.





C. Prerequisites: Must be a 3rd-year law student; Passed a domestic law course; Passed an evidence course; Passed a procedure course; Passed an ethics course.



F. Credits: 5


H. Topics discussed: Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act; Support guidelines; Garnishment; Contempt; Divorce proceedings.

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University of Puerto Rico School of Law

Box 23103 U.P.R. Station

Rio Piedras, PR 00931-3444


Georgina Candal: (806) 763-4333

II. Type of Clinic: General practice clinic with family law component covering: Paternity; Divorce/separation; Custody/visitation; Child/spousal support; Property division; Guardianship/termination of parental rights; Adoption; Child abuse/neglect.

III. Profile of qlinic:

A. Clients: Children; Custodial parents.

B. Geographic area covered: Metropolitan San Juan, Puerto Rico.

C. Services provided: Interviewing clients; Counsaling clients; Referring persons to other resources; Representing clients in administrative cases; Representing clients in court (supervised); Negotiating with other party; Drafting legal documents; Responding to discovery requests; Appealing cases; Instituting post-judgment enforcement action; Coordinating blood tests.

D. Cases handled and remedies pursued: Local IV-D cases; Interstate IV-D cases; Contempt; Garnishment.


F. Working with IV-D agencies: Slight (mainly referrals).

G. Alternative legal resources: Private law firms; Legal Service Corp. grantees; Non-profit organizations staffed by lawyers; Judicare.



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L. Degree of superV1Slon and delegation: Students interview, research and draft pleadings, all under supervision.






B. How students are selected: All students must have 6 credits in clinic work.




F. Credits: 6

G. Training materials used: Casebooks; Articles; Audio/video tapes; Lectures; Conferences, Simulations; Exercises.

H. Topics discussed: Support guidelines; Garnishment; Contempt.

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South Carolina

University of South Carolina School of Law

Main and Green Streets Columbia, SC 29206


Roy Stuckey: (803) 777-2278

II. Type of Clinic: Family law clinic covering: Paternity; Divorce/separation; Custody/visitation; Child/spousal support.



B. Geographic area covered: Richland and Lexington Counties, South Carolina.

C. Services provided: Interviewing clients; Counseling clients; Referring persons to other resources; Representing clients in court (supervised); Negotiating with other party; Drafting legal documents; Responding to discovery requests; Appealing cases (rare); Instituting post-judgment enforcement action (rare).




G. Alternative legal resources: State or district attorneys; Legal Services Corp. grantees; Pro bono work by local bar members; Judicare.

H. Clinic's operation: August to December or January to May.




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L. Degree of supervision and delegation: Students are closely supervised at all times. Supervisor signs pleadings and argues cases before S.c. Supreme Court.

M. Year clinic began and subsequent adjustments: 1960; Reduced number of clients and students; Clarified teaching goals; Improved organization.





B. How studenFs are selected: First students to sign up participate.



E. Average amount of time spent on each case: About 21+ hours.

F. Credits: 3

G. Training materials used: Articles; Treatises; An original conlpendium of excerpts; Audio/video tapes; Lectures; CLE materials from S.c. bar programs.


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Tennessee

University of Tennessee College of Law

Legal Clinic 1505 W. Cumberland

Knoxville, TN 37996


Susan D. Korac: (615) 974-2331

II. Type of Clinic: General civil law clinic including family law component covering: Paternity; Divorce/separation; Custody/visit~tion; Child/spousal support; Property division~ Guardianship/termination of parental rights; Adoption; Powers of attorney; Child abuse/neglect; Delinquent/unruly children.



B. Geographic area covered: Knox County, Tennessee.


D. Cases pandled and remedies pursued: Local IV-D cases; Local non-IV-D cases; Interstate IV-D cases; URESA/RURESA; Long-arm statutes; Wage withholding (intrastate cases); Uniform Parentage Act; Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act; Income tax refund offset; Liens; Contempt; Security/bond; Garnishment; Military allotment.

E. Affiliations: A Legal Services Corp. grantee (clinic pays grantee to take caseload in summer).


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G. Alternative legal resources: State or district attorneys; Private law firms; Legal Services Corp. grantees; IV-D agencies, Pro bono work by local bar members.



J. Pe~centage of support/paternity cases:

Support: 5% Paternity: Under 5%


L. Degree of supervision and delegation: Students do everything under supervision. Students seen as ~associates" and faculty as "senior partners."

M. Year clinic began and subsequent adjustments: 1947; Improved student/teacher ratio; Implemented closer supervision.





B. How students are selected: Priority based on hours completed toward graduation.

Co Prerequisites: Must be a 3rd-year law student; Passed an evidence course; Passed a procedure course; Passed a trial advocacy course.



F. Credits~ 5


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H. Topics discussed: Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act; Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act; Uniform Parentage Act: Title IV-O of the Social Security Act; Long-arm statutes; Income withholding; Income tax refund offset; Liens; Security/bond; Support guidelines; Credit bureaus; Military allotments; Garnishment; Contempt.

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Vanderbilt University School of Law

Nashville, TN 37240


Frank S. Bloch: (615) 322-4901

II. Type of Clinic: Civil and juvenile law clinics that handle some family law cases covering: Paternity: Divorce/separation; Custody/visitation: Child/spousal support: Property division; Guardianship/termination of parental rights.



B. Geographic area covered: City of Nashville/Davidson County, Tennessee.

C. Services provided: N/A

D. Cases handled and remedies pursued: Local non-IV-D cases; Interstate non-IV-D cases; URESA/RURESA; Wage withholding (intrastate cases); Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act; Income tax refund offset; Contempt; Garnishment; Military allotment.


F. Working with IV-D agencies: Some. (Clinic refers appropriate cases to IV-D agency.)

G. Alternative legal resources: IV-D agency; State or district attorneys; Legal Services Corp. grantees; Non-profit organization staffed by non-lawyers; Pro bono working local bar members.





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L. Degree of supervision and delegation: Students are supervised at more than a minimal level and handle all phases of a case.

M. Year clinic began and subsequent adjustments: 1971; Supervision made by a full-time faculty member.

N. Funding sources (other than law school): u.S. Dep't. of Education.




B. How students are selected: First preference is given to 3rd-year students, then remaining slots are filled by lottery.




F. Credits: 3


H. Topics discussed: Title IV-D of the Socia~ Security Act; Income withholding; Income tax refund offset; Support guidelines.

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Texas

Southern Methodist University School of Law

Dallas, TX 75275


Roark M. Reed or Kristen Werner: (214) 692-3562




B. Geographic area coverad: Dallas County, Texas.

C. Services provided: Interviewing clients; Counseling clients; Referring persons to other resources; Representing clients in administrative cases; Representing clients in court (supervised); Negotiating with other party; Drafting legal documents; Responding to discovery requests; Appealing cases; Instituting post-judgment enforcement action.




G. Alternative legal resources: State or district attorneys; Private law firms; Legal Services Corp. grantees; Non-profit organizatipns staffed by lawyers; Pro bono work by local bar members.






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L. Degree of supervision and delegation: Students are responsible for interviewing clients, researching issues, drafting court and other legal instruments. Attorneys and students sign all pleadings.

M. Year clinic began and subsequent adjustments: 1947; Initiated regularly-scheduled conferences with supervising attorneys; Reduced number of students enrolled and cases accepted.

N. Funding sources (other than law school): Grants.





C. Prerequisites: Completion of 45 hours of law school credit.



F. Credits: 5

G. Training materials used: Casebooks; Articles; Audio/video tapes; Lectures; State statutes.


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Texas Tech University School of Law

Lubbock, TX 79409-0004


David Cummins: (806) 742-3626

II. Type of Clinic: Proposed family law clinic covering:

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Paternity; Child/spousal support) GQardianship/termination of parental rights; Child abuse/I1'C'<)lect.



B. Geographic area covered: Lubbock County, Texas.

C. Services provided: Interviewing clients; Counseling clients; Referring persons to other resources; Representing clients in administrative cases; Representing clients in'quasi-judicial cases; Representing clients in court (not supervised); Representing clients in court (supervised); Negotiating with other party; Drafting legal documents.




G. Alternative legal resources: Legal Services Corp. grantees; Non-profit organizations staffed by lawyers; Pro bono work by local bar members.






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L. Degree of supervision and delegation: Students are under constant supervision.


N. Funding sources (other than law school): Grants (applications are outstanding).





C. Prerequisites: Must be a 2nd- or 3rd-year law student; Need a limited license to practice.



F. Credits: None.



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University of Texas School of Law

727 E. 26th Street Austin, TX 78705


Prof. Jack Sampson: (512) 471-5151 - ext. 167

II. Type of Clinic: Family law clinic covering: paternity; Custody/visitation; Guardianship/termination of parental rights; Adoption; Child abuse/neglect.



B. Geographic area covered: Travis County, Texas

C. Services provided: Interviewing clients; Counseling clients; Referring persons to other resources; Representing clients in court (supervised); Negotiating with other party; Drafting legal documents; Responding to discovery requests; Appealing cases.


E. Affiliations: A regal Services Corp. grantee; Local Dep't. of Social Services; A prosecutor's office.







K. Supervision: Prof., Assoc. Prof., Asst. Prof., Lecturer; Private firm attorney; Legal services attorney.

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L. Degree of supervision and delegation: Supervisors sign pleadings. Students are at least minimally supervised doing all law office functions.


N. Funding sources (other than law school): LSC grantee contract with private attorney involvement.

O. Fee charged: Fees are requested from parents, or Travis Co. if the parents are indigent, and case goes to trial on the merits.



B. How students are selected: First students to sign up and who are eligible for a 3rd-year bar card participate.

C. Prerequisites: Must be either a 2nd- or 3rd-year law student.

D. Average weekly time spent in clinic: 7-11+ hours.


F. Credits: 5 or 6 (graded pass/tail).

G. Training materials used: An original compendium of excerpts; Audio/video tapes; Lectures; Guest appearances by functionaries in community.


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utah

University of Utah College of Law

Salt Lake City, UT 84112


Linda F. Smith: (801) 581-4077

II. Type of Clinic: Family law clinic covering: Paternity; Divorce/separation; Custody/spousal support; Property division; Guardianship/termination of parental rights, Child abuse/neglect; Spousal abuse.



B. Geographic area covered: Greater metropolitan Salt Lake City; Tooele, Southern Davis and Summit Counties, Utah.

C. Services provided: Interviewing clients; Counseling clients; Referring persons to other resources; Representing clients in administrative cases; Representing clients in court (not supervised); Representing clients in court (supervised): Negotiating with other party; Drafting legal documents; Responding to discovery requests: Appealing cases; Instituting post-judgment enforcement action; Coordinating blood tests.

D. Cases handled and remedies pursued: Local non-IV-D cases; Interstate non-IV-D cases; URESA/RURESA; Long-arm statutes; Wage withholding (interstate cases); Wage withholding (intrastate cases); Uniform Parentage Act; Contempt.

E. Affiliations: A Legal Services Corp grantee and a privately-funded pro bono legal aid office.

F. Working with IV-D agencies: Some clinic work is with IV-D agency on public benefit cases involving support.

G. Alternative legal resources: State or district attorneys; Legal Services Corp. grantees: Non-profit organizations staffed by lawyers; Non-profit organizations staffed by non-lawyers; Judicare.


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K. Supervision: Legal services attorney.

L. Degree of supervision and delegation: Students interview, counsel, negotiate, draft pleadings and advocate with supervisory oversight. Faculty signs pleadings, determines which cases to accept, and makes major decisions in each case.


N. Funding sources (other than law school): LSC grant; In-kind donations.





C. Prerequisites: Enrolled in or completed skills class (interviewing, counseling, negotiating, etc.).

D. Average weekly time 3pent in clinic: 7-10 hours.



G. Training materials used: Audio/video tapes; Lectures; Family law manual; skills class.

H. Topics discussed: Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act: Title IV-D of the Social Security Act; Long-arm statutes: Income withholding; Support guidelines: Garnishment; contempt.

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Virginia

College of William and Mary Marshall-Wythe School of Law

Williamsburg, VA 23185


John Levy: (804) 253-4582

II. Type of Clinic: General practice clinic with family law component covering: Paternity; Divorce/separation; Custody/visitation; Child/spousal support; Property division; Guardianship/termination of parental rights; Adoption; Powers of attorney.



B. Geographic area covered: City of Williamsburg, James, York, Middlesex, Matthews & Gloucester Counties, Virginia.

C. Services provided: Interviewing clients; Counseling clients; Referring persons to other resources; Representing clients in administrative cases; Representing clients in quasi-judicial cases; Representing clients in court (supervised); Negotiating with other party; Drafting legal documents; Responding to discovery requests; Appealing cases; Instituting post-judgment enforcement action; Educating public.


E. Affiliations: A Legal Services Corp. grantee (faculty members and students are housed in local LSC office).


G. Alternative legal resources: State or district attorneys; Private law firms; Legal Services Corp. grantees; Non-profit organizations staffed by lawyers; Judicare.



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L. Degree of supervision and delegation: All lawyering functions delegated to students although all work is supervised by an attorney.


N. Funding sources (other than law school): LSC.





c. Prerequisites: Must be a 3rd-year law student; Passed a procedure course; Passed an ethics course.



F. Credits: 3

G. Training materials used: Treatises; Lectures.


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University of Richmond T.e. Williams School of Law

Youth Advocacy Clinic Richmond, VA 23173


Donald H. Stone: (804) 289-8205

II. Type of Clinic: General practice clinic with family law component: Divorce/separation~ Custody/visitation; Child/spousal support~ Property division; Guardianship/termination of parental rights; Adoption; Child abuse/neglect; Criminal defense for juveniles; Special education; Foster care review.


A. Clients: Agencies; Children; Custodial parents; Noncustodial parents.

B. Geographic area covered: Richmond; Chesterfield, Henrico and Hanover Counties, Virginia.

C. Services provided: Interviewing clients; Counseling clients; Referring persons to other resources; Representing clients in administrative cases; Representing clients in quasi-judicial cases; Representing clients in court (supervised); Negotiating with other ~ 'rty; Drafting legal documents; Responding to discovery requests; Appealing cases.


E. Affiliations: Local Dep't. of Social Services. (Clinic handles all cases of the Hanover DSS involving child abuse/neglect and guardianship.)

F. Working with IV-D agencief: N/A

G. Alternative legal resour~es: State or district attorneys; Private law firms; Legal Services Corp. grantees; Non-profit organizations staffed by lawyers.



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K. Supervision: Prof., Assoc. Prof., AS$t. Prof., Lecturer.

L. Degree of supervlslon and delegation: Students interview clients, research, draft pleadings, interview witnesses. Supervisors and students co-sign pleadings.

M. Year clinic began and subsequelt adjustments: 1979; In 1984, part-time instructor position w~s upgraded to full-time supervisor; Enrollment enlarged; Expanded referrals.

N. Funding sources (other than law school): u.s. Dep't. of Education (1984-86); Virginia Law Foundation (1987).





C. Prerequisites: Must be a 3rd-year law student: Passed an evidence course; Passed a procedure course; Passed an ethics course; Passed a skills course.

D. Average week~l time spent in clinic: 11+ hours (about 20-30).



G. Training materials used: Articles; An original compendium of excerpts; Lectures.


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University of Virginia School of Law

Family Law Clinic Charlottesville, VA 22901


Richard D. Balnave: (804) 924-7893

II. Type of Clinic: Family law clinic covering: Paternity; Divorce/separation; Custody/visitation; Child/spousal support; Property division; Guardianship/termination of parental rights; Adoption; Child abuse/neglect.


A. Clients: Custodial parents; Noncustodial parents; Children.

B. Geographic area covered: Mainly City of Charlottesville and Albemarle County, Virginia.

C. Services provided: Interviewing clients; Counseling clients; Referring persons to other resources; Representing clients in court; Trials and appeals (supervised); Negotiating with other party; Drafting legal documents; Instituting post-judgment enforcement action.

D. Cases handled and remedies pursued: Local IV-D cases; Local non-IV-D cases; Interstate IV-D cases; Interstate non-IV-D cases; URESA/RURESA; Long-arm statutes; Wage withholding (interstate cases); Wage withholding (intrastate cases); Income tax refund offset; Liens; Contempt; Security/bond; Garnishment; Military allotment; Virginia paternity law.

E. Affiliations: University of Virginia School of Law.

Fo Working with IV-D agencies: Some interaction in cases; IV-D and State Attorney General representatives lecture class, on occasion.'

G. Alternative legal resources: State or district attorneys; Private law firms; Legal Services Corp. grantees; IV-D agency.

H. Clinic's operation: All school year (faculty handles bulk of caseload in summer).

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I. Number of family law cases: Approximately 1000 per year.




L. Degree of supervision and delegation: All fQ~ctions are performed by students with faculty supervlslon. Students do not sign as attorneys of record.



o. Fee charged: Nqne.


A. Number of students: 24 per year.


c. Prerequisites: Must be a 3rd-year law student; Passed an evidence course; Passed a procedure course; Passed an ethics course; Passed a criminal law course.


E. Average amount of time spent on each case: 20 hours.

F • C r ed its: 4

G. Training materials used: Articles: An original compendium of excerpts; Audio/video tapes; Lectures; Simulations.

H. Topics discussed: Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act; Title IV-D of the Social Security Act; Long-arm statutes; Income withholding; Income tax refund offset; Liens; Security/bond; Support guidelines; Credit bureaus; Military allotments; Garnishment; Contempt.

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Washington

Gonzaga University School of Law

University Legal Assistance P.o. Box 3528

Spokane, WA 99220


Mark E. Wilson: (509) 484-6091

II. Type of Clinic: General practice clinic with family law component covering: Paternity; Divorce/separation: Custody/visitation; Child/spousal support; Property division; Guardianship/termination of parental rights; Adoption; Powers of attorney; Child abuse/neglect.

III. Prof~le of Clinic:

A. Clients: Custodial parents: Noncustodial parents.

B. Geographic area covered: Primarily Spokane Co., Washington, with service extended to adjoining-county residents.

C. Services provided: Interviewing clients; Counseling clientsi Referring persons to other resources; Representing clients in administrative cases: Representing clients in quasi-judicial cases; Representing clients in court (supervised): Negotiating with other party: Drafting legal documents; Responding to discovery requests; Appealing cases; Instituting post-judgment enforcement action; Coordinating blood tests.

D. Cases handled and remedies pursued: ORESA/RURESA; Wage withholding (intrastate cases): Contempt; Garnishment.

E. Affiliations: A Legal Servicas Corp. grantee (refers domestic case conflicts): Area agency on aging.


G. Alternative legal resources: Private law firms; Legal Services Corp. grantees; Non-profit organizations staffed by lawyers: State or district attorneys; Pro bono work by local bar members.


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L. Degree of supervision and delegation: Students interview and research. Letters, motions, pleadings and memos that are drafted by students must be approved by supervising attorney. Supervisor accompanies student to all hearings except the most perfunctory ex-parte ones, and co-signs pleadings with students.

M. Year clinic began and subsequent adjustments: 1975; Faculty expanded from two to five attorneys.

N. Funding sources (other than law school): LSC grant; U.S. Dep't. of Education; Eastern Washington Area Agency on Aging; Spokane Co.; Eastern Washington University Student Association.




B. How students are selected: Clinical instructor selects students.


U. Average weekly time spent in clinic: 11+ hours.

E. Average amount of time spent on' each case: 13-20 hours.

F. Credits: 15 over two semesters.

G. Training materials used: Treatises; Audio/video tapes; Lectures.

H. Topics discussed: Uniform Parentage Act; Title IV-D of the Social Security Act; Support guidelines; Garnishment; Contempt.

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University of Puget Sound School of Law

949 Market Street Suite 366

Tacoma, WA 98402-3616


Marsha Peckman: (206) 591-2278

II. Type of Clinic: General practice clinic with family law component covering: Divorce/separation; Custody/visitation: Child/spousal support; Property division; Adoption; Powers of attorney; Child abuse/neglect.



B. Geographic area covered: Pierce and South King Counties, Washington.

C. Services provided: Interviewing clients; Counseling clients; Referring persons to other resources; Representing clients in court (supervised); Negotiating with other party; Drafting legal documents; Responding to discovery requests; Instituting post-judgment enforcement action.


E. Affiliations: A IV-D agency; Cases are referred by Legal Services Corp. grantee.



H. Clinic'S operation: All school year.




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L. Degree of supervision and delegation: Students interview clients, research and draft pleadings after extensive supervision. Supervisor signs pleadings.

M. Year clinic began and subsequent adjustments: 1976; Shift made from criminal defense to criminal prosecution in family law cases; Disability law cases are no longer accepted.






c. Prerequisites: Must be a 3rd-year law student.




G. Training materials used: Articles; Treatises; An origin~l compendium of excerpts; Audio/video tapes; Lectures.


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West Virginia

West Virginia University College of Law

Clinical Law Program Morgantown, WV 26506


Marie Ashe: (302) 293-5301

II. Type of Clinic: Family law clinic covering: Divorce/separation; Custody/visitation; Child/spousal support; property division; Adoption.



B. Geographic area covered: Five counties in Northern West Virginia.

C. Services provided: Interviewing clients; Counseling clients; Referring persons to other resources; Representing clients in administrative Cases; Representing clients in quasi-judicial cases; Representing clients in court (supervised); Negotiating with other party; Drafting legal documents; Responding to discovery requests; Appealing cases; Instituting post-judgment enforcement action.

D. Cases handled and remedies pursued: Local IV-D cases; Wage withholding (intrastate cases).



G. Alternative legal resources: State or district attorneys; Private law firms; Legal Services Corp. grantees; Non-profit organizations staffed by lawyers; IV-D agency.




Support: 20-25% Paterni ty: 0%

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L. Degree of supervision and delegation: Students assume progressively more responsibility for all activities, but are continuously supervised.

M. Year clinic began and subsequent adjustments: 1979: Experience made more intensive.

N. Funding sources (other than law school): Federal grants.





C. Prerequisites: Must be a 3rd-year law student; Passed an evidence course~ Passed a procedure course; Cannot be on academic probation.



F. Credits: 14 (7 hours each semester).

G. Training materials used: Articles; An original compendium of excerpts; Audio/video tapes: Lectures.

H. Topics discussed: Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act; Long-arm statutes; Income withholding; Income tax refund offset; Liens; Security/bond; Support guidelines.

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Wisconsin

University of Wisconsin Law School

913 University Avenue Madison, WI 53715-1090


Kenneth L. Lund: (608) 262-1002

II. Type of Clinic: Clinic represents incarcerated prison males and mental health patients, sometimes with family law problems cove,ring: Paternity; Divorce/separation; Custody/visitation; Child/spousal support.

III.

A.

Profile of Clinic:

Clients: Custodial parents; Noncustodial parents (usually).

B. Geographic area covered: State of Wisconsin.

C. Servic~s provided: Interviewing clients; Counseling clients; Referring persons to other resources; Representing clients in administrative cases; Representing clients in quasi-judicial cases; Representing clients in court (supervised); Negotiating with other party; Drafting legal documents; Responding to discovery requests; Appealing cases; Instituting post-judgment enforcement action.

D. Cases handled and remedies pursued: Local IV-D cases; Local non-IV-D cases; (Since clinic usually represents noncustodial parents, most support enforcement remedies are not used.)

E. Affiliations: A IV-D agency; Wisconsin Division of Corrections; Wisconsin Division of Care and Treatment Facilities; Federal Bureau of Prisons.

F. Working with IV-D agencies: Some (discussing settlements).

G. Alternative legal resources: Private law firms; Pro bono work by local bar members.



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Support: 15 to 20% Paternity: 5 to 10%


L. Degree of supervision and delegation: Students interview clients, research, draft letters and pleadings, and negotiate under at least minimal supervision. Supervisors sign pleadings.

M. Year clinic began and subsequent adjustments: 1964; Expanded from criminal clinic to include civil cases, especially family law cases.

N. Funding sources (other than law school): Wisconsin Division of Corrections; Wisconsin Division of Care and Treatment Facilities; Federal Bpreau of Prisons.





C. Prerequisites: Must be a 2nd- or 3rd-year student.

Du Average weekly time spent in clinic: 11+ hours; 40 hours during summer.


F. Credits: Varies from 5 to 12; May be taken as an extracurricular activity or as a credit course.

G. Training materials used: Articles~ An original compendium of excerpts; Lectures.

H. Topics discussed: Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act; Income withholding; Support guidelines; Contempt.

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Wyoming

University of Wyoming College of Law

Wyoming Legal Services Box 3035 University Station

Laramie, WY 82070


Ann Stevens: (307) 766-2182

II. Type of Clinic: Proposed general practice clinic with family law component covering: Paternity; Divorce/separation; Custody/visitation; Child/spousal support; Property division; Guardianship/termination of parental rights; Adoption; Child abuse/neglect.



B. Geographic area covered: Albany and Carbon Counties, Wyoming.

C. Services provided: Interviewing clients; Counseling clients; Referring person~ to other resources; Representing clients in administrative cases; Representing clients in court (supervised); Negotiating with other party; Drafting legal documents~ Responding to discovery requests; Appealing cases; Instituting post-judgment enforcement action: Coordinating blood tests.

D. Cases handled and remedies pursued: Local IV-D cases; Local non-IV-D cases; Long-arm statutes; Wage withholding (intrastate cases); Contempt.

E. Affiliations: Clinic refers interstate cases and cases that require immediate action to IV-D agency. Clinic takes emergency cases or refers to the legal services corp. grantee.

F. Working with IV-D agencies: Some IV-D agencies.

G. Alternative legal resources: IV-D agency: State or district attorneys; Private law firms; Legal Services Corp. grantees.



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K. Supervision: Assoc. Prof., Asst. Prof.

L. Degree of supervision and delegation: Students perform all functions, under supervision.

M. Year clinic began: "Long ago."


O. Fee charged: None, although clients pay costs.


A. Number of students: 6-10 I How students are selected: All students who sign up B.

participate.


D. Average weekly time spent in clinic~ 4-6 hours.


F. Credits: 2 per semester: 4 maximum.

G. Training materials used: Lectures; Manual.

H. Topics discussed: Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act; Long-a::!'m statutes; Support guidelines.

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APPENDIX A

Alphabetical Listing of Law Schools Clinics That Provide Representation in Child Support Cases

American University, Washington College of Law (DC) Antioch School of Law (DC) Brooklyn Law School (NY) Capital University Law School (OH) Case Western Reserve University School of Law (OH) Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law (DC) Catholic University of Puerto Rico School of Law (PR) College of William and Mary, Marshall-Wythe School of Law (VA) Cornell Law School (NY) DePaul University College of Law (IL) Dickinson School of Law (PA) Drake University Law School (IA) Florida State University College of Law (FL) Fordham University School of Law (NY) Franklin Pierce Law Center (NH) George Washington University, National Law Center (DC) Georgetown University Law Center (DC) Gonzaga University School of Law (WA) Harvard University Law School (MA) Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis (IN) Inter-American University of Puerto Rico S~hool of Law (PR) Lewis and Clark College, Northwestern School of Law (OR) Loyola University School of Law (LA) New England School of Law (MA) Northeastern University School of Law (MA) Northwestern University School of Law (IL) Nova University Center for the Study of Law (FL) Ohio Northern University, Claude W. Pettit College of Law (OH) Ohio State University College of Law (OH) Pace University school of Law (NY) Rutgers University at Newark School of Law (NJ) Saint John's University School of Law (NY) Saint Louis University School of Law (MO) Seton Hall University School of Law (NJ) Southern Illinois University School of Law (IL) Southern Methodist University School of Law (TX) Suffolk University Law School (MA) Syracuse University College of Law (NY) Texas Tech University School of Law (TX) University of Akron School of Law (OH) University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law (AR) University of Bridgeport School of Law (CT) University of California at Hastings College of Law (CA) University of Colorado School of Law (CO) University of Dayton School of Law (OH) University of Florida College of Law (FL)

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University of Hawaii at Manoa, William S. Richardson School of Law (HI)

University of Idaho College of Law (10) University of Maine School of Law (ME) University of Maryland School of Law (MD) University of Miami School of Law (FL) University of Michigan Law School (MI) University of Minnesota Law School (MN) University of Montana School of Law (MT) University of Nebraska College of Law (NE) University of New Mexico School of Law (NM) University of North Carolina School of Law (NC) University of North Dakota School of Law (NO) University of Notre Dame Law School (10) University of 0klahoma College of Law (OK) University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law (CA) University of Pennsylvania Law School (PA) University of Puerto Rico School of Law (PR) University of Puget Sound School of Law (WA) University of Richmond, T.C. Williams School of Law (VA) University of San Diego School of Law {CAl University of Santa Clara School of Law {CAl University of South Carolina School of Law (SC) University of Tennessee College of Law (TN) University of Texas School of Law (TX) University of Utah College of Law (UT) University of Virginia School of Law (VA) University of Wisconsin Law School (WI) University of Wyoming College of Law (WY) Vanderbilt University School of Law (TN) Washburn University of Topeka School of Law (KS) Wayne State University Law School (MI) West Virginia University College of Law (WV) Widener University, Delaware Law School (DE) Willamette univ~rsity College of Law (OR) William Mitchell College of Law (MN) Yale Law School (CT)

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APPENDIX A

APPENDIX B

Alphabetical Listing of Law Schools That Do Not Provide Representation in child Support Cases

Arizona State University College of Law (AZ) Baylor University School of Law (TX) Boston College Law Scho~l (MA) Boston University School of Law (MA) Brigham Young University, J. Rueben Clark Law School (UT) California Western School of ~aw (CA) Campbell University School of Law (NC) City University of New York Law School at Queens College (NY) Cleveland State University, Cleveland-Marshall

College of Law (OH) Columbia University School of Law (NY) Creighton University School of Law (NE) Detroit College of Law (MI) Duke University School of Law (NC) Duquesne University School of Law (TN) Emory University School of Law (GA) George Mason University School of Law (VA) Georgia State University School of Law (GA) Golden Gate University School of Law (CA) Hamline University School of Law (MN) Hofstra University School of Law (NY) Howard University School of Law (DC) Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago-Kent College

of Law (IL) Indiana University School of Law (IN) John Marshall Law School (lL) Louisiana State University, Paul M. Herbert Law Center (LA) Loyola Law School (CA) Loyola University of Chicago School of Law (IL) Marquette University Law School (WI) Memphis State University, Cecil C. Humphreys School

of Law (TN) Mercer University, Walter F. George School of Law (GA) Mississippi College School of Law (MS) New York Law School (NY) New York University School of Law (NY) North Carolina Central University School of Law (NC) Northern Illinois University College of Law (IL) Northern Kentucky University, Salmon P. Chase College

of Law (KY) Oklahoma City University School of Law (OK) Oral Roberts University, O.W. Coburn School of Law (OK) Pepperdine University School of Law (CA) Rutgers University at Camden Law School (NJ) Saint Mary's University School of Law (TX) Samford University, Cumberland School of Law (AL) South Texas College of Law (TX)

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Southern University Law Center(LA) Southwestern University School of Law (CA) Stanford Law School (CA) State University of New York at Buffalo, John LOLd

O'Brian Hall (NY) Stetson University College of Law (FL) Temple Univers~ty School of Law (PA) Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School

of Law (TX) Thomas M. Cooley Law Center (MI) Touro College School of Law (NY) Tulane University LaN School (LA) Union University, Albany Law School (NY) University of Alabama School of Law (AL) University of Arizona (AZ) University of Arkansas (AR) University of Baltimore School of Law (MD) University of California at Berkeley School of Law (CA) University of California at Davis School of Law (CA) University of California at Los Angeles School of Law (CA) University of Chicago Law School (IL) University of Cincinnati College of Law (OH) University of Connecticut School of Law (CT) University of Denver College of Law (CO) University of Detroit School of Law (MI) University of Georgia School of Law (GA) University of Houston Law Center (TX) University of Illinois College of Law (IL) University of Iowa College of Law (IA) University of Kansas School of Law (KS) University of Kentucky College of Law (RY) University of Louisville School of Law (KY) University of Mississippi School of Law (MS) University of Missouri, Columbia School of Law (MO) University of Missouri at Kansas City (MO) University of Oregon School of Law {OR} University of Pittsburgh School of Law (PA) University of San Francisco School of Law (CA) University of South Dakota School of Law (SD) University of Southern California Law Center (CA) University of Toledo College of Law (OH) University of Tulsa College of Law (OK) University of Washington School of Law (WA) Valparaiso University School of Law (IN) Vermont Law School (VT) Villanova University School of Law (PA) Wake Forest University School of Law (NC) Washington and Lee University School of Law (VA) Washington University School of Law (MO) Western New England College School of Law (MA) Whittier College School of Law (CA) Yeshiva University, Benjamin N. Cardozo School

of Law (NY)

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