Civil Practice Clinic

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Clinic Director Janet Heppard and Clinic Supervising Attorney Barbara Stalder

Students in the CIVIL PRACTICE CLINIC work on a wide variety of civil cases, including bankruptcy, collection, landlord-tenant, divorce, domestic violence, juvenile dependency and neglect, juvenile defense, administrative appeals, adoption, estate planning, guardianships, name changes and probate.  The goal of the Civil Practice Clinic is for students to work on the types of cases they would handle in their first five years of practice.

The Civil Practice Clinic has a classroom component that meets for two hours a week for 14 weeks over the course of the semester.  The focus of the classroom component is to teach those lawyering skills that are critical to the practice of law, including professional responsibility; interviewing; counseling; fact investigation; drafting pleadings, motions, discovery and other documents; preparing for trial and trial advocacy.

The Civil Practice Clinic is a 4 unit graded course offered during the Fall and Spring semesters. Prerequisites: Good academic standing and 45 completed semester hours.

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"The Clinic is more time consuming than I expected, but the experience gained is so rewarding. I am so glad I was able to actually stand up in court and cross examine witnesses, make objections, and file motions. I have been in court now more times than some corporate attorneys! This has definitely been one of my best class selections at UH. No matter how stressful and time consuming it has been at times, the knowledge and skills gained more than outweigh the down side. " – Andrea H. Jaffe, 2L, Civil Practice Clinic F’08