Fall 2024
Professor(s):
Grecia Cepeda Hendrickson (ADJUNCT)
Credits: 2
Course Areas: Criminal Law
Practice Skills - Clinics and Externships
Time: ARRANGED Location:
Course Outline: Having a criminal or juvenile delinquency record can create major barriers in obtaining employment, financial aid, housing, public benefits, educational and licensing opportunities, and many other benefits. Most juvenile records and certain adult records can be sealed or removed from an individual’s criminal history, thereby increasing opportunities for employment, education, and more.
This course will give law students the opportunity to assist real clients and to learn how to practice in three different court systems (juvenile, criminal, and civil) and train students in three different types of records clearing procedures: (1) juvenile records sealing; (2) expunctions of adult criminal records; and (3) nondisclosure orders for adult criminal records.
The course has a classroom component that meets once each week in a synchronous online format.
Students must apply to the course by submitting the online application at https://uhlc.wufoo.com/forms/m1263f5v0xj9tln/. Students should not attempt to enroll themselves in this course.
If you are accepted, the Clinic Program Manager will enroll you via the Office of Student Affairs. For fullest consideration, please apply before course registration opens.
Students must complete 50 hours of work per course credit hour.
Course Syllabus: Syllabus
Course Notes: (Synchronous Online) The UH registration system instruction mode for this course is listed in parenthesis. Contrary to the UH information, some student materials may not be available online, such as an assigned casebook. A physical classroom may be assigned for this course to give students a location in the Law Center to join the virtual class sessions. If the course has a final examination, the final and any other assessment for the course, such as a mid-term exam, will be conducted without the need to physically come to the Law Center, such as, for example, via the EBB portal as a take home exam or under remote proctoring.
Quota=3.
Accepted students must attend a mandatory orientation held before the first day of classes. Enrolled students will receive a separate email with additional information.
The date and time of orientation can be found in the Clinic webpage at www.law.uh.edu/clinic/clinic-orientation.asp
Prerequisites: Yes Student must be in good academic standing and must obtain permission from the instructor.
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Final Exam Schedule:
This course will have:
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Satisfies Senior Upper Level Writing Requirement: No
Experiential Course Type: clinic
Bar Course: No
DistanceEd ABA: Yes
Pass-Fail Student Election: Unavailable (Instructor Preference)
Course Materials
No book required for this course
