601:688. LEGAL RESPONSES TO FAMILY VIOLENCE (3) (WI)
Freedman
Prerequisites: None. Prior or concurrent enrollment in family law or the pro bono domestic violence program is encouraged. Students will be required to spend approximately two half-days on their own schedule at a New Jersey courthouse observing domestic violence restraining order hearings. These hearings take place during regular business hours on days determined by the County, but never on Fridays. Students who take this course may also take Child Abuse and Neglect, Domestic Violence Law and Social Change, Domestic Violence Practice and Procedure, and Domestic Violence Clinic.
Examines how the state responds to family violence through domestic violence law, the child custody system, and the child welfare and dependency court systems, with particular attention to the areas of intersection among systems. Case studies, videos and speakers supplement assigned readings on civil and criminal domestic violence law, divorce and child custody law, and the child welfare and dependency court systems, with emphasis on New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Students observe domestic violence hearings, and participate in simulations of various stages of cases involving family violence issues and study how civil, criminal and family court proceedings affect the children, families and professionals involved in the domestic violence, child custody and child welfare systems. Public health perspectives on causes and prevention of family violence and reform initiatives will also be considered. Grades will be based on a final paper and class presentation on a legal and policy issue or reform initiative, as well as short writing assignments, simulation exercises and class participation.
Freedman
Prerequisites: None. Prior or concurrent enrollment in family law or the pro bono domestic violence program is encouraged. Students will be required to spend approximately two half-days on their own schedule at a New Jersey courthouse observing domestic violence restraining order hearings. These hearings take place during regular business hours on days determined by the County, but never on Fridays. Students who take this course may also take Child Abuse and Neglect, Domestic Violence Law and Social Change, Domestic Violence Practice and Procedure, and Domestic Violence Clinic.
Examines how the state responds to family violence through domestic violence law, the child custody system, and the child welfare and dependency court systems, with particular attention to the areas of intersection among systems. Case studies, videos and speakers supplement assigned readings on civil and criminal domestic violence law, divorce and child custody law, and the child welfare and dependency court systems, with emphasis on New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Students observe domestic violence hearings, and participate in simulations of various stages of cases involving family violence issues and study how civil, criminal and family court proceedings affect the children, families and professionals involved in the domestic violence, child custody and child welfare systems. Public health perspectives on causes and prevention of family violence and reform initiatives will also be considered. Grades will be based on a final paper and class presentation on a legal and policy issue or reform initiative, as well as short writing assignments, simulation exercises and class participation.