Courses 2009 - 2010

Offered: [Autumn-Winter]
Credits: 8

Maranville, Debbie

Limit 8 students. Enrollment priorities for clinics apply. Offered on a credit/no credit basis only. Clinical training in unemployment compensation and administrative law under the supervision of members of the Law School faculty. This clinic offers extensive interviewing and counseling experience with individual clients, fact investigation, and the opportunity to handle cases from start to finish, including presenting cases at trial-like hearing before administrative law judges. The issues typically involve claims of employee misconduct or problematic working conditions. The class will meet for the scheduled times only during the first three to five weeks, after which students will self-schedule office hours in the clinic. The clinic begins with a seminar component covering applicable substantive law and procedure, skills training and professional responsibility concerns. Students then participate in a carefully supervised practice component covering applicable substantive law and procedure, skills training and professional responsibility concerns. Students then participate in a carefully supervised practice component and meet in weekly office meetings to discuss cases, skills and perspectives. Clients will generally be referred to the clinic from the Unemployment Law Project. It is recommended that students have taken courses in Administrative Law, Professional Responsibility, Trial Advocacy, and Evidence before or concurrently with enrolling in the clinic.