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116 THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOLof incorporation, bylaws, articles of organization, operating agreements, and partnershipagreements); research local licensing requirements and zoning laws; review anddraft contracts and leases; and advise on basic intellectual property issues, tax problems,and related matters. Prerequisites: Law 6250 and 6300 and permission of instructor.Law 6472 and 6474 are recommended. The grade of H, P, LP, or NC is givenfor this course. Students may enroll concurrently in this course and Law 6668 onlywith permission of both instructors. (Skills)6622 Public Justice Advocacy Clinic (4, 5, or 6) GutmanUnder faculty supervision, students represent clients in federal and local courts beforeadministrative agencies in public interest litigation on behalf of low-income clients.Student responsibilities include client interviewing, factual development, legal analysis,drafting of pleadings, discovery, motions, briefs, oral advocacy, and negotiating settlementsin cases. Students may also work with nonprofit and community organizations topresent positions before the City Council and administrative agencies. Open to secondandthird-year students. Students may enroll concurrently in this course and Law 6668only with permission of both instructors. (Skills)6623 Neighborhood Law and Policy Clinic (4, 5, or 6) J. SteinbergStudents represent indigent clients in a range of civil matters, including welfare, disability,and housing benefits, as well as matters pertaining to offender re-entry. Student responsibilitiesinclude interviewing, fact investigation, negotiations, and conductinghearings at administrative tribunals and in D.C. Superior Court. Students may have theopportunity to participate in policy advocacy before the D.C. Council and administrativerule-making bodies. Open to second-year and third-year students. (Skills)6624 Family Justice Litigation Clinic (4, 5, or 6) KohnUnder faculty supervision, students represent indigent litigants in D.C. Superior Court.Students undertake a range of cases in the Family Court (divorce, custody, child support,alimony) and the Domestic Violence Unit (civil protection orders, modificationand extension of civil protection orders, and contempt). While representing domesticviolence litigants, students also have an opportunity to gain experience in criminal practiceby collaborating with the U.S. Attorney’s Office in related prosecutions of accusedbatterers. Students are responsible for every phase of litigation, drafting of initial pleadings,motions, conducting discovery, settlement negotiations, and taking the case to trial.In the weekly two-hour seminar, students study the substantive and procedural lawrelevant to their cases, including the local domestic violence and family law statutes,criminal law, evidentiary principles, and procedural rules. The seminar also focuses onlitigation skills exercises, including performing direct and cross examinations, arguingmotions, and conducting negotiations. Permission of the clinic director is required priorto registration. Prerequisites: Law 6230 and 6360. Students may enroll concurrentlyin this course and Law 6668 only with permission of both instructors. (Skills)6625 Federal, Criminal, and Appellate Clinic (4, 5, or 6) OlesenUnder supervision of the instructor, third-year students litigate appellate cases, primarilydirect appeals from criminal convictions in area courts of appeal. Student responsibilitiesinclude development of the lawyer/client relationship, record reviewand selection of issues, briefing, and oral argument. A weekly seminar addresses thelawyer’s role, ethical and procedural problems, litigation strategy, and criminal justiceissues through role-playing, simulation, and written exercises. Enrollment is by permissionof the instructor. Prerequisite: Law 6230 and 6360; Law 6650 is recommended.Students may enroll concurrently in this course and Law 6668 only withpermission of both instructors. (Skills)
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 1176626 Vaccine Injury Clinic (4, 5, or 6) Meyers, ShoemakerThis clinic allows second- and third-year students, under faculty supervision, to representindividuals who may have suffered serious vaccine-related injuries and who areseeking damages in trial and appellate proceedings before the U.S. Court of FederalClaims. A weekly two-hour seminar focuses on multidisciplinary (medical/legal) trainingin vaccine injury issues, and on lawyering skills such as client interviewing and counselingand cross examination of medical experts. Students also evaluate the Vaccine InjuryCompensation Program as a model for tort reform. Students must register for thisclinic for both the fall and spring semesters. Students may enroll concurrently in thiscourse and Law 6668 only with permission of both instructors. (Skills)6627 Environmental Law Clinic (2 or 3) TurleySecond-, third-, and fourth-year students participate in the J.B. and Maurice C. ShapiroEnvironmental Law Clinic, representing clients in environmental litigation in both thefederal and state systems. Students work under faculty supervision in administrative, trial,or appellate actions, particularly citizen suit actions. This work includes actions underthe Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, the Comprehensive Environmental Response,Compensation and Liability Act, the Endangered Species Act, the Resource Recoveryand Conservation Act, and the Federal Facilities Compliance Act. Permission ofthe instructor is required prior to registration. Two or 3 hours of graded credit are givenfor this course. Prerequisite or concurrent registration: Law 6430. Students may enrollconcurrently in this course and Law 6668 only with permission of both instructors.(Skills)6628–29 Clinical Teaching and Scholarship I & II (1, 2, 3, or 4) GoldfarbExploration of the multiple goals of clinical education, with an intensive orientation toclinical methods and a historical and philosophical overview of clinical education. Studentsexamine, use, and evaluate clinical pedagogies designed to meet these multiplegoals and submit regular journals throughout the year. Other areas of inquiry include:the role of clinical education in legal education; the role of law school clinics in socialjustice issues and in communities; pedagogies for teaching and supervising lawyering ina public service context; the nature of reflective learning and the value of journals aspedagogy; and types of clinical scholarship. Enrollment limited. Open to LL.M. studentsserving in clinical fellowships. Law 6628 is prerequisite to Law 6629. (Writing assignments)6630 Immigration Clinic (4, 5, or 6) BenítezStudents assume substantial responsibility for handling a range of immigration law matters,including determining what benefits or forms of relief, if any, are available to theirclients, and, in appropriate circumstances, representing their clients in removal proceedings.Because the Clinic’s clients come from all over the world, cultural sensitivity is essentialand foreign language skills are welcome. A minimum of 210 hours of work persemester and attendance at a two-hour weekly seminar are required. Permission of theinstructor is required prior to registration. Prerequisite: Law 6538. Students may enrollin this course and Law 6668 only with permission of both instructors. (Skills)6631 Health Rights Law Clinic (4, 5, or 6) S. JacksonSecond-year and third-year students counsel clients of the Health Insurance CounselingProject, a legal services organization that responds to more than 3,000 requests for assistanceeach year. Students advocate for clients who have unpaid medical bills; or whoneed medical care that an insurer, public or private, is unwilling to provide; or whomust choose among various types of health insurance. Students learn about Medicare,Medicaid, and other health insurance law and procedures in the weekly two-hour seminar;simulation exercises hone interviewing, counseling, and advocacy skills. Studentscan expect to work with at least five to six clients in one semester, and should plan to
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