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JD Concentration Classes: Children's Rights

Credits for concentration: 18
Grade point average in concentration courses of 2.5 is required in order to obtain the concentration
Recognition: Certificate and transcript notation
To receive the concentration, you must submit an application during spring semester of your graduating year. Applications are due by April 1 of your graduating year.

Required Courses (9 credits)

Required Courses
Child Rights & Remedies Family Law	Required Clinic Courses (at least 3 credits from the following): Child Advocacy Clinic: Delinquency Court I and II Child Advocacy Clinic: Dependency Court I and II Child Advocacy Clinic: Policy Clinic I and II Education & Disability Clinic I and II

Required Courses

Child Rights & Remedies
Family Law

Required Clinic Courses (at least 3 credits from the following):

Child Advocacy Clinic: Delinquency Court I and II
Child Advocacy Clinic: Dependency Court I and II
Child Advocacy Clinic: Policy Clinic I and II
Education & Disability Clinic I and II

Electives (9 credits)

Electives
Administrative Law Child Advocacy Clinic: Delinquency I and II Child Advocacy Clinic: Dependency I and II Child Advocacy Clinic: Policy I and II Education & Disability Clinic I and II Education Law Family Law Seminar	Legislation Law and Politics of Educational Policy Development Public Interest Law and Practice* Remedies Special Education and The Law Topics in Family Law

Note: Please plan carefully. Some courses have prerequisites. Courses may not be offered each year. Some courses and clinics have limited enrollment.

*Students hoping to earn the Children's Rights Concentration will be routed to an agency related to children's rights.