Academic Programs
Certificate in Child & Family Law
To earn a Certificate in Family Law, a student must complete the eighty-six (86) semester hours required for the Juris Doctor degree and satisfy all JD requirements. Within the elective course work required for the JD degree, a student must complete fifteen (15) credit hours from the listed Family Law courses with a minimum GPA of 3.00 in those courses. One course is required. Two writing courses are required. One course with a practice component is required. One additional elective must be completed. All courses are three (3) credits unless otherwise indicated. Certificate courses may not be audited.
An applicant must earn a minimum GPA of 3.00 in the Certificate courses. If a student takes more than the 15 credits required for the Certificate, all of the family law courses will factor into the final GPA. A student must declare on this form which of the courses will count toward the Certificate even if a grade is not yet known. A student may earn a maximum of one Certificate while enrolled in law school.
Required Courses
- Law 509: Law and The Family Unit or
- Law 510: The Marital Dissolution Process
Two Required Writing Courses
- Law 250: Seminar: Adolescent Health & the Law
- Law 250: Seminar: Children's Health & the Law
- Law 250: Seminar: Children & the Law
- Law 250: Seminar: Comparative Family Law
- Law 250: Seminar: Domestic Violence
- Law 250: Seminar: Elder Law
- Law 250: Seminar: International Family Law
- Law 250: Seminar: Law & Education
- Law 250: Seminar: Same Sex Marriage
- Law 250: Seminar: Selected Problems in International Law: Sexual Exploitation of Children
- Law 455: Advanced Legal Writing: Family Law
- Law 455: Legal Drafting: Family Law
One Required Elective Courses
- Family Law Clinic
- New: Disability Law
- Law 702: Elder Law
- Law 358: Employee Benefits
- Law 409: Estate Planning
- Law 457: Feminist Jurisprudence
- Law 487: Housing & Urban Development (2 credits)
- Law 313: Juvenile Justice (formerly Juvenile Law)
- Law 419/514: Legal Clinic I or II: Asylum
- Law 546: Poverty Law
- Law 302: Psychology in the Courtroom
- Law 308: Wills & Trusts
- New Child Protection
- New Family Law Mediation
- New Advanced Issues in Divorce Practice
* Satisfy the senior seminar requirement. Please note that not every seminar is offered every year.
+ Courses marked with a + are considered "Practicum" courses
Students may only apply for one certificate.
