George Mason University School of Law

Supervised Externship and Clinic - Domestic Relations (Clinical Component)

The Domestic Relations program, supervised by The Honorable Stanley P. Klein (Ret.) of the Fairfax County Circuit Court, has a clinical component and an externship component. The clinical component offers students a unique opportunity to assist pro se litigants in obtaining uncontested divorces in Fairfax Circuit Court. Pro se litigants already have initiated the divorce process in Fairfax Circuit Court but have been unable to complete the process due to difficulties with filing the necessary documents. These litigants are then referred to the Domestic Relations program by the Court and students are given their own case load of litigants to assist. Judge Klein monitors students' progress and coordinates with the students' externship field supervisors. For more information about the entire program, please see the description for the Supervised Externship and Clinic - Domestic Relations (Externship Component).