| Schedule: | Evening Class |
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| Instructor(s): | Klein, Stanley |
| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| CRN: | 41253 |
| Day(s): | |
| Location: | TBA |
| Time: | 7:00am-7:00am |
| Enrollment Limit: | Please see Patriot Web |
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| Notes: |
Instructor Approval Required;
Application information available from CAAS |
| Syllabus: | Go to syllabus |
| Course Documents: | No documents listed. |
| Exam Date/Time: | No exam. |
| Prerequisites: | None |
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| General Description: | The Domestic Relations program, supervised by The Honorable Stanley P. Klein (Ret.) of the Fairfax County Circuit Court, entails 180 hours of fieldwork and has an externship component and a clinical component both of which allow students the opportunity to work on an array of domestic relations matters. In the externship component, students are assigned to a field supervisor who is an expert in domestic relations issues and cases. The students meet with clients, draft pleadings, review documentation and appear in court for ore tenus hearings before a Fairfax County Circuit Court judge. If they have their third-year practice certificate, some students may even have the opportunity to argue motions for support or minor property determinations. In the clinical component, students have an 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 loads of litigants to assist. Judge Klein monitors students' progress and coordinates with the students' externship field supervisors. As of Fall 2010, all credits are considered "out-of-class" and the course is graded "CR". |