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295.6J sec. 001 - Domestic Violence Field Placement (Spring 2025)
Instructor: Sue Schechter (view instructor's teaching evaluations - degree students only | profile)
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Units: 4 - 12
Grading Designation: Credit Only
Mode of Instruction: In-Person
Course End: May 14, 2025
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Enroll Limit: 15
As of: 11/21 12:25 PM
In the Domestic Violence (DV) Field Placement course students work in non-profit and government agencies (PDs/DAs/legislative/judicial) under the supervision of attorneys to receive academic credit. The companion course, Domestic Violence Field Placement Classroom Component: Ethics in Practice, is taught by DV Field Placement Program Director Mallika Kaur. Domestic violence does not only appear in the caseload for family law, criminal,or immigration, criminal, estate or personal injury attorneys. Rather, given the ubiquity of domestic violence, all attorneys knowingly and unknowingly, serve clients impacted by domestic violence. The placements provide a rewarding opportunity to engage with victim-survivors of DV, to witness the laws around DV in action, to learn important legal skills, to experience negotiating trauma and emotions of legal work, and to build a collaborative network of contacts in the legal community.The Field Placement is thus open to any student, regardless of past or future goals and experiences. Field placements are available for 4-12 units and there is a diverse range of placements.
For more information about the DV Field Placement Program including a partial list of placements, visit:
https://www.law.berkeley.edu/experiential/field-placement-program/domestic-violence-law-field-placement/.
For questions contact Sue Schechter, Field Placement Director, sschechter@law.berkeley.edu and/or Mallika Kaur, mallikakaur@law.berkeley.edu.
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Exam Notes: (None) Class requires a series of papers, assignments, or presentations throughout the semester
(Subject to change by faculty member only through the first two weeks of instruction)
Course Category: Field Placements
This course is listed in the following sub-categories:
Social Justice and Public Interest
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