LAW 6002 - Family Mediation Clinic

Credit(s): 2
Co-requisite(s): Divorce and Child Custody Mediation (LAW 5828)
This is an experiential clinical course in which students mediate child custody, visitation, support, use of property, and other issues on Rule Day at the Family Court in East Baton Rouge Parish. The Clinic offers students real world practice of the mediation skills they are learning through their concurrent enrollment in Divorce and Child Custody Mediation (LAW 5828 ). Students who successfully complete the Clinic are provided a certificate of their compliance with all of the statutorily required training to become Qualified Domestic Mediators in Louisiana upon their admission to practice law. The course is graded pass/fail (E,HP,P,F). Participation requires consent of the instructor and attendance at the Family Court every Tuesday from 10:30am to 4:00pm.