Delta Divorce Clinic - LAW 6402

Credits Hours: 4

The Delta Divorce Clinic is offered only during the summer session and provides direct representation to low-income clients chosen through Delta Experience - LAW 6116 . Students taking Delta Divorce Clinic must be Rule XV eligible. As such, the Delta Divorce Clinic is only open to upper-level students. Students earn four hours of law school credit for this course. Students must be able to travel with their professor to the Arkansas Delta to conduct follow-up interviews with clients and for court observations and appearances. Students conduct follow-up interviews with clients and perform fact investigations to ensure a successful outcome in divorce cases. After obtaining Rule XV consents from clients, Delta Divorce Clinic students prepare divorce complaints and motions for fee waivers for low-income clients. Next, students obtain service on defendants and write final divorce decrees. Students will then represent their clients in divorce hearings.

Required: Elective
Fulfills these Designated Graduation Requirements: Experiential Learning
Practice Area: Civil Practice, Family Law, Practice Skills, Public Interest Law, Litigation
Prerequisites: Delta Experience - LAW 6116