Through the Family Law curriculum, you will be prepared to become a successful practitioner in the complex and rewarding world of domestic relations. The comprehensive, interdisciplinary program offers engaging classes, practical skills training through clinics and externships, and policy and research writing opportunities.
Course Overview
Select Family and Child Advocacy Law Coursework
FIRST YEAR (1L)
- Torts
- Contracts
- Civil Procedure
- Constitutional Law I
- Criminal Law
SECOND YEAR (2L)
- Required and recommended bar prep courses
- Evidence
- Constitutional Law II
- Children and the Law
- Domestic Violence Seminar
- Family Law
THIRD YEAR (3L)
- Legal Profession
- Business Associations
- Children and the Law
- Oregon Practice and Procedures
- Trusts and Estates I
Additional Courses
- Family Law
- Domestic Violence Seminar
- Children and the Law
- Domestic Violence Civil Clinic
- Advanced Domestic Violence Civil Clinic
- Domestic Violence Protective Order Clinic
- Child Advocacy Field Placement
Additional recommended advanced classes for 2L and 3L students:
Family Law Emphasis
Second Year of Law School
- Family Law
- Evidence
- Trial Practice
Third Year of Law School
- Domestic Violence Civil Clinic
- Domestic Violence Klamath Falls Externship (also offered summers)
Either Year
- Domestic Violence Seminar
- Children and the Law
- Business Associations
- Trusts and Estates I
- Creditors’ Rights
- Secured Land Transactions
- Federal Tax I
- Accounting for Lawyers
- Oregon Practice and Procedure
- Interviewing and Counseling
- Negotiation
- Litigation Practice and Procedure
- Mediation Clinic (optional)
Child Advocacy Emphasis
Second Year of Law School
- Criminal Investigation
- Criminal Adjudication
- Evidence
- Trial Practice
Third Year of Law School
- Criminal Defense or Criminal Prosecution Clinic
Either Year
- Children and the Law
- Family Law
- Interviewing and Counseling
- Negotiation
- Domestic Violence Seminar
- Child Advocacy Externship (summers only) (limited availability)
- Education Law (optional)
Elder Law Emphasis
Second Year of Law School
- Trusts and Estates I
- Federal Income Tax I
Third Year of Law School
- Trusts and Estates II
- Estate Planning (optional)
Either Year
- Elder Law
- Family Law
- Negotiation
- Interviewing and Counseling
- Administrative Law
Concentrations
Earn a statement of completion in Family Law or Child Advocacy Law by satisfactorily completing a group of courses and at least one related clinic or externship and writing a high-quality research paper in the area.