Civitas ChildLaw Center
Curriculum
Loyola's Child and Family Law curriculum, the most extensive set of offerings available at an American law school is comprised of a three-year sequenced course of study. The goal of the curriculum is to enable students to become effective legal advocates for children and families. The curriculum is divided into three categories: Core, related and interdisciplinary.
Core courses are those developed and taught by members of the faculty who are directly responsible for the ChildLaw program. Related courses are those classes in the law school curriculum that provide pediatric law students with a fuller context and/or more specialized focus. Interdisciplinary courses are taught in other divisions of the University (e.g., cognitive development in young children, families and culture). Core courses include:
- Adoption Law Seminar
- Child, Parent and State
- Child and Family Law Mediation
- ChildLaw Externship
- ChildLaw Interdisciplinary Seminar on Domestic Violence
- ChildLaw Legislation
- ChildLaw Trial Practice
- Children's Legal Rights Journal
- Children's Summer Institute
- Civitas ChildLaw Clinic
- Directed Study
- Education Law and Policy
- Independent Research
- International Children's Human Rights
- Juvenile Justice
- Special Education Law
