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The Juvenile Justice Clinic at the Center is one of
a small handful of live client clinics nationwide where students
have the opportunity to regularly represent children in the delinquency
court. While there are opportunities for students to be involved
in appellate advocacy, every student in the clinic will have at
least one client, and in most cases three or four over the course
of their year in the clinic. Students are responsible for
all aspects of representation of their clients, from initial interviews
through trial, disposition and post-disposition case management.
Clinical students are required to enroll in a year-long juvenile
delinquency and litigation skills course. For more information,
visit the classes page.
The clinic is located on the 5th floor of the Casassa
building. Students in the class are each assigned a computer
workstation for their use where wireless access is available.
The classes take place in the Trial Advocacy Center, just down the
hall.
Most of our clients' cases are heard in the Inglewood
juvenile courthouse which is located in the civic center plaza in
Inglewood, California. Follow
this link for a map and directions from LLS to the courthouse.
A multidisciplinary approach to representing children
is the hallmark of our philosophy. Our social-work staff play a key roll in our representation of every one of our clients. See
information on holistic representation.
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