{"id":6000,"date":"2013-10-23T11:26:25","date_gmt":"2013-10-23T14:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/?p=6000"},"modified":"2013-10-23T11:26:25","modified_gmt":"2013-10-23T14:26:25","slug":"georgetown-university-law-center-domestic-violence-clinic-graduate-teaching-fellowship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/?p=6000","title":{"rendered":"Georgetown University Law Center Domestic Violence Clinic Graduate Teaching Fellowship"},"content":{"rendered":"

Georgetown University Law Center Domestic Violence Clinic<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Graduate Teaching Fellowship<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Description of the Fellowship<\/span>:<\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

The Georgetown University Law Center\u2019s Domestic Violence Clinic hires one person to serve as a clinical teaching fellow and supervising attorney each year, for a two-year term.\u00a0 Fellows have several areas of responsibility, including: representing victims of family abuse in CPO cases; designing and teaching Clinic seminar classes; and supervising third-year law students in their representation of clients.\u00a0 The fellowship experience is designed particularly to develop the fellow\u2019s skills as a clinical instructor and to introduce fellows to a career in clinical law teaching.\u00a0 Throughout the fellowship, fellows also receive extensive supervision and training on their litigation skills.<\/p>\n

Clinic fellows also pursue a program of graduate study, through an Introduction to Clinical Pedagogy seminar, taught by the Georgetown clinical faculty.\u00a0 Fellows also may audit regular law school courses.\u00a0 Finally, during the first year, fellows also are members of the Women\u2019s Law and Public Policy Fellowship Program, where they have an opportunity to collaborate with lawyers doing a variety of women\u2019s rights legal work in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n

The Clinic prefers, but does not require, applications who have a background in family law, domestic violence, or poverty law and who have some trial practice experience.\u00a0 Fellows must have excellent oral and written advocacy skills, and must be admitted to a Bar prior to commencing the fellowship.\u00a0 Those fellows who are not members of the D.C. Bar must apply for admission by waiver upon accepting the fellowship offer.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

Description of the Clinic<\/span>:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Students in the Domestic Violence Clinic represent victims of intimate abuse in civil protection order (\u201cCPO\u201d) cases in D.C. Superior Court.\u00a0 The Clinic provides students with an intensive, challenging education in the art of trial advocacy, extensive hands-on experience with family law and poverty lawyering, and the opportunity to alleviate a crucial community need for legal representation.\u00a0 Through course work and client representation, students are exposed to every phase of expedited civil litigation.\u00a0 Students also learn to navigate the criminal justice system by working, in cases where it is consistent with their client\u2019s wishes, with the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office in prosecutions against those accused of abusing Clinic clients.<\/p>\n

Students litigate to obtain Civil Protection Orders (\u201cCPOs\u201d) that last for up to one year and can include a broad spectrum of relief designed to effectively end the violence in a family or dating relationship.\u00a0 For example, in a CPO, a judge may direct a batterer to cease assaulting and threatening the victim; to stay away from the victim\u2019s home, person and workplace; and not to contact the victim in any manner.\u00a0 The judge may award temporary custody of the parties\u2019 minor children, with visitation rights for the non-custodial parent, and award child and\/or spousal support, so that a victim is not forced to return to a batterer due to economic necessity.<\/p>\n

To prepare students to appear in court, Clinic faculty provide intensive instruction in evidence, civil procedure, and legal ethics, as well as the civil, family, and criminal law applicable to domestic violence litigation.\u00a0 In the seminar class, students participate in exercises designed to develop and refine essential litigation skills such as conducting direct and cross examination, delivering opening statements and closing arguments, introducing exhibits into evidence, and conducting negotiations.\u00a0 In addition, students hear from expert guest speakers on topics such as the psychological dynamics of battering and victimization, immigration and domestic violence, and counseling programs designed for the perpetrator community.<\/p>\n

Application Process:<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Please complete an application<\/a> and submit it to both<\/i> the Domestic Violence Clinic\u00a0<\/a>and the Women\u2019s Law and Public Policy Fellowship Program<\/a>.\u00a0 Please be sure to indicate your interest in the Domestic Violence Clinic on the application.<\/p>\n

Applications must be submitted by November 16, 2013<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 Those selected to interview will be interviewed in December or January, with selection following shortly thereafter. \u00a0Start date is in early July, 2014, and the fellowship lasts for two years, terminating in June, 2016.<\/p>\n

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