LAWS 8328 Youth & Family Rights Clinic

Name: Youth & Family Rights Clinic
Rating: 4.6 (34 reviews)

This clinic focuses on advocating for the rights of youth and families when the state involuntarily intervenes into their family life. Students in the clinic have the opportunity to practice individual client representation skills on behalf of youth and adult clients as well as systems change advocacy skills on behalf of organizational clients. Individual client representation includes litigation at the state administrative level as well as in the Massachusetts Juvenile and Superior Courts. Each student works on at least one litigation matter and on one community advocacy/policy matter.

Course overview

Department: Law
School: LAW
Credits: 6
Level: Graduate
Offered: Every Fall,Every Spring

Catalog details

Prerequisites: LAWS9996 or LAWS8550
Corequisites: LAWS9996 and LAWS8550

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Requirements fulfilled

No source-backed degree requirement is attached to this course yet.

Official evaluation summary

4.60 / 5

Based on 34 aggregate responses from BC Avalanche/Blue evaluations.

Data freshness

Course and evaluation data last updated 2026-08-02. Source details and limitations are documented in Data Sources and Methodology.

Instructors

Claire Donohue Prono
Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023 · Official rating 4.60/5
Jessica Berry
Spring 2026, Fall 2025 · Official rating 4.91/5

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