Gendered Violence and the Law Clinic
Clinical Teacher
Project Description
The Gendered Violence and the Law Clinic opened in January 2012. Through a seminar combined with a field placement at the Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago, students assist with representation of domestic and sexual violence survivors to meet a broad range of legal needs, which could include protective orders, divorce and custody litigation, VAWA self-petitions and U-Visa applications, advocacy in child abuse and neglect proceedings, housing and eviction matters, unemployment insurance hearings, and TANF appeals. Students work primarily in LAF's Children and Family Practice Group while accepting some assignments from LAF's Housing, Consumer, Public Benefits, and Immigrant and Workers' Rights Practice Groups.
Contact: (773) 702-9611