Important courses

[toby1994]

Besides a general Family law course, what other courses would you recommend for students in 2L or 3L to take if they want to go into family law? 

[123]

Evidence? For credit clinics, if available?

[LMP]

I'm out of my league here but I can see value in courses like Restitution or Trusts. Maybe an dispute resolution or trial advocacy course too? 

[Toad]

The issue is that family law can touch on a little bit of everything. 

From my perspective (I'm probably forgetting a few): 

Most important:

Taxation

Mediation/Negotiation/Advocacy/Arbitration/ADR

Legal clinics, especially if in the area of family law

Useful:

Wills

Trusts

Bankruptcy

Real estate

Appellate Practice

Advanced Civil Procedure

 

[Garfield]

Taxation and legal clinic in fam law 4 sure

[Aureliuse]

On 9/9/2022 at 8:54 PM, Toad said:

The issue is that family law can touch on a little bit of everything. 

From my perspective (I'm probably forgetting a few): 

Most important:

Taxation

Mediation/Negotiation/Advocacy/Arbitration/ADR

Legal clinics, especially if in the area of family law

Useful:

Wills

Trusts

Bankruptcy

Real estate

Appellate Practice

Advanced Civil Procedure

 

This is a useful list.

To add:

Trial Advocacy

Child Protection - if your law school offers that

Criminal Procedure might be helpful as well (at minimum, know clients' Charter rights).

Edited September 12, 2022 by Aureliuse

[LegalArmada]

On 9/11/2022 at 10:25 PM, Aureliuse said:

This is a useful list.

To add:

Trial Advocacy

Child Protection - if your law school offers that

Criminal Procedure might be helpful as well (at minimum, know clients' Charter rights).

Child Protection is by far the most important course I could recommend to people outside of the family law course itself. It is staggering how many of my clients have Agency involvement.