The University of Colorado, in Boulder, has a family law program directed by a former law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justices Harry Blackmun and Stephen Breyer. The university's Juvenile and Family Law Program requires students to take 95 credit hours for a Juvenile and Family Law certificate. Students take classes covering such topics as family law, juvenile justice and domestic violence, and students must work at a juvenile justice clinic.
University of Colorado Law School Juvenile and Family Law Program
Wolf Law Building
401 UCB
Boulder, CO 80309-0401
303-492-8047
colorado.edu/law
The University of Richmond in Virginia not only offers its own family law program but also runs its own family law clinic. This clinic, staffed in part by students earning their law degrees, serves low-income families. The university's National Center for Family Law offers students an opportunity to earn a concentration in family law. To do this, they must complete at least 24 credits of family law courses. Those courses range from ethics of family law to child support and enforcement to Muslim family law. Students must also work at the school's family law clinic to earn their concentration.
University of Richmond School of Law National Center for Family Law
28 Westhampton Way
Richmond, VA 23173
804-289-8921
law.richmond.edu
Located in the heart of New York City, Columbia University Law School is perfect for students interested in studying in an urban environment. The school's family law program includes classes covering such topics as the role of motherhood, feminist legal theory, children in the legal system, domestic violence, and welfare.
Columbia also gives students an opportunity to gain real-world experience at three family law clinics: the Child Advocacy Clinic, Sexuality and Gender Law Clinic and Prisoners and Families Clinic.
Columbia University Law School Family Law program
435 W. 116th St.
New York, NY 10027-7297
212-854-2640
law.columbia.edu