Legal Research Guides by Course - Family Practice Clinic
Course Description
This Clinic is operated on a full-time basis at the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas, Pro Se Motions Program (Family Division). Students are required to complete 280 hours of legal work at their placement over the academic year. The students are also required to attend a weekly two-hour seminar. (4 credits yearlong, 2 classroom and 2 non-classroom credits) Co-requisite: Family Law
Faculty Who Teach This Course
- Laurie Serafino (Director of Clinical Legal Education & Associate Professor of the Law)
- Tracey McCants Lewis (Assistant Clinical Professor of Law)
Subject Covered Presently in Collection by
Print Collection
KF501-KF554 Domestic Relations - Family Law
KFP94-KFP107 Pennsylvania Domestic Relations - Family Law
KFP528-KFP560 Pennsylvania Civil Procedure
Legal Research Databases
- Bloomberg BNA Online - Litigation - Family Law Reporter
- Bloomberg Law
- Legal Scholarship Network
- HeinOnline
- Lexis Advance
- LoisLaw Treatises - Family Law Library
- Smart Litigator
- Westlaw Next
- CALI - Family Law
- Family Law Center (hg.org)
- FindLaw's Family Law Center
- Family Law (Lawyers.com)
- Divorce and Family Law (Nolo)
- Family Law (Justia Virtual Chase)
- ABA Section of Family Law
Allegheny County Resources
- Allegheny County Civil/Family Division
- Allegheny County Adult Family Court Manual
- Allegheny County Custody Information Packet
Allegheny County Family Law Organizations
- Allegheny County Bar Foundation Juvenile Court / Parent Advocate
- Juvenile Court Project: Parent Advocates (Allegheny County Bar Foundation)
- KidsVoice
- Neighborhood Legal Services Association Resources
Blogs
- Allegheny County Court Blog: Family Law
- Family Law Prof Blog
- Pennsylvania Family Law Blog
- Pittsburgh Divorce & Family Law Blog
DCLI Webpage Links
- Primary Legal Research: Case Law, Statutory Law, Administrative Law, Constitutions (contains quick links to our federal and state statutes, our federal and state administrative codes, and federal and state case law)
- Legal Research Guides: Allegheny County (Pa), Family Law, Civil Procedure
Course Listed Under the following Law School Concentrations
Course Satisfies: Professional Skills Course
Created by Patricia Horvath
rev. 2/18/2013