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295.5I sec. 001 - Advanced International Human Rights Clinic (Spring 2021)

Instructor: Roxanna Altholz  (view instructor's profile)
Instructor: Laurel E. Fletcher  (view instructor's teaching evaluations - degree students only | profile)
Instructor: Astha Sharma Pokharel  (view instructor's teaching evaluations - degree students only)
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Units: 1 - 10
Grading Designation: Credit Only
Mode of Instruction: Remote Instruction

Course Start: January 19, 2021
Course End: May 04, 2021

Enrollment info:
Enrolled: 9
Waitlisted: 0
Enroll Limit: 10
As of: 05/08 05:45 AM


This course is open to students who have previously enrolled in the International Human Rights Law Clinic and International Human Rights Law Clinic Seminar. Students enrolled in the Advanced International Human Rights Law Clinic will continue work on on-going projects or may work on new projects. Students are expected to take on additional responsibilities and demonstrate increasingly higher levels of professional performance. Students enrolled in this advanced clinic must also enroll in the companion course, the Advanced International Human Rights Law Clinic Seminar, which is a 1-unit course graded CR/NC.

Due to the nature of this class, some or all of the sessions may not be recorded and posted except as required for accommodation of students with disabilities.

Due to the nature of this class, real-time attendance is required (without an alternative way to earn equivalent credit) except in cases of illness or emergency.


Real-time attendance at the first class is mandatory for all currently enrolled and waitlisted students; any currently enrolled or waitlisted students who are not present on the first day of class (without prior permission of the instructor) will be dropped. The instructor will continue to take attendance throughout the add/drop period and anyone who moves off the waitlist into the class must continue to attend or have prior permission of the instructor in order not to be dropped.


Prerequisites:
Law 295.5H International Human Rights Law Clinic and Law 283H International Human Rights Law Clinic Seminar.

Requirements Satisfaction:

Work in the clinic may satisfy Option 2 of the J.D. writing requirement with instructor approval. In order to satisfy Option 2, clinic students must complete a paper or series of written work that comprises 30 or more pages. Students who wish to satisfy the writing requirement must get instructor approval and submit their draft for comment and revision.

Option 2 form needed:
https://www.law.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Writing_Requirement_2017.pdf

This class may satisfy either the writing requirement or the experiential requirement but not both.

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Exam Notes: (None) Class requires a series of papers, assignments, or presentations throughout the semester
Course Category: Clinics
This course is listed in the following sub-categories:
International and Comparative Law
Social Justice and Public Interest

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