Fundamentals of Law Practice Application: Spring 2015

1. Introduction

PREFERENCE GIVEN TO STUDENTS WHO APPLY BY SEPTEMBER 30, 2014. OPEN TO BOTH 2L AND 3L STUDENTS. DOES NOT COUNT AGAINST CAP ON CLINIC AND EXTERNSHIP HOURS.
Please review the course home page before completing this application: www.ClarkCunningham.org/FLP/index.htm
This course requires real-life judgment, discretion,and professional responsibility, both during fieldwork when lawyers permit you to observe confidential aspects of their practice, and in the client representation component when you will be actually participating in the practice of law on behalf of clients in urgent need. This application therefore requests information to help the instructors evaluate your capacity to undertake such responsibility.
Class is scheduled for Friday mornings because this is when the Cobb County Superior Court holds hearings in domestic violence cases and students are required to observe court hearings and take responsibility for an entire domestic violence case from initial client interview through the day of hearing, a process that usually takes place over a two week period. For some weeks, class will take place in Marietta rather than on the GSU campus.
After completing this on-line form, to complete your application, you must email a current resume and an unofficial law school transcript to Professor Cunningham at cdcunningham@gsu.edu
Enrollment in this course is limited to students who have been pre-approved by the instructors on the basis of this application.

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* 1. Last Name

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* 2. First Name

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* 3. Email address

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* 4. Mailing Address

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* 5. Anticipated date of law school graduation:

May 2015

December 2015

May 2016

December 2016

May 2017

December 2017

Other (please specify)

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* 6. Full time or part time law student?

Full time

Part time

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* 7. Please confirm by checking each box below that you can arrange your schedule to complete all of the following activities (see course description on course home page):

initial in-person interview with fieldwork attorney (1-2 hrs)

follow-up observation of attorney's practice (2-4 hrs)

meet with my team and supervising professor on Tuesday or Wednesday two weeks in a row for 4 consecutive hours between 9am and 7 pm to work on my domestic violence case -- two alternate time blocks are listed below

I will be available for either of the following two time blocks (insert below the day of week and time period)

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* 8. Check off any of the following courses that you have completed or are taking now:

HeLP Clinic

Tax Clinic

Investor Advocacy Clinic

Criminal Appellate Clinic

Capital Defender Clinic

Professional Responsibility

Litigation

Interviewing and Counseling

Externship

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* 9. If you have taken an externship, who was the law professor who supervised your externship?

Professor Kerew

Professor Curcio

Other (please specify)

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* 10. If you have taken an externship, indicate the placement and primary supervisor:

Placement

Supervisor

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* 11. Optional. List up to three full-time professors at the College of Law who could provide a reference for you:

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* 12. What is the primary reason you would like to take this course?

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* 13. Describe any law-related work experience, either paid or volunteer (not including work in a clinic or externship at the GSU College of Law)

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* 14. Describe any full-time work experience either before or during law school.

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* 15. To complete this application form, indicate your authorization below:

I authorize the faculty and administration of the College of Law to discuss with the instructor my performance in other courses and at the College of Law in general.

To complete your application, email a current resume and an unofficial law school transcript to Professor Cunningham at cdcunningham@gsu.edu