Students will participate in all aspects of the legislative process, including community engagement around child welfare reform, policy research and brief writing, stakeholder organizing and communication, and bill drafting. Additionally, students will have the opportunity to work directly with members of the Minnesota legislature and lobbyists on policy reform that impacts families and children in Minnesota's child welfare system. Students will observe and participate in legislative hearings and will have the opportunity to testify at the Minnesota legislature. The child protection clinic policy seminar is taught in conjunction with child protection clinic representation seminar. The seminar component focuses on substantive child protection law, oral and written advocacy skills, interdisciplinary practice, trauma-informed lawyering, policy reform, the legislative process, community engagement, and legal theory.This clinic is a full-year clinic that carries 3 credits per semester in the fall and spring. Grading: Letter Credits: 3 Offered: Fall/Spring Categories: Experiential
