Legal Research Guides by Course - Civil and Family Justice Law Clinic
Course Description
In this program, students are assigned to work at the following placement organizations: Allegheny County Bar Foundation Parent Advocates, Allegheny County court of Common Pleas - Pro Se Motions Program (Family Division), Allegheny County Solicitor's Office, Kids Voice, and Neighborhood Legal services association. 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. (6 credits) Co-requisite: Family Law
Faculty Who Teach This Course:
Richard Capristo (adjunct clinical professor)
William Congelio (adjunct clinical professor)
Elizabeth Hughes (adjunct clinical professor)
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
- Legal Scholarship Network
- Hein Online
- Bloomberg Law
- Westlaw
- Lexis
Family Law & Practice
Child Custody and Visitation Law and Practice
Dunlap-Hanna Pennsylvania Forms (Also available in print)
Pennsylvania Family Law Encyclopedia
Pennsylvania Transaction Guide - Family Law & Forms (Also available in print)
Valuation and Distribution of Marital Property - CALI - Family Law
- FindLaw's Family Law Center
- ABA Section of Family Law
- Allegheny County Civil/Family Division
- Allegheny County Adult Family Court Manual
- Allegheny County Custody Information Packet
- Allegheny County Court Blog: Family Law
- Neighborhood Legal Services Association Resources
- KidsVoice
- Juvenile Court Project: Parent Advocates (Allegheny County Bar Foundation)
- Allegheny County Bar Foundation Juvenile Court / Parent Advocate
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