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  • 3.00 Credits

    The Civil Legal Services Clinic has provided legal assistance to Wyoming citizens for over 20 years. Students represent low-income and marginalized individuals across the state who could not otherwise afford legal representation. The CLSC's mission is to provide legal services in a broad range of general civil legal matters.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Provides representation to indigent persons in Wyoming state and federal courts. We represent clients pending trial, on direct appeal from their convictions, and handle post-conviction matters in state and federal court.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Fall: Classroom component of the Clinic will provide a practitioner's view of key aspects of federal court litigation practice in cases involving natural resources issues. Spring: Clinic will provide an overview of the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act and the Wyoming statutes that govern the regulation of energy production, environmental protection, and natural resources management in Wyoming.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Handle a wide array of cases including divorce, child custody, domestic violence protection orders, stalking orders, guardian ad litem appointments in juvenile and domestic relations cases, and other family law matters. In addition, law students represent children or their parents in child abuse and neglect cases, termination of parental rights, children in need of supervision and delinquency actions.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Covers fact investigation and the role of the lawyer in a transaction proposed by the client, including possible negotiations with other parties; drafting a contract in Plain English; and the ethical obligations of a transactional lawyer, through simulations and problem-solving exercises. Prerequisite: LAW 6110.
  • 3.00 Credits

    The program is heavily involved with the Wyoming Attorney General's office, usually in representing the state in criminal appeals before the Wyoming Supreme Court. In handling these appeals, students are responsible for the entire preparation of appellate briefs and the presentation of oral argument to the Supreme Court.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Provides students the opportunity to work with low-income clients around the State of Wyoming in a transactional law setting. Prepare wills, powers of attorney, advance health care directives, deeds, affidavits of distribution and other probate documents for small estates and will learn how to plan an estate for beneficiaries who are minors or who have special needs.
  • 1.00 - 2.00 Credits

    Research and writing in specialized or advanced areas of the law. Independent Study papers may not duplicate material taught in a regular law school offering. They are intended to allow students to explore a new area, not covered in the course descriptions, or to conduct more in-depth research into a topic presented in a regular law school offering. Students are to contact a professor that has a background or interest in the students' topic area to determine if the professor will supervise the Independent Study.Students receive one credit hour for 50 hours of work or 2 credit hours for 100 hours of work. Grades are generally based on a research paper. The paper may be structured so as to fulfill the advanced writing requirement. Within one week after the start of the semester, students must submit to the Associate Dean a written proposal, signed by the student and supervising professor, that describes the topic and paper requirements. Forms for this purpose are available from the Associate Dean.
  • 1.00 - 4.00 Credits

    Course is meant to allow students to receive credit for continuing work completed in conjunction with a clinic or live practicum. To qualify for credits a student must have completed at least one semester in a clinic or live practicum.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Addresses essential aspects of workers' compensation laws including extent of coverage, the various levels and varieties of benefits provided, and how claims are established and enforced. The course will also consider the interaction of state workers' compensation laws with other laws.