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Shani King Shani M. King
Associate Professor; Co-Director, Center on Children and Families


P.O. Box 117625 / Gainesville, FL 32611-7625
e-mail: kings@law.ufl.edu
352-273-0951 / Fax: 352-392-3005
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Child, Parent & State, LAW 6714
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: None

This course prepares students who aspire to practice child advocacy, those who will periodically confront child advocacy issues in their general practices, and those who otherwise seek to improve children’s welfare. This course covers doctrine, policy and practical issues in the context of children’s rights. Three key themes in this course are (1) the interrelationship of rights and responsibilities among the child, parents and government, (2) perceptions of children’s competence as a basis for governmental regulation, and (3) the role of the child’s lawyer.

International Children’s Rights, LAW 6936
Credits: 2
Prerequisites: None

This course is about international children’s rights. The course explores the concept of childhood itself, what human rights violations children face today and the role that gender plays in determining the life chances of children. This course also considers child migration, more specifically, child trafficking, child labour, child sex trafficking and also considers children in armed conflict. In addition this course considers the movement of children for family reasons, and more specifically, transnational adoption, children who have lost their parents due to AIDS, child refugees and asylum seekers.

Perspectives in Family Law, LAW 6711
Credits: 4
Prerequisites: None

This course examines legal and theoretical approaches to defining and regulating the family. The course considers the state's current role, and its ideal role, in regulating the creation and dissolution of family relationships and in setting family members' rights and responsibilities. Topics include marriage, divorce and spousal support, child custody and support, adoption and reproductive technologies. While the course covers current doctrine, it is also theoretical and normative: it examines the justifications for current law and asks how theory might motivate alternative approaches to reform.

Professional Responsibility & the Legal Profession, LAW 6750
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: None

This course takes a comprehensive look at the organization, operation and ideology of the legal profession. This course seeks to convince students that in the practice of law they will often be asked to make difficult ethical decisions. Students will be encouraged to identify and critically examine the theoretical justifications for various alternative approaches to ethical problems that they are likely to encounter in practice, as well as to understand the practical ramifications of particular actions.

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