Spring 2027

Clinical Program

Clinical Program provides hands-on lawyering experiences with real people, enhancing understanding of the roles and responsibilities of practicing attorneys.

offering recorded1–10 credits

Summary

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2007: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=1 letter grades); Spring 2012: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=1 letter grades); Spring 2013: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=1 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Identify and apply substantive and procedural family law to their cases, including common law, state statutes, and state administrative regulations

  • Gather, examine, and analyze facts; distinguish the legal and non-legal issues; and explain the relationship between the facts and issues identified either verbally or in a written memo

  • Articulate various legal and strategic options facing a client, how opposing parties will respond to actions taken by the client and explain those options and the expected result to the client

  • Develop and refine their own personal definition of what it means to be a legal professional, incorporating the rules of professional conduct and their personal values

  • Competently and ethically interview and counsel clients

  • Competently and ethically represent clients in court and/or in administrative proceedings as appropriate in client matters

Source: UW Guide

Grade history

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Prerequisites

Course map

Declared in Law JD

  • Declared in Law JD
LAW 854

This is a best-effort interpretation; check the catalog requirements above.

Prerequisite text tree
  • Declared in Law JD

Professors

Spring 2027

No course-specific feedback yet.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

AARON WERNER is recorded teaching in Fall 2024, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

ADAM STEVENSON is recorded teaching in Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

ANIKA LILLEGARD-BOUTON is recorded teaching in Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

CARY BLOODWORTH is recorded teaching in Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

CECILIA KRESS is recorded teaching in Fall 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

ERIN BARBATO is recorded teaching in Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

GITA CONNOLLY is recorded teaching in Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

GREGORY WIERCIOCH is recorded teaching in Fall 2012, Spring 2013. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

JEFFREY GLAZER is recorded teaching in Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

JENNIFER BINKLEY is recorded teaching in Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

JONATHAN SCHARRER is recorded teaching in Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

KATE FINLEY is recorded teaching in Spring 2024, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

LAURA YURS is recorded teaching in Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

MARK FERNANDES is recorded teaching in Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

RACHEL BURG is recorded teaching in Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

SARAH ORR is recorded teaching in Fall 2008, Spring 2009, Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

STEVEN WRIGHT is recorded teaching in Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

TAMI PATEL is recorded teaching in Spring 2022, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

TRISTAN BREEDLOVE is recorded teaching in Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

ZOE ENGBERG is recorded teaching in Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
FLD 001Classroom Instruction0 / 150
FLD 002Classroom Instruction0 / 150
FLD 003Classroom Instruction0 / 100
FLD 005Classroom Instruction0 / 100
FLD 006Classroom Instruction0 / 150
FLD 007Classroom Instruction0 / 200
FLD 008Classroom Instruction0 / 350
FLD 011Classroom Instruction0 / 150
FLD 012Classroom Instruction0 / 150
FLD 013Classroom Instruction0 / 150
FLD 004Classroom Instruction0 / 150
FLD 010Classroom Instruction0 / 400
FLD 014Classroom Instruction0 / 180
FLD 009Classroom Instruction0 / 180

Times are Central. Select a meeting for details; export includes recorded dates for the selected sections. Enrollment reflects scan time.

Meeting source records

Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2007: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=1 letter grades); Spring 2012: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=1 letter grades); Spring 2013: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=1 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

No workload feedback recorded.

Topics

  • Substantive and procedural family law.
  • Rules of professional conduct.
  • Roles and responsibilities of practicing attorneys.

Skills

  • Apply substantive and procedural family law, including common law, state statutes, and administrative regulations.
  • Gather, examine, and analyze facts; distinguish legal from non-legal issues; and explain relationships in verbal or written memos.
  • Interview and counsel clients competently and ethically.
  • Represent clients in court and/or administrative proceedings.

Grades

Latest available · Spring 2013— not enough history to project Spring 2027.

average GPA
A / AB grades
letter grades
Instructor

Grade distribution · % of letter grades

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AB
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BC
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F

Grades over time

Through Spring 2013

More grade details Grade mix, volume & source data

Sources & history

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

Descriptions, prerequisites, and recorded course offerings.

Catalog observation history

Observations at scan time; dates do not imply when a catalog change took effect.

Selected offering source records
LAW 854 · Spring 2027

Clinical Program

Recorded 2026-10-14
LAW 854 · Spring 2027

Crim Defense & Youth Adv.

Recorded 2026-10-14
LAW 854 · Spring 2027

Legl Assist Incarcerated Ppl

Recorded 2026-10-14
LAW 854 · Spring 2027

Public Defender Clinic

Recorded 2026-10-14
LAW 854 · Spring 2027

Criminal Appeals Project

Recorded 2026-10-14
LAW 854 · Spring 2027

WI Innocence Project

Recorded 2026-10-14
LAW 854 · Spring 2027

Immigrant Justice Clinic

Recorded 2026-10-14
LAW 854 · Spring 2027

Federal Appeals Project

Recorded 2026-10-14
LAW 854 · Spring 2027

Law & Entrepreneurship Clinic

Recorded 2026-10-14
LAW 854 · Spring 2027

Consumer Law Clinic

Recorded 2026-10-14
LAW 854 · Spring 2027

Family Court Clinic

Recorded 2026-10-14
LAW 854 · Spring 2027

Restorative Justice Project

Recorded 2026-10-14
LAW 854 · Spring 2027

Family Law Adv and Support

Recorded 2026-10-14
LAW 854 · Spring 2027

Second Look Clinic

Recorded 2026-10-14
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