Broadly construed, family law examines how the law creates, structures, and regulates families. Among other things, this area of law governs family creation and dissolution (e.g. marriage and divorce), defines the obligations family members owe each other (e.g., child support, interspousal support), and establishes the requirements and obligations of parenthood (e.g., biological parenthood and functional parenthood).
We offer a wide range of relevant courses. Not every course is offered regularly, and to be a well-rounded lawyer you should take many other courses as well.
Courses foundational to the topic
- Advanced Family Law
- Family Law
- Parents, Children & the State
Courses focused on the topic
- Caretaking, the Family, and the Law
- Carolina Health Advocacy Medicolegal Partnership Clinic
- Children & The Courts
- Children’s Law Externship
- Children’s Law Externship
- Domestic Violence Clinic
- Family Business Law
Courses aware of the topic
- Education Law & Policy
- Education Rights Clinic
- Education Rights Clinic
- Juvenile Justice
- Regulating Gender and Sexuality
- Special Education Law
- Youth Defender Clinic
Other recommended courses
- Income Tax
- Children’s Law Concentration
- Combination degrees in Social Work, Criminology and Criminal Justice, Health Administration, and Public Administration
Relevant student organizations include:
- Family Law Society
- Children's Advocacy Law Society
These (and other) faculty and staff may be available to advise you, supervise your own legal research ("SLR"), or hire you as a research assistant. Learn about them through their biographies, and then consider reaching out.
- Stephanie Nye, Director of Children’s Law Concentration
- Professor Laura Lane-Steele
- Professor Lisa Martin
- Professor Emily Suski
- Professor Marcia Zug
- SC Bar Family Law Section
- Related areas include Children’s Law and Probate and Estate Planning