SYLLABUS FROM
FAMILY LAW
Course Number: LEGL311-1E
Days and Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays (4:30 p.m. - 5:50 p.m.)
Classroom: PC2209

Term: Fall 2004
Instructor: Joseph P. Martone, Esquire - students may contact me outside of class at:

                150 West Fifth Street
                Erie, Pennsylvania 16507
                (814) 452-3657
                e-mail: jmartone@mal1onepeaslety.com

Course Description: Overview of Family Law and Procedure, with emphasis on practical applications.
Textbooks: Family Law 5thEdition, WilliamP. Statsky,West PublishingCompany, 2002

Special Assignments: Legal research and preparation of pleadings and memoranda

Examinations: Three exams, each after approximately eight classes

Objectives: The instructor's objective is to impart to the students a working knowledge of the basic concepts of Family Law. At the conclusion of the course, the student should be able to recognize a particular family law problem, to interpret the appropriate solutions of the problem and then accomplish a result satisfactory to the client. The course is not specifically designed to enhance writing or communication skills, but a student should recognize that personal communication with a client is a unique requirement in a family law practice, and the student should come to understand a realization of the emotional as well as legal needs of the client.