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Sep 07, 2026
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SOWK 574 - Forensic Social Work in the Civil Legal System3 Credit Hours
Provides instruction on forensic social work practice in the civil legal system. This legal system integrates social work roles in victim advocacy, abuse/neglect prevention, civil rights, family/marital/divorce mediation, child welfare/foster care/child custody, disability law, elder law, immigration law, international human rights, health/mental health law, and legislative oversight. Social justice and policy-specific issues such as disenfranchisement, the ADA, family separation in immigration/child welfare, and wage theft will be examined. All levels of social work practice will be included with a special emphasis on critical theories, restorative practice models, evidence-based assessment/intervention/prevention strategies, and anti-oppressive ethics/practices.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): SOWK 503, 504, 510, 511, 515, 516, 519, 538, 542 and 544.
Comment(s): Advanced Standing satisfies prerequisites.
Registration Restriction(s): Graduate students only. Minimum student level graduate.
Registration Permission: Non-MSSW students may register with consent of instructor.
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