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Core Clinics at UCI Law

Sources and starting points for law students.

Highlighted Sources - DV Clinic

Major Treatises

Online Resources

PLI Plus
Treatises, course handbooks, and forms from the Practising Law Institute including:

Protecting Domestic Violence Survivors and Children in California: Pro Bono Representation in Low-Income Domestic Violence Restraining Order Cases
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Call Number: Online
Publication Date: Annual PLI Course Handbook
Working with Immigrants: The Intersection of Basic Immigration, Housing, and Domestic Violence Issues in California
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Call Number: Online
Publication Date: Annual PLI Course Handbook
California Family Law Basics: Pro Bono Representation in Low-Income Family Law Cases
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Call Number: Online
Publication Date: Annual PLI Course Handbook

AILALink
Books, newsletters, and forms from the American Immigration Lawyers Association. Includes the popular Kurzban’s Immigration Law Sourcebook. Also related primary materials like essential statutes and regulations, government manuals, and agency memos and letters.
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Selected Books

Domestic Violence Practice and Procedure
Call Number: KF 1269 .L44
Latest edition retained.
Domestic Torts : Family Violence, Conflict, and Sexual Abuse by Leonard Karp
Call Number: KF 1269 .K37
Multi-volume
Family Law Guide for Domestic Violence Counselors & Advocates. 2nd ed. by Rachel K. Rothbart
Call Number: KFC 1121.4 .R68 2008
The VAWA Manual. 6th ed. by Evangeline Abriel & Sally Kinoshita, ILRC
Call Number: KF 4819 .A72 2008
Domestic Violence Civil Law Manual : Protection Orders and Family Law Cases by Lisae C. Jordan et al.
Call Number: KF 505 .J67 2007
Immigration Law and the Family : A Practical Guide to Family-Sponsored Immigration by Charles Wheeler (Ed.)
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Call Number: KF 4819 .I4755
Latest 2 editions retained.
Families & Immigration : A Practical Guide. 3rd ed. by Angie Junck et al.
Call Number: KF 4819 .F36 2011
A Guide for Immigration Advocates : A Comprehensive Immigration Practice Manual by ILRC Staff Attorneys
Call Number: KF 4819 .G85
Latest 2 editions retained.
The U Visa : Obtaining Status for Immigrant Victims of Crime by Sally Kinoshita, ILRC
Call Number: KF 4827 .K56
Latest 2 editions retained

Laws and Forms

California Domestic Violence Prevention Act - Legislature.CA.gov
California Family Code § 6200 et seq.
Domestic Violence Protection Order Forms - occourts.org
Orange County Superior Court
U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services - USCIS.gov
Forms and instructions.

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