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ClInICalPrOgraMsnewsletterjanuary2014CivirihfohModwodSince1989theCivilRightsClinichasbeenaleadingforceinthemovementtoprovideprotectionandadvocacyforthosewhohavebeendiagnosedasmentallyillsettingfederalprecedentsinthearea.Tecontinueddownturnhascreateddeepnancialdistress.Telossojobstheshrinkingocredittheincreasingnumberolayosinboththeprivateandpublicsectorsthedeclineinthehousingmarketandthereductionobusinessactivityhasresultedinprooundhardshiporlargesegmentsothepopulation.TeMortgageForeclosureClinicseekstoassistlocalresidentswhoarevictimsotheeconomicdownturn.StudentsnegotiatemortgagemodicationsappearinNewYorkSupremeCourtatmandatoryForeclosureSettlementConerencesandresearchanddralitigationdocuments.TeBankruptcyClinicrepresentsclientsinpersonalbankruptcyproceedingsinederalcourtandcounseldebtorsonavailablealternativestobankruptcy.Studentsalsointerviewandcounselclientsinvestigateactsreviewnancialrecordsandnegotiateonbehalotheirclients.LisaVegaandKimSaastoworkingwithPro.WilliamBrooksarepursuinganappealtotheSecondCircuitinPetronev.HamptonBaysUnionFreeSchoolDistrict2013U.S.Dist.LEXIS97292E.D.N.Y.July102013.TislawsuitisadiscriminationcaseundertheAmericanswithDisabilitiesActinwhichtheplaintiarst-yearteacherwhosueredromgeneralizedanxietydisorderandpanicdisorderallegedthatthedeendantviolatedtheADAwhenitorcedhimtoresignaerherequestedanadditionalnumberosickdayswhenhewasmaniestingthesymptomsomentalillness.WhileanumberocircuitcourtsanddistrictcourtswithintheSecondCircuithaveheldthatanextendedamountosickdaysconstitutesareasonableaccommodationundertheADAtheSecondCircuithasyettoaddressthisissue.Perhapsmoresignicantlyresearchsoarhasrevealedthatthecircuitcourthasaddressedtheissueowhethertheailuretoprovideaspecicdateoreturnrendersitanotherwisereasonablerequesttoextendtheamountosickdays.AeramiliarizingthemselveswiththelongsummaryjudgmentmotionLisaandKimthenexhaustedallcaselawontheissueathandaswellastheissueowhetherareasonablejurycouldconcludethatthedeendantactedwithimpermissibleanimuswhenitorcedtheplaintitoresign.Tebriewasdueinmid-November.MoFocodBkpcCiicrpodoCiiRecentlyoneofourstudentsrepresentedaclientwhohadbeenservedwithapetitiondemandingthathiswifebegivenfullcustodyoftheirchild.TeclientwasintheU.S.onastudentvisaromHaititoattendagraduateprogram.HewasplanningonleavingtheU.S.attheendoMay2013buthewantedtoretainsomeparentalrights.Testudentworkingonthecaseparticipatedinseveralin-depthconsultationsconsideringthatthemulti-nationalaspectsothiscasecomplicatedthestrategyandinfuencedtheclientsobjectives.Testudentwasentirelyproessionalandnegotiatedanexcellentsettlementorourclientwhileclearlyexplainingitstermsandrestrictions.TeclientalsobenetedromourosdiversestudentbodybecausethisstudentsknowledgeoCreoleandtheHaitiancultureimprovedourservicestothisclient.lDiviihFmilCiic