AIDS Clinic Readings

Link to Other Duke Legal Project Web Pages:

Office page Wills Advance Directives Benefits/Social Security Resources/Links Office FAQs

 

Fall 2009

First Class is Tuesday, August 25. Attendance is mandatory. Readings will be placed in your mail folder before class.

Course Materials:

All the course readings and forms are contained in the Clinic Binder. This is available in hard copy, CD, and here: Clinic Binder

Drop/Add:

Note that because we need to start case assignments in the second week of the semester, Drop/Add for clinics ends on Friday, August 28. If you have any thoughts of dropping the clinic, please speak with Carolyn McAllaster as soon as possible.

Out of Class Activities:

Office hours and meetings sign-up: Come to the clinic office and sign up for your times.

Introductory meeting with Carolyn & Allison: Sign up for a half hour meeting with us during the first week of school. Sign-up sheet will be circulated in class.

Office Tour - Our assistant, Sandra Pettiford, will be giving group tours of the clinic office. Sign up for one of these sessions, which will be held the first and second week of classes. The earlier, the better.

Time Matters Training - You will need to sign up for a 1.5 hour session to be trained in the clinic case management software. Trainings will be held in the clinic pods. You will need your code sheet, which will be placed in your mailbox.

Clinic Intensive: Friday, September 4, 10:00 - 6 . This session is mandatory

Road Trips

Readings

Unless otherwise specified, readings are from the Clinic Binder. The binder will be distributed electronically, and some hard copies are available.

Journal Requirement

Course Requirements
Videotaping Requirement

Tuesday, August 25:

Course overview, Advance Directives, Office Procedures Overview

Readings from packet in placed in your mail folder, including

Monday, August 31

Journal 1 due

Tuesday, September 1

Wills, Social Security Disability Intro

Friday, September 4, 10-6:

Duke Clinics Intensive Training, room 4045.

Lunch Provided!

PM session:

Assignments:

Week of September 7

Simulated Living Will/Health Care Power of Attorney client interview.

Sign-up for a time to interview your "client," who will role-played by one of the clinic faculty. The interview will be recorded. You will get immediate feedback from your "client." Then you will watch the DVD and do a self-evaluation to be turned in at your next weekly meeting.

Tuesday, September 8

AIDS 101, Medical Aspects of Disability

From the Clinic Binder/CD, Social Security Forms Tab (note -- all of these items are also on our Benefits/Disability web page:

Monday, September 14

Journal 2 due

Tuesday, September 15 (Class to be rescheduled for another time this week)

Documents Explanation & Standby Guardianship Overview

Friday, September 18 - Tentative

Road Trip to Greensboro

Details TBA

Tuesday, September 22

Disability II - Overview & Mechanics, Electronic File, Steps 4 & 5; Case Rounds

Monday, September 28

Journal 3 due

 

Tuesday, September 29

Theory of a Disability Case

In this class, we will work as a group to develop a theory of a disability case. You will review a client file and apply the five step sequential evaluation. Please bring to class copies of any disability listings you believe might apply to the client's case.

Readings:


Tuesday, October 6

Health care access discussion

Teams will present on their topics.


Week of October 12: Fall Break


Monday, October 26

Journal 4 due

Tuesday, October 27

Health Care access discussion, part 2

Friday, October 30

Road trip to Hickory

Friday, November 6

Return trips to Greensboro and Fayetteville

Monday, November 9

Journal 5 due

 

Monday, November 23

Journal 6 due


Final Class -- Date TBA

Lunch provided
Wrap up, course evaluations and your feedback about the clinic

 

End of Semester, Check-out, Exit Interview:

Office hours end when classes are over. You must complete your work before the end of exams. You can "check out" of the clinic when you have

Schedule your Exit Interview when you have finished all client work & hours
Before the Exit Interview, turn in:

 

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