Professor Ronald W. Staudt
Public Interest Law & Policy


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CLASS 1 — Tuesday, August 28

Read the Course Information sheet and the Case Study Assignment. Student team assignments will be posted on the Student Work page.

Read excepts from three law review articles on the meaning and history of public interest law.

CLASS 2 — Thursday, August 30

Waiting for Gautreaux, by Alexander Polikoff, Northwestern University Press, (2006), pages 1- 47

Class Outline

Supplemental Material

Shriver Center Gautreaux pleadings library

Complaint in Gautreaux v. HUD

CLASS 3 — Tuesday, September 4

Waiting for Gautreaux, , pages 47- 78

Gautreaux v. CHA, 296 F. Supp. 907 (DCND Ill. 1969)(summary judgment decision)

Class Outline

Supplemental Material

Gautreaux v. CHA, 304 F.Supp. 736 (N.D. Ill. 1969) (judgment order)

 

CLASS 4 — Thursday, September 6

No Class - Field Work for Case Studies. Work on Project Plans.

Plans Due September 11, 2007

CLASS 5 — Tuesday, September 11

Waiting for Gautreaux, pages 79 - 124

Class Outline

Project Plans Due Today

Thursday September 13- Rosh Hashanah--No Class

 

CLASS 6 — Tuesday, September 18

Waiting for Gautreaux, pages 124- 155

Hills v. Gautreaux, 425 U.S. 284 (1976).

Class Outline

 

CLASS 7 — Thursday, September 20

Alexander Polikoff will join the class for this session.

Read

Waiting for Gautreaux, pages 159- 219

Study the BPI website, especially the accomplishments page.

Background Reading

Skim Waiting for Gautreaux, 219 to end- excerpts to be assigned.

Skim the recent attorneys' fee appeal in Gautreaux v. CHA, 491 F.3d 649 ( 7th Cir. 2007), 2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 15158

 

 

CLASS 8 — Tuesday, September 25

Read:

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 98 F. Supp. 797 (D.C. Kan 1951).

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka et al. 347 U. S. 483 (1954)

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka et al. 349 U. S. 294 (1955)

Bolling v. Sharpe 347 U. S. 497 (1954)

The Road to Brown

Review:

Case Study 1- Brown v. Board of Education and website by Frank Bieszczat, Farterria Bundy and Stephanie Crowell.

Class Outline

 

CLASS 9 — Thursday, September 27

Read:

Cooper v. Aaron, 358 U. S. 1 (1958)

Review:

Case Study 1- Brown v. Board of Education and website by Frank Bieszczat, Farterria Bundy and Stephanie Crowell.

Brown v. Board of Education Digital archive http://www.lib.umich.edu/exhibits/brownarchive/

Class Outline

Arkansas First Integration Riots

 

Class 10 and Class 11 --Tuesday October 2 and Thursday October 4th

Complete Field Work and Write Case Studies - no scheduled classes.

Case Study Reports Due October 7, 2007

 

CLASS 12 — Tuesday, October 9

Read:

Milliken v. Bradley 418 U.S. 717 (1974) majority opinion edited

Milliken v. Bradley 418 U.S. 717 dissent by J. Marshall

Background Material

Additional Readings and Online sources by by Michael Hoffman, LaVonne Meyer and Mary Neal

Class Outline

 

CLASS 13 — Thursday, October 11

Read:

Case Study 1: Milliken v. Bradley by Michael Hoffman, LaVonne Meyer and Mary Neal

Desegregation of Detroit Public Schools, by Michael Hoffman, LaVonne Meyer and Mary Neal

 

Class Outline

 

CLASS 14 — Tuesday, October 16

Read:

Alliance To End Repression v. Chicago (The Red Squad Case)

Infiltration Injunction, 75 F.R.D. 435 (D.C.N.D. Ill. 1975)

"Reagan Guidelines" injunction opinion, 561 F. Supp. 575 ( D.C.N.D. Ill.1983)

Injunction reversed, 742 F.2d 1007 (7th Cir. 1984)

Consent Decree modification approved. 237 F.3d 799 (7th Cir 2001)

Fees award reversed on appeal, 356 F. 3d 767 (7th Cir 2004)

Cops Disband Elite Unit, Chicago Tribune, October 10, 2007

Class Outline

Speaker 1: Wednesday October 17, David Rudovsky, 3:00-4:00 pm

Special session for this class, October 17, 2007 at 1:30 in room 844.


CLASS 15— Thursday, October 18

Read:

Case Study 2: The Red Squad Case by Esther Lim, Johathan Rhodes and Jacob Shorr

Review:

Red Squad - Additional Readings by Esther Lim, Johathan Rhodes and Jacob Shorr

Red Squad - Presentation by Esther Lim, Johathan Rhodes and Jacob Shorr

 

CLASS 16 — Tuesday, October 23

 

Read

Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle


Chief Justice Roberts Opinion

Justice Kennedy's Concurrence

Justice Breyer's Dissent; Edit of Justice Breyer's Dissent

Review

Justice Thomas' Concurrence

Justice Stevens Dissent

 

Class Outline

 

CLASS 17 — Thursday,October 25

Read:

Case Study 3: Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle by Natasha Jackson, Robert Johnson and Ankoor Bagchi

Class Presentation by Natasha Jackson, Robert Johnson and Ankoor Bagchi

 

CLASS 18 — Tuesday, October 30

Read:

Legal Services Corporation v. Velazquez, 531 U.S. 533 (2001)

 

Wednesday October 31, Peter Edelman, 3:00-4:00 pm lecture
Class to meet separately with Professor Edelman, 4:45- 5:30, Room 510.

 

CLASS 19 — Thursday, November 1

Read

Case Study 4: Legal Services Corporation v. Velazquez by Robert Cooper and Marc Dietz

Presentation on Legal Services Corporation v. Velazquez by Robert Cooper and Marc Dietz

Review

Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation v. Legal Services Corp. 462 F3d 219 ( 2d Cir. 2006).

 

CLASS 20 — Tuesday, November 6

Read:

Boddie v. Connecticut, 401 U.S. 371 (1971)

Class Outline

 

 

Class 21 Thursday November 8

Class Cancelled-- In place of class attend David Rudovsky and Peter Edelman presentations on Wednesday October 17 and Wednesday October 31, 3:00 p.m- 4:00 p.m.

CLASS 22 — Tuesday, November 13

 

Case Study Report:Boddie v. Connecticut by Elizabeth Monterrosa and Jessica Galant

Class Presentation :Boddie v. Connecticut by Elizabeth Monterrosa and Jessica Galant

 

 

 

CLASS 23 — Thursday, November 15

Read:

Mathews. v. Eldridge, 424 U.S. 319 (1976)

Class Outline

 

 

 

CLASS 24 — Tuesday, November 20

 

Case Study 6: Mathews. v. Eldridge by Salvador Lopez, Shauna Fleming and Hao Zhang

Class Presentation: Mathews. v. Eldridge by Salvador Lopez, Shauna Fleming and Hao Zhang

Thursday, November 22--NO CLASS

Thanksgiving

 

 

CLASS 25 —Tuesday,November 27

Read:

King v. Smith, 392 U.S. 309 (1968)

RECOMMENDED: Wednesday November 28, 2007 Time: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM, 10th Floor Event Room

"Appellate Litigation in the States" - A panel discussion with Michael Scodro, William Marshall and Barry Sullivan

Class Outline

 

CLASS 26 — Thursday, November 29

Case Study 7: King v. Smith by Nicole Daniel, Elizabeth Shepherd and Matt Towey

Class Presentation: King v. Smith by Nicole Daniel, Elizabeth Shepherd and Matt Towey

 

CLASS 27 — Tuesday, December 4

 

Read:

Calvert Cliffs' Coordinating Committee v. USAEC, 449 F. 2d 1109 (D.C. Cir. 1971).

Class Outline

 

 

 

CLASS 28— Wednesday, December 5

Read:

Case Study 8: Calvert Cliffs' Coordinating Committee v. USAEC by Sally Horton

Class Presentation: Calvert Cliffs' Coordinating Committee v. USAEC by Sally Horton

 

Take Home Exam to be distributed at the conclusion of the class.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

     


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