Fall 2007 Student Work

Teams of students will prepare case studies of eight key public interest cases this semester. The case studies will become part of the assigned material for the course as we study the cases. Here is the list of assignments, the dates on which we will consider the cases and the students assigned to each team:

Case Study Student Assignments -

Fall 2007

Case Study 1: (10/9, 10/11)
racial discrimination in primary and secondary schools
Milliken v. Bradley
Michael Hoffman, Mary Neal, LaVonne Meyer

Case Study 2: (10/16, 10/18)
government surveillance, First Amendment
Alliance To End Repression v. Chicago (The Red Squad Case)
Esther Lim, Jonathan Rhodes, Jacob Shorr

Case Study 3: (10/25, 10/30)
racial discrimination in primary and secondary schools, affirmative action
Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle
Ankoor Bagchi, Robert Johnson, Natasha Jackson

Case Study 4: (11/1, 11,6)
civil legal services for low income people, First Amendment
Legal Services Corporation v. Velazquez
Robert Cooper, Marc Dietz

Case Study 5: (11/8, 11/13)
Social Security, poverty law, Due Process
Mathews v. Eldridge
Shauna Fleming, Salvador Lopez, Hao Zhang

Case Study 6: (11/15, 11/20)
access to justice, Due Process
Boddie v. Connecticut
Jessica Galant, Elizabeth Monterrosa

Case Study 7: (11/27, 11/29)
welfare rights, poverty law
King v. Smith
Nicole Daniel, Elizabeth Shepard, Matthew Towey

Case Study 8: (11/14, 11/16)
environmental law, environmental impact statements
Calvert Cliffs' Coordinating Committee v. USAEC
Sally Horton, Gina Rinaldi