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CLASS 1 — Tuesday, August 26
Read
the Course Information page
and the Case Study Assignment posted with student team assignments
on the Student Work page.
Read
excepts from three law review articles on the meaning and history
of public interest law.
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CLASS 2 — Thursday, August 28
Waiting for Gautreaux, by Alexander Polikoff, Northwestern
University Press, (2006), pages 1- 47
Supplemental Material
Shriver Center Gautreaux
pleadings library
Complaint in Gautreaux
v. HUD
Class Outline
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CLASS 3 — Tuesday, September 2
Waiting for Gautreaux, , pages 47- 78
Gautreaux v. CHA, 296
F. Supp. 907 (DCND Ill. 1969)(summary judgment decision)
Supplemental Material
Gautreaux v. CHA, 304
F.Supp. 736 (N.D. Ill. 1969) (judgment order)
Class Outline
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CLASS 4 — Thursday, September 4
Waiting for Gautreaux, pages 79 - 124
Class Outline
Plans Due September 8, 2008
CLASS 5 — Tuesday, September 9
Waiting for Gautreaux, pages 124- 155
Hills v. Gautreaux, 425
U.S. 284 (1976).
Class Outline
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CLASS 6 — Thursday, September 11
Alexander Polikoff will join the class for this session.
Read
Waiting for Gautreaux, pages 159- 219
Study the BPI website, especially the BPI
in-depth page and the BPI statement on the CHA
Transformation project and the Polikoff-Gautreaux
Fellowship announcement.
Background Reading
Skim Waiting for Gautreaux, 219 to end.
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CLASS 7 — Tuesday, September 16
No Class - Field Work for Case Studies.
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CLASS 8 — Thursday, September 18
Read:
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)
Cooper v. Aaron, 358
U. S. 1 (1958)
Review:
Arkansas
First Integration Riots (video to be shown in class)
The Road to Brown (dvd available in library, small part
to be shown in class)
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 98
F. Supp. 797 (D.C. Kan 1951).
Brown
v. Board of Education Digital archive http://www.lib.umich.edu/exhibits/brownarchive/
Class Outline
Case Study Reports Due September 22, 2008
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CLASS 9 —Tuesday , September 23 Read:
Tennessee Valley Authority v. Hill, 437
U.S. 153 (1978)
Class
Outline
Review: Class 10 -- Thursday, September 25 Read:
Student
Case Study and Presentation
on Tennessee Valley Authority v. Hill
by Adrian Guerrero, Benna Crawford, Victoria Hayes and Catie Heindel
Tuesday, September 30- Rosh Hashanah--No Class Class 11 --Thursday, October 2 Read:
M.L.B v. S.L.J. 519
U.S.102 (1996)
Class Outline
Class 12 -- Tuesday, October 7 Read:
Student Case
Study and Presentation
on M.L.B v. S.L.J.
by Jenna Stewart, Emi Aprekuma and Brian Stefanich
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Thursday, October 9 --No Class-- Yom Kippur |
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CLASS 13 — Tuesday, October 14
Read:
Memisovski v. Maram, 2004
U.S. Dist Lexis 16772 (2004) Edited
version of case.
Background:
Memisovski v. Maram, 2004 U.S. Dist. Lexis 16772, Findings
of Fact.
Memisovski v. Maram, 2007
U.S. Dist Lexis 87936 (2007)
Class Outline
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CLASS 14 — Thursday, October 16 Read:
Student Case
Study and Presentation
on Memisovski v. Maram by
Matthew Andrachick, Ashley Decker and Alison Downs
Please read the
Kaiser Report and the All
Kids Program flyer and this CBS
news story
Skim the Consent
Decree not so much for content but as a model for this types
work product.
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CLASS 15— Tuesday, October 21
Read:
District of Columbia v. Heller, 128
S. Ct. 2783 (2008).
Review
Class Outline
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CLASS 16— Thursday,October 23 Read:
Student Case
Study and Presentation
on District of Columbia v. Heller
by Alison Anixter, Benjamin Lyon and Craig Stern
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CLASS 17— Tuesday, October 28
Read:
Lofton v. DCFS, 377
F.2d 1275 (2004) (denial of rehearing en banc)
Review:
Lofton v. DCFS, 358
F. 3d 804 (2004)
Class Outline
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CLASS 18— Thursday, October 30 Read:
Student
Case Study and Presentation
on Lofton v. DCFS
by Lindsay Weinberg, Margaret Kuklewicz and Rachel O'Konis
Candidates
on the issues
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CLASS 19— Tuesday, November 4 Read:
Skokie v. National Socialist Party of America, 69
Ill. 2d 605 (1978)
Collin v. Smith, 578
F. 2d 1197 (1978)
Smith v. Collin 439
U.S. 916 (1978) (cert. den. dissent)
Class 20-- Thursday, November 6 Read:
Introductory Outline of
Collin v. Smith
Student Case
Study and Presentation
on Skokie cases.
by Michael Burney, Stephanie Fajuri, and Adam Savin
Complaint
in Goldstein v. Collin
Roger Simon, Another
Side of the Nazi Rights Issue
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CLASS 21— Tuesday, November 11
Read:
Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah, 508
U.S. 520 (1993).
Class Outline
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CLASS 22— Thursday, November 13 Read:
Student Case
Study and Presentation
on Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah
by Matthew Swenson, Lauren Schefman, and Afia Yunus
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CLASS 23— Tuesday, November 18
Read:
Grutter
v. Bollinger, 539 U.S. 306 (2003)
Class Outline
CLASS 24— Thursday, November 20
Read:
Student Case
Study and Presentation
on Grutter v. Bollinger
by Ausaf Farooqi, Gwynne Kizer and Veronica Maldonado
CLASS 25— Tuesday, November 25
Read:
Meritor
Savings Bank v. Vinson 477 U.S. 57 (1986)
Class Outline
Thursday, November 27--NO CLASS
Thanksgiving
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CLASS 26—Tuesday, December 2 Read:
Student
Case Study and Presentation
on Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson
by Anne Kronenberg, Lillian McCartin, Elisa Rodriguez
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CLASS 27— Thursday, December 4 Read:
Plyler
v. Doe, 457 U.S. 202 (1982)
Class Outline
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CLASS 28— Friday, December 5 Read:
Student
Case Study and Presentation
on Plyler v. Doe
by Ruth Lopez, Anna Lusero, and Arnold Hinojosa
Take Home Exam to be distributed at the conclusion
of the class. The exam will be due at the Registrar's Office no
later than 4 p.m. December 19, 2008.
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