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CLASS 1 — Tuesday, August 25
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 27
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 1
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 3
Waiting for Gautreaux, pages 79 - 124
Class Outline
Plans Due September 3, 2009
CLASS 5 — Tuesday, September 8
Waiting for Gautreaux, pages 124- 155
Hills v. Gautreaux, 425
U.S. 284 (1976).
Class Outline
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CLASS 6 — Thursday, September 10
Read
Waiting for Gautreaux, pages 159 - 169; 209 - 217; 361
- 367 and 382 - 391.
Study the BPI website, especially the BPI
in-depth page and The
Third Side, the new BPI Report on the CHA
Transformation project, and the Polikoff-Gautreaux
Fellowship announcement.
Background Reading
Skim Waiting for Gautreaux, 169 to end.
Alexander Polikoff will participate in this class.
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CLASS 7 — Tuesday, September 15
William Wilen from the Shriver Center will discuss the Henry
Horner Model and answer questions about public housing policy
in Chicago.
Read:
Successfully
Redeveloping Public Housing by William Wilen
Review:
William
P. Wilen: Going to Bat for Public Housing Residents
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CLASS 8—Thursday , September 17
No Class - Field Work for Case Studies
Case Study Reports Due September 20, 2009
Class 9 -- Tuesday, September 22
Read:
Section 2, 4 and 5 Voting Rights Act of 1965 and South
Carolina v. Katzenbach.
Here is a link to the opinion at the Cornell
Legal Information Institute. The Voting Rights Act is
the Appendix to the majority opinion.
Class 10 --Thursday, September 24
Read:
Student Case
Study and Presentation
on Katzenbach v. South Carolina
by Warren Linam-Church, Christopher Bailey-Woon, Daniel Berliant,
Sondra Furcajg
Class 11 -- Tuesday, September 29
Read:
Town
of Castle Rock, Colorado v. Gonzales
“Why Didn’t
They Stop Him?”
By Phoebe Zerwick
Review:
Student
Case Study and Presentation
on Town of Castle Rock, Colorado v. Gonzales
by Candice Porter, Nathan Belding, Rachel Schaller
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Class 12 -- Thursday, October 1
Read:
Student
Case Study and Presentation
on Town of Castle Rock, Colorado v. Gonzales
by Candice Porter, Nathan Belding, Rachel Schaller
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CLASS 13 — Tuesday, October 6
Read:
Dupuy
V. Samuels [edited version of Dupuy I in the District Court]
Overview
and History of Dupuy I and II
Background briefing about safety plans
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CLASS 14 — Thursday, October 8
Read:
Student Case
Study and Presentation
on Dupuy V. Samuels
by Heather Rosenberg, Judy Chan, Julie Levinson
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CLASS 15— Tuesday, October 13
Read:
Johnson
v. Santa Clara 480 U.S. 616 (1987) (majority opinion)
Affirmative Action Legal Guide
Review
Grutter
V. Bollinger 539 U.S. 306 (2003) (Dissent by J. Thomas)
Student
Presentation on Johnson v. Santa Clara
by Brent Movitz, Kaitin Powell, Genevieve Mackay
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CLASS 16— Thursday, October 15
Read:
Student
Case
Study and Presentation
on Johnson v. Santa Clara
by Brent Movitz, Kaitin Powell, Genevieve Mackay
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CLASS 17— Tuesday, October 20
Read:
Olmstead
v. L.C. 527 U.S. 581 (1999)
Illinois nursing
homes mix felons, seniors
Student
Case Study and
Presentation
on Olmstead v. L.C
by Virginia Graves, Christopher Jensen, Charles Alva
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CLASS 18— Thursday, October 22
No Class
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CLASS 19— Tuesday, October 27
Read:
Student
Case Study and
Presentation
on Olmstead v. L.C.
by Virginia Graves, Christopher Jensen, Charles Alva
Class 20-- Thursday, October 29
Cruz
v. US
Read:
The Official Bracero
Agreement August 4, 1942
Bracero savings
transfer proved
WWII-era papers from Wells Fargo show money deducted from paychecks
was sent to a Mexico bank.
Cruz v. U.S. Settlement
Order
Background:
Student Case Study
on Cruz v. US
by Kiki Mosley, Mario Carlasare
Cruz v. U.S. 219 F. Supp. 2d 1027 (N.D Ca. 2002)
Cruz v. U.S. 387 F.Supp. 2d 1057 (n.d. cA. 2005)
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CLASS 21— Tuesday, November 3
Review:
Student
Presentation on Cruz v. US
by Kiki Mosley, Mario Carlasare
Bracero History Archive website - http://braceroarchive.org/about
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CLASS 22— Thursday, November 5
Read:
Engel v. Vitale,
370 U.S. 421 (1962) Lexis
Link
Student Case
Study on Engel v. Vitale
by Thaddeus Goodchild, Jacqueline Brody, Michael Elliott
Background:
Santa Fe Indep. Sch. Dist. v. Doe, 530 U.S. 290 (U.S. 2000)
Lexis
Link
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CLASS 23— Tuesday, November 10
Read:
Student Case Study
and Presentation
on Engel v. Vitale
by Thaddeus Goodchild, Jacqueline Brody, Michael Elliott
Background:
Prayer in Public Schools After Santa Fe Independent School District,
By Mark W. Cordes, 90
Ky. L.J. 1 (2001)
CLASS 24— Thursday, November 12
Read:
Texas v. Johnson, 491 U.S. 397 (1989) Lexis
Link
Eichman v. US, 496 U.S. 310 (1990) Lexis
Link
Student Case
Study and Presentation
on Eichman v. US
by Tim Steinhelfer, Emily Stokes, Seth Wainer
CLASS 25— Tuesday, November 17
Read:
Student Case
Study and Presentation
on Eichman v. US
by Tim Steinhelfer, Emily Stokes, Seth Wainer
Class 26-- Thursday, November 19
Read:
Citizens to Preserve Overton
Park v. Volpe, 401 US. 402 (1971) Lexis
Link
Statutory
excerpts
Background:
Student Case
Study and Presentation on Citizens
to Preserve Overton Park v. Volpe
by Sarah Kaplan, Nicole Mayer, Michelle Green
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Class 27-- Tuesday, November 24
Student Case
Study and Presentation
on Citizens to Preserve
Overton Park v. Volpe
by Sarah Kaplan, Nicole Mayer, Michelle Green
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CLASS 28— Thursday, December 3
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 18, 2009.
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