CLASS 1 — Tuesday, August 28

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

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

The New Public Interest Lawyers, 79 Yale L. J. 1069, 1069-1072 (1969-70). Link to Excerpts

Robert L. Rabin, Lawyers for Social Change: Perspectives on Public Interest Law, 28 Stan. L. Rev. 207 224-231 (1975-76).

Link to Excerpts 

Ann Southworth, Conservative Lawyers and the Contest Over the Meaning of "Public Interest Law," 52 U.C.L.A. L. Rev. 1223, 1234-1245 (2004-2005) Link to Excerpts

 

Class Outline

CLASS 2 — Thursday, August 31

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 5

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 7

Waiting for Gautreaux, , pages 79 - 124

Milliken v. Bradley 418 U.S. 717 (1974) edited case report

Class Outline

CLASS 5 — Tuesday, September 12

Waiting for Gautreaux, pages 124- 155

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

CLASS 6 — Thursday, September 14

No Class- reserved for research, interviews and preparation of Case Studies.

CLASS 7 — Tuesday, September 19

Alexander Polikoff will join the class for this session.

Study the BPI website, especially the accomplishments page.

Skim Waiting for Gautreaux, pages 159 -219.

Class Outline

CLASS 8 — Thursday, September 21

Slack and review of Gautreaux material.

The Road to Brown (video shown in class.)

CLASS 9 — Tuesday, September 26

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)

Review:

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

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

Class Outline

 

CLASS 10 — Thursday, September 28

Read:

The contents of the website prepared by Frank Bieszczat, Farterria Bundy and Stephanie Crowell.

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

Arkansas First Integration Riots

Class Outline

 

CLASS 11 — Tuesday, October 3

Read:

Goldberg v. Kelly 397 U.S. 254 (1970)

Wheeler v. Montgomery 397 U.S. 280 (1970).

Martha F. Davis, Brutal Need, Lawyers and the Welfare Rights Movement, 1960- 1973, pp. 99- 118.

Class Outline

CLASS 12 — Thursday, October 5

Read:

Case Study by Christopher Chesser, Stacy Dembo and Meghan Paulas and referenced materials linked below:

Class Outline

Student Overview of Goldberg v. Kelly

District Court Order excerpt

Plaintiffs

Defendants

Timeline

Interview notes Lee Albert

Interview notes David Udell

Interview notes Christopher May

Annotated Bibliography

CLASS 13 — Tuesday, October 10

Read:

San Antonio Independent School District, v. Rodriguez , 411 U.S. 1 (1973) (For this class do the majority and concurring opinions.)

Review:

Slides 1-45 of the Powerpoint Case Study prepared by Jody Coulas, Joel Eagle and Allison Gans.

CLASS 14 — Thursday, October 12

Read:

San Antonio Independent School District, v. Rodriguez , 411 U.S. 1 (1973) (For this class read the dissenting opinions.)

Review:

Slides 46- 101 of the Powerpoint Case Study prepared by Jody Coulas, Joel Eagle and Allison Gans.

CLASS 15 — Tuesday, October 17

Read

Lassiter v. Department of Social Services of Durham County, 452 U.S. 18 (1981).

Class Outline

CLASS 16 — Thursday,October 19

Pre-Class Event:

Professor Neal Katyal, the lead litigator in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, will be coming to Chicago-Kent on October 19. He will deliver his talk in the Auditorium on Thursday, October 19 at 3pm. Class in Room C25 will immediately follow the talk.

Read

Lassiter Case Study by Michelle Bogosh, Kristen Jeschke and Rachna Mehta

Student Presentation

Table of Contents

Case Study

Bibliography

CLASS 17 — Tuesday, October 24

Class Outline

Read:

DeShaney v. Winnebago Department of Social Services, 489 U.S. 189 (1989)

Student Presentation

Case Study

Review:

Bibliography

CLASS 18 — Thursday, October 26

Read:

DeShaney v. Winnebago Respondent's Brief

DeShaney v. Winnebago Petitioner's Reply Brief

CLASS 19 — Tuesday, October 31

Class Outline

Read:

Harris v. McRae 448 U.S. 297 (1980) (Findlaw version)

Student Presentation

Case Study Hypothetical

 

CLASS 20 — Thursday, November 2

Read:

Women of the State v. Gomez 542 N.W. 2d 17 (1995) edited version

Oral Argument Harris v. McRae 1980 U.S. Trans. Lexis 106

CLASS 21 — Tuesday, November 7

The Shakman Case

Read for this class:

Shakman v. Democratic Organization of Cook County, 435 F. 2d 267 (7th Cir. 1970)

Shakman v. City of Chicago 426 F.3d 925 (7th Cir. 2005)

Johnson, C. Richard, The Seventh Circuit Symposium: The Federal Courts and the Community: Successful Reform Litigation: The Shakman Patronage Case, 64 Chi.-Kent L. Rev. 479 (1988)

Background

www.shakmanmonitor.com (City Hall Hiring Monitor’s website)

Interview notes from Noelle Brennan and Michael Shakman (to be distributed in class)

Case Study by Jill Roberts, Meghan Moore and Raghav Murali

Student Presentation

CLASS 22 — Thursday, November 9

CLASS 23 — Tuesday, November 14

The Scenic Hudson Case

Class Outline

Read:

Scenic Hudson Preservation Conference et al. v. Federal Power Commission et al. 354 F 2. 608 (2d Cir. 1965).

Case Study by Christine Zeivel and Alexandria Senn

Student Presentation by Christine Zeivel and Alexandria Senn

Background

Lectures on Water Conservation, Institute of Water Resources, The University of Connecticut, Report No. 7, October 1968

Roderick V. Vandivert, Water- Its Preservation and Use, at pages 23- 30.

George J. Delaney, Hydropower for Nine Million People, at pages 31-36.

CLASS 24 — Thursday, November 16

Class Outline

Read:

Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife, 504 U.S. 555 (1992) edited portion of J. Scalia's opinion.

Christopher D. Stone, Should Trees Have Standing-- Toward Legal Rights for Natural Objects, 45 S.Cal. L. Rev 450, 450- 457 (1972).

David Sive, Some Thoughts of an Enviornmental Lawyer in the Wilderness of Administrative Law, 70 Colum. L. Rev 612, 612- 619 (1970).

Background:

For insightful background on Scenic Hudson and four other landmark environmental cases, see: Oliver Houck, Unfinished Stories, 73 U. Colo. L. Rev. 867 (2002).

CLASS 25 — Tuesday, November 21

Student Presentation by Becky Walsh, Melanie Ellis and Drew Russell.

Read:

Kelo v. City of New London, 545 U.S. 469 (2005) (read majority and concurring opinion)

Case Study by Becky Walsh, Melanie Ellis and Drew Russell.

Coyne and Sullivan, Backlash from Kelo v. New London

Recommended:

Listen/read the oral argument, available at www.oyez.org

NO CLASS — Thursday, November 23

Thanksgiving

CLASS 26— Tuesday, November 28

Student Presentation Class 2 by Becky Walsh, Melanie Ellis and Drew Russell.

Read:

Kelo v City of New London- continued.(read dissents)

Norwood v. Horney,110 Ohio St. 3d 353; 2006 Ohio 3799; 853 N.E.2d 1115 (2006). (edited version.)

CLASS 27 - Thursday November 30

Student Presentation by Melinda Stanley, Kristin Weber and Stacy Weissman

Read:

Brown v. Legal Foundation of Washington, 538 U.S. 216 (2002) (edited version)

Case Study by Melinda Stanley, Kristin Weber and Stacy Weissman

 

CLASS 28—Wednesday, December 6

Visiting Speaker : Fay Clayton: Career Paths in Public Interest Law

Completion of Brown v. Legal Foundation of Washington

Read:

Electronic mail from Nicholas Gellert distributed in class on Nov. 30.

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