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CURRENT CONSTITUTIONAL CASES: UNDERSTA CURRENT PROBLEMS IN CON LAW SEMINAR
Course Title
CURRENT CONSTITUTIONAL CASES
Course Number
753
Min
2
Course Types
Letter Grading, Writing Requirement
Credit Type
GPA SEMINARS
Description
May satisfy Writing Requirement.
This case focuses on the art of judging, with a focus on constitutional decision making. Students will be assigned cases pending in the U.S. Supreme Court or federal or state appellate courts posing interesting and significant constitutional issues. Working with actual briefs, each student will prepare and circulate a pre-argument memorandum as if the student was a law clerk to the Justice or judge who will write the final opinion. This memorandum will then be the subject of discussion and critique at meetings of the seminar by fellow students, the instructors, and invited guests. There will also be discussion of various issues concerning the way in which appellate judges and Supreme Court Justices actually decide cases. Grades will be based on the memoranda and on seminar participation.
Requisites: Constitutional Law 1 (LAW*120); Constitutional Law 1: Law and Process (LAW*122), Constitutional Law 2 (LAW*290), or Constitutional Law 2: Law and Process (LAW*295) must be completed prior to or concurrently with taking this course.
This case focuses on the art of judging, with a focus on constitutional decision making. Students will be assigned cases pending in the U.S. Supreme Court or federal or state appellate courts posing interesting and significant constitutional issues. Working with actual briefs, each student will prepare and circulate a pre-argument memorandum as if the student was a law clerk to the Justice or judge who will write the final opinion. This memorandum will then be the subject of discussion and critique at meetings of the seminar by fellow students, the instructors, and invited guests. There will also be discussion of various issues concerning the way in which appellate judges and Supreme Court Justices actually decide cases. Grades will be based on the memoranda and on seminar participation.
Requisites: Constitutional Law 1 (LAW*120); Constitutional Law 1: Law and Process (LAW*122), Constitutional Law 2 (LAW*290), or Constitutional Law 2: Law and Process (LAW*295) must be completed prior to or concurrently with taking this course.