The complexity of modern government means that much governing is done by administrative agencies with quasi-legislative and quasi-judicial, as well as executive, functions. This course explores those administrative processes and procedures.
Category: Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
Advanced Appellate Advocacy
This course will cover the basic procedural and substantive issues involved in the filing, preparation, and arguing of an appeal, including the requirement of preservation and the applicable standard of review.
Advanced Legal Writing
This course is intended for students who want to improve their ability to write sharp, clear prose, to edit their own and others’ writing, and to become more comfortable with the art of composing and organizing written material.
Advanced Legal Writing (Flexible Schedule)
This advanced legal writing seminar is designed to bring writing and editing skills to the next level through a combination of intensive in-class focus on the skills of writing and editing, followed by individualized instruction.
Animal Law
This course will examine the legal classification and laws protecting nonhuman animals, as well as a number of topics that fall within the general heading “animal law.”
Census 2020: Principles of Power
This upper-level seminar class will introduce and familiarize students with the federal decennial census process and why it’s important to the nation and to New York in particular.
Civil Justice and National Advocacy Clinic
In this upper-level clinical course, students will work with the Center for Justice and Democracy to learn the critical role that litigation plays in protecting consumer and citizen health and safety, and to learn and apply the skills of public policy advocacy.
Civil Procedure
This Core Curriculum course introduces students to the rules governing the conduct of civil litigation in the United States.
Civil Rights Clinic
Not offered 2020–21
The Civil Rights Clinic provides students with the opportunity to represent clients in trial and appellate litigation and to develop and implement social justice advocacy campaigns while working under faculty supervision.
The Civil Rights Clinic provides students with the opportunity to represent clients in trial and appellate litigation and to develop and implement social justice advocacy campaigns while working under faculty supervision.
Civil Rights Law
This course provides students with a deep analysis of the statutes, case law, and policies related to civil rights in the United States by examining federal civil rights laws and the provision that creates a federal cause of action to remedy violations of rights.