This seminar focuses on public interest lawyering through a close analysis of case studies and the discussion of recurring issues in public interest practice. In this course, students explore social problems from a number of different perspectives, highlighting the many different ways of solving problems of the sort public interest lawyers confront. The seminar covers questions of how public interest problems come to be framed; how clients, lawyers and their allies think about problem-solving strategies; and how public interest lawyers use different modes of advocacy to address problems. Students in this seminar complete an individual paper project that addresses a real world problem and incorporates the modes of advocacy studied in the course.
LAW 541
Problem Solving in the Public Interest
Public Interest Law
Past Terms
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Fall 2020
LAW 541 | Fall 2020
Problem Solving in the Public Interest
Section: SEM 1
Faculty: Robert Bradley SearsLAW 541 | Fall 2020Problem Solving in the Public Interest
Section: SEM 2
Faculty: Victor H. NarroLAW 541 | Fall 2020Problem Solving in the Public Interest
Section: SEM 3
Faculty: Joanna C. Schwartz - Fall 2019
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Fall 2018
LAW 541 | Fall 2018
Problem Solving in the Public Interest
Section: SEM 1
Faculty: Victor H. NarroLAW 541 | Fall 2018Problem Solving in the Public Interest
Section: SEM 2
Faculty: Joanna C. SchwartzLAW 541 | Fall 2018Problem Solving in the Public Interest
Section: SEM 3
Faculty: Robert Bradley Sears