Each student will draft legislation for a client group. Students will present their bills in a mock committee hearing that will be videotaped. Finally, each student will prepare a substantial research paper on the legislative topic. Students are supervised by David Marcello and Idella Wilson of The Public Law Center, with the assistance of Louisiana House of Representatives member David Vitter. This course examines responses to problems of government in urban areas.
Special attention is also devoted to urban financial arrangements and state debt structures.
The full-time faculty members who teach in this area are Professors Allbritton, Gelfand, Lunney, and Marcello.