Ethical and policy issues are included throughout. This seminar unpacks those aspirations, looking both at the ideas that lie behind them and at how these themes have influenced life for children inside schools. School vouchers and charter schools, racial isolation in schools, school finance reform and educational accountability strategies are among the topics explored. This general survey course explores various state and federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination based on race, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation and disability. The Federal Practice Clinic opened in 1998 with a docket of cases pending before the federal trial and appellate courts.
Students explore issues and strategies relevant to all stages of federal litigation.
Clinic students represent clients under the close supervision of the director, Charles Weisselberg. Clinic students have only one or two clients at any time, allowing them to focus intensively on their cases and skills. Students participating in the Clinic are required to enroll in an accompanying seminar, which provides a framework for the relevant substantive law and procedure. The seminar affords a forum for the students to workshop their cases, to reflect on their roles, and to learn from each other. The Tribal Court Clinic works with the appeals court of the Hopi Tribe in northeastern Arizona to resolve the real cases before the court.