Modules on seleected topics such as macroeconomics, international trade and development, labor and economic issues, urban issues, and regulation. Provides a basic understanding of the financial activities engaged in by governments at all levels in the United States. Quantitative techniques used for policy research and analysis. Use of probability theory, statistical inference, correlation, and regression in policy analysis. Year-long group research on public policy problem, often involving the preparation of an analytic report for a client governmental agency.
Topics vary from year to year.
Twelve-week internship in an organization with a substantial public policy orientation. Five hour courses contain a writing component. Courses and sections for first year classes are preassigned. Students are required to take Professional Responsibility , Constitutional Law II , and a writing seminar after the first year. The remaining hours at the Law School are elective.