S. Election Law
Course Information
- Course Number
- L8516
- Curriculum Level
- Upperclass
- Areas of Study
- Constitutional Law, Human Rights, Interdisciplinary Legal Studies, Lawyering, Racial, Economic, and Social Justice
- Type
- Seminar
Section 001 Information
Instructor
Section Description
This two-credit, two-hour weekly seminar provides a practical overview of election law issues from the perspective of a non-partisan actor (as opposed to, say, a lawyer for a candidate or a political party). Seminar members will consider issues like felony disenfranchisement, voter roll maintenance, mail ballot access, and redistricting. The seminar members will explore the practical and theoretical issues practitioners face when litigating voting rights cases.
By the end of the semester, each seminar participant can expect to: (1) cover the doctrinal foundations and governing legal and statutory framework in each of the covered areas; (2) become familiar with the influence that litigators, scholars, activists, and policymakers have in shaping the public narrative on election law; and (3) research and draft a range of public-facing arguments used by modern practitioners in present-day election law disputes.
The readings will include legal materials, traditional academic writings, popular articles, empirical studies, and policy reports.
Note: several course meetings will take place off-campus.
- School Year & Semester
- Spring 2024
- Location
- JGH 304
- Schedule
-
Class meets on
- Wednesday
- Points
- 2
- Method of Evaluation
- Paper
- J.D Writing Credit?
- No
Learning Outcomes
- Primary
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- At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in a specific body of law, including major policy concerns
- At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in doctrinal analysis, including close reading of cases and precedents, and application to facts
- At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in jurisprudential considerations in legal analysis
- At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in statutory and regulatory analysis, including close reading of statutes and regulations, and application to facts
- At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in use of other disciplines in the analysis of legal problems and institutions, e.g., philosophy; economics,other social sciences; and cultural studies
- At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in various lawyering skills, for example, oral advocacy, legal writing and drafting, legal research, negotiation, and client communication
Course Limitations
- Instructor Pre-requisites
- None
- Instructor Co-Requisites
- None
- Recommended Courses
- Constitutional Law, Civil Procedure
- Other Limitations
- None