Administrative Law (3130) Clean water, safe food and drugs, stable banks, sensible land use, an open and accessible internet-these and many more aspects of modern American life depend largely on decisions made by unelected officials staffing administrative agencies at the local, state, and federal levels. This course examines the authority and procedures that these administrative agencies use to make law, investigate violations of the law, and adjudicate the application of the law to individuals and businesses. The course raises student awareness regarding the operation of the administrative state and important separation of powers and due process questions raised by ubiquitous administrative governance. Grading: Exam Credits: 3 Offered: Fall/Spring Subject Areas: Administrative and Legislative Process, Child and Family Law, Government Practice, Health Law, Public Interest Law, Business and Commercial, Criminal Law, Employment Law, Environmental Law Civil Rights (3460) This course examines the many ways in which civil rights laws are enforced and implemented. It is an overview of various areas of civil rights law, including 42 U.S.C. ยง 1983; the Voting Rights Act; Titles VI, VII, and IX; state human rights statutes and constitutions; and the Americans with Disabilities Act. The course also covers defenses and limitations to liability (including qualified immunity and municipal liability), remedies, and procedural considerations. The course will trace the history of civil rights, analyze different models of civil rights lawyering, and explore the role that litigation can play to promote social justice. The prospects and challenges of transformative lawyering will remain a central theme throughout the course. Grading: Letter graded Credits: 2 Offered: Irregularly Subject Areas: Constitutional Law and Civil Rights, Criminal Law, Employment Law Clinic: Employment Discrimination Mediation (3042) Students will represent employees claiming employment discrimination who have been referred to mediation proceedings. In a unique collaboration with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Minnesota Department of Human Rights, students help solve real clients' problems through alternatives to litigation. The clinic also provides an introduction to employment law practice and procedures. Grading: Letter graded. Credits: Variable Offered: Fall/Spring Categories: Experiential Subject Areas: Employment Law Employment Discrimination (3860) Examines state and federal law governing employment discrimination, recent case law and statutory developments, and explores practice areas, e.g., enforcement agencies, plaintiffs' and defendants' representation, judicial and legislative process. Grading: Letter graded. Credits: 3 Offered: Spring Subject Areas: Employment Law Employment Law (3870) Surveys the common law and selected state and federal statutory schemes that regulate the employment relationship in the United States. Specific topics the course may explore include: erosion of the employment-at-will doctrine by state court decisions; employee hiring and discharge; federal and state fair labor standards acts; employee privacy rights; occupational safety and health acts; worker's compensation; and a variety of fringe benefit regulations. This course does not emphasize the anti discrimination statutes such as Title VII or labor management relations statutes such as the National Labor Relations Act. Grading: Letter graded. Credits: 3 Offered: Fall/Spring Subject Areas: Business and Commercial, Employment Law Labor Law (4500) Surveys the development and current status of federal labor law, primarily the National Labor Relations Act. The course concentrates on the organizational and other NLRA rights of employees, including employees who are not represented by a labor organization; employer and union interference with those rights; the collective bargaining process and the enforcement of collective bargaining agreements; strikes, lock-outs and consumer boycotts; and the impact of federal labor law on state regulation of the employment relationship. Grading: Letter graded Credits: 3 Offered: Irregularly Subject Areas: Business and Commercial, Employment Law Transactions & Settlements: Drafting Agreements and Making Deals (9014) This skills course teaches negotiation, drafting, and client counseling in both the transactional and litigation contexts. The course focuses on how lawyers represent clients in negotiating and drafting contracts and settlement agreements. The course also covers ethical issues arising in deal-making. Examples are drawn from actual cases and deals from a variety of contexts, including business, civil rights, employment law, the entertainment industry, public affairs, and general litigation, and applied through simulations, short case studies, exercises, and class discussion. Grading: Letter-graded. Students are graded on performance in simulations (e.g., negotiations and client counseling) with an emphasis on individual written work (e.g., contract and settlement drafting and revising). Credits: 3 Offered: Categories: Experiential Subject Areas: Business and Commercial, Civil Litigation, Constitutional Law and Civil Rights, Employment Law, Dispute Resolution Workers' Compensation (5570) Surveys no-fault compensation laws covering personal injuries in employment, including substance, procedure, and benefits under workers' compensation law. Grading: Letter graded. Credits: 3 Offered: Spring Subject Areas: Health Law, Personal Injury, Torts, Employment Law
