Special limited offering. This course offers a three-hour option in Federal Courts, in the congeniality of a small discusion group. It is possible that it will be offered remotely.
Grading. There is no formal examination or formal paper requirement. Grades are based on a required memorandum, preparedness in class, participation, and a final assigned take-home problem.
Capstone or Gateway. This course is curated to be complete in itself, but a discussion group can pique your interest in a more formal course, and a more formal course can pique your interest in debate and discussion.
A classic course. This course is the classic advanced study of the subject. Its key materals directly undergird counseling with regard to structural and systemic influences on liabilities under federal law. Thus, Federal Courts is considered essential grounding for a first-class practice, as it is for judicial clerkships, state as well as federal.
The focus. This particular course focuses dynamically on clashes of power between between government and the judiciary, between state and federal legal regimes, between Congress and the courts, and between federal and state judiciaries..
Free casebook and 2021 Supplement. Our casebook, authored by the professor, is free of charge, available on Canvas to students in this course, together with its 2021 Supplement.
Requirements. This course is closed to anyone who has not completed and passed all first-year courses at an American law school. Subject to enrollment limits, the course is otherwise open to all upper-class first comers.
Weinberg, Louise L 