Practice Area: Public Law and Human Rights
Practice Area Full-time Faculty: Larry
A. Bakken, Edwin J. Butterfoss, Joseph
Daly, Marie A. Failinger, Mary Jo Hunter, David
A. Larson, Mary Jane Morrison, Katrina Pagonis, Marilynne K. Roberts, Kenneth
Swift, Howard
J. Vogel, Ann Tweedy, Jason Marisam
Practice Area Part-time Faculty: Jody Alholinna, Celeste Culberth, Michael Davis, Jon
Geffen, Frederick Grittner, Mark
Ireland, Julie
Jonas, Susan Jorgenson-Flores, Salima Khakoo, Paul
Merwin, John
Riemer, Paula Schwartzbauer, Eldon Spencer, Julie Zimmer
Description of the Practice Field: Many
lawyers work as employees of the public, in government or government-funded
agencies such as Legal Aid or Legal Services, or publicly subsidized law
firms. Still others practice
public interest or public regulatory law from private firms and nonprofit
organizations, as well as corporations.
Among the areas traditionally identified with public law are
environmental regulation, civil rights and international human rights of
minority individuals and groups (defined by race or national origin, sexual orientation,
disability, and gender), the rights of children and older adults, immigration,
education, prisoner’s rights, mental health, and issues affecting low-income
people such as social programs and
housing.
Overview of Hamline Opportunities in this Area: Hamline has a cluster of courses in its focus areas
such as child advocacy, labor and employment, criminal law, and government and
regulatory affairs. (See course
planning guides for those areas.)
However, it also provides a breadth of offerings in traditional areas of
environmental protection, human rights, and issues involving the disadvantaged,
education, and immigration.
Students may wish to concentrate in one of these areas, or to take a
broad range of courses in this area to prepare themselves for a wide range of
public law or public interest employment, since employment opportunities in a
narrow specialty in public law may be limited at some times.
Course Legend:
Credit=number
of credits
Grad=whether
this course fulfills a HUSL graduation requirement, e.g., Upper Division Skills
(GS), Legal Perspectives (LP) for students matriculating before 2010, Seminar
(Sem), Professional Responsibility (Prof)
Prerequisites/Co-requisites=Courses you must take (PR), or that it is recommended
that you take before (RE) or at the same time (CO) you take this course (see
catalogue for more detail)
Offering frequency = “Y” courses are offered at least once a year, “EO”
courses are offered at least every other year, “Sum” courses are offered only
during summer and “J-term” only during J-term, “ST” are Selected Topics and
other courses that are offered on an irregular schedule; they are identified as
“NS” if they are not currently scheduled within the next year.
Next planned offering = the year or semester when the course will next be
offered--F for fall, S for spring, J for J-term, Sum for Summer, W=weekend
offering
Courses
that are primarily designed to teach skills have an “S” after their course
title
Core Courses:
Courses that
focus on the law and legal skills required to practice in this area.
Course
|
Credit
|
Grad
|
Prerequisites/
Co-requisites
|
Offering
frequency/Next planned offering
|
Comments
|
Administrative
Law
|
3
|
|
|
Y/F(W),
S
|
|
Civil
Rights
|
3
|
|
RE: Con Law I and II
|
EO/S
|
|
Constitutional
Law II
|
3
|
|
|
Y/F,
S, S(W)
|
|
Consumer
Transactions
|
2
|
|
|
EO/F
|
|
International Human Rights
|
3
|
LP
|
RE: Con Law I,
International
Law
|
EO
2011-2012
|
|
Criminal
Procedure I
|
3
|
|
|
Y/F,
S
|
|
Social
Welfare Law
|
2
|
|
PR: Con Law I
|
EO/F
|
|
Supporting Courses:
These are courses that
complement the core courses: deepening your understanding of the area of law,
enhancing your skills, and/or creating a complementary area of expertise that
will enhance your employment prospects in this area.
Course
|
Credit
|
Grad
|
Prerequisites/
Co-requisites
|
Offering
frequency/Next offering planned
|
Comments
|
Children
and the Law
|
2
|
|
|
EO
2011-2012
|
|
Employment
Discrimination
|
3
|
LP
|
|
EO
2011-2012
|
|
Employment
Law
|
3
|
|
|
Y/F,
Sum
|
|
Environ-mental
Law and Ecology
|
3
|
|
|
EO/S
|
|
Immigration
|
3
|
|
RE:
Con Law II, Admin. Law
|
EO/S
|
|
Law
of Juvenile Delinquency
|
2
|
|
|
EO/F
|
|
Mediation
(S)
|
3
|
GS
|
|
Y/S,
Sum
|
|
Native
American Law
|
2
|
LP
|
|
EO/S
|
|
Sexual
Orientation Law
|
2
|
LP
|
|
EO
2011-2012
|
|
Wrongful
Convictions
|
2
|
|
|
EO/F
|
|
Clinic: Child Advocacy (S)
|
3
|
GS
|
PR/CO:
Professional Responsibility
|
Y/F,
S
|
|
Clinic:
Education Law (S)
|
3
|
GS
|
PR/CO:
Professional Responsibility
|
Y/S
|
|
Clinic: Employment Discrimination Mediation
Representation
(S)
|
3
|
GS
|
PR: Professional
Responsibility
RE: Mediation, Employment Law or
Discrimination, Lawyering Skills
|
Y/F,
S
|
Clinic: Employment Discrimination Mediation
Representation
(S)
|
Clinic:
Immigration
|
3
|
GS
|
PR:
P.R.
RE:
Immigration
|
Y/F,
S
|
Clinic:
Immigration
|
Practicum: Public Interest
|
3
|
GS
|
PR/CO: Professional Responsibility
|
F
|
|
Seminar: American Slavery
|
3
|
Sem,
LP
|
|
ST/F
|
|
Seminar: Law, Religion and Ethics
|
3
|
Sem,
LP
|
|
S
|
|
Seminar: Native American Law
|
3
|
Sem,
LP
|
|
S
|
|
Seminar: First Amendment
|
3
|
Sem,
LP
|
|
NS
|
|
Seminar: Gender and Childhood
|
3
|
Sem,
LP
|
|
NS
|
|
Seminar: Race and the Law
|
3
|
Sem,
LP
|
|
F
|
|
Seminar: ADA
|
3
|
Sem,
LP
|
|
S
|
|
See
also Criminal Law worksheet for relevant clinics and practicums
Other For-Credit
Offerings to Enhance a HUSL Student’s Skills and Knowledge:
Selected Non-Credit
Opportunities to Gain Experience, Skills and Contacts:
Opportunity
|
Experiences offered
|
Contact
|
Comments
|
Public Law
Community
|
Speakers, social
opportunities
|
Prof. Mary Jane Morrison
|
|
Minnesota Justice Foundation
|
Projects, pro bono
and employment opportunities
|
Sara Schwebs,
Hamline MJF representative
|
|
American Civil Liberties Union
|
Work on civil
rights cases, speakers
|
See website for representatives
|
|
American Constitution Society
|
Speakers, national
networking on liberal issues
|
See website for representatives
|
|
Asian Pacific American Law
Students Association
|
Speakers, projects
|
See website for
representatives
|
|
Black Law Students Association
|
Speakers, projects
|
See website for representatives
|
|
Children’s Rights
Association
|
Speakers, projects
|
Prof. Mary Jo Hunter
|
|
Critical Legal
Studies Group
|
Scholarship,
reading
|
See website for
representatives
|
|
Environmental Law
Society
|
Speaker, projects
|
See website for
representatives
|
|
Hamline Law Animal
Legal Defense Fund
|
Speakers, projects
|
Prof. Marilynne Roberts
|
|
Hamline Law
Democrats
|
Networking with
local and national party
|
See website for representatives
|
|
Hamline Law
Republicans
|
Networking within
local and national party
|
See website for
representatives
|
|
Hamline Native
American Law Student Association
|
Speakers, projects
|
Prof. Mary Jo Hunter
|
|
Hamline Women’s
Legal Caucus
|
Speakers, projects
|
See website for
representatives
|
|
Latino Law Student Association
|
Speakers, Juris
Fiesta, other projects
|
Prof. Jill Barclift
|
|
Law Students for Reproductive Justice
|
Speakers, projects
|
Prof. Mary Dunnewold
|
|
National Lawyers Guild
|
Networking with NLG
chapters, speakers, projects
|
See website for
representatives
|
|
Second Amendment
Civil Rights Alliance
|
Speakers, projects
|
Prof. Joseph Olson
|
|
Stonewall Alliance
|
Speakers, projects
|
Prof. Mary Jane Morrison
|
|
Pro bono opportunity
Law Clerk
|
Assist with civil
liberties cases, including legal research and writing, intake, and fact
investigation.
|
Sara Schwebs-MJF
|
|
Pro bono
opportunity--Consumer Unit Intern -
|
Screen and
interview potential clients; assist staff attorney with advice to low income
consumers regarding debt collection and garnishment issues.
|
Sara Schwebs, MJF
|
|