Analytical Paper Optional: All enrolled students have the option of completing a research paper of at least 20-25 pages, with faculty and peer review of a substantially complete draft. This paper can be used to satisfy the analytical paper requirement for J.D. students.

Prerequisite: 1L Constitutional Law or
Constitutional Law: Separation of Powers, Federalism, and Fourteenth Amendment.

Exam Type: No Exam

This seminar will explore some of the workings of the United States Supreme Court, with reference to some of the larger constitutional questions, such as free speech, racial discrimination, privacy, affirmative action, administrative power, and abortion. There will be some attention to issues of regulation, with reference to behavioral economics, insofar as those issues relate to administrative law.

Cross-registration and audit requests are not available for this seminar.This class is only open to upper-level JD students.