Guided Research-Second Circuit

Catalog description

In this course, students will monitor and discuss the Second Circuit's decisions, select those that are particularly noteworthy, and then synopsize those decisions for the American Bar Association's "Media Alerts on the Federal Circuit Courts of Appeals" website. The purpose of this new website is to heighten public awareness and understanding of the federal courts by providing reporters, lawyers, educators, and the public with prompt, accurate, unbiased information about newsworthy and legally significant cases pending in and decided by the Federal Courts of Appeals. Students in the course will gain broad familiarity with federal appellate procedure as well as a deeper understanding of the substance and development of the Second Circuit's case law. Permission of the professor required.