Local Government Law

Catalog description

The course covers a host of current constitutional issues covered by the Bill of Rights and other Amendments to the U.S. Constitution as local governments (over 90,000 nationwide) regulate the conduct of their citizens and their employees. Topics include, various civil rights related issues, free speech and assembly, openness in government, tort, public contracts, powers and structures of local governments, labor issues, land use and a host of other topics. Most attorneys in private practice or in public employment will either represent or interact as a litigant with local governments. Graded.