Law and Education (637-1)
Instructors
Meredith McBride
Meeting Info
Rubloff Building 339: Mon 6:30PM - 9:30PM
Overview of class
Topically, students will develop substantive competence in the education-specific aspects of federal and state constitutional law; statutory disability rights; education finance via federal, state, and local taxation; education federalism, including the regulation of higher education; labor and employment, in particular teachers' and graduate student unions; teacher quality litigation and legislation; and the privatization movement and charter schooling. Students will learn to integrate as appropriate, federal and state decisional law and legislation; constitutional, statutory, and administrative law; and policy materials to understand what the law is and how it came to be. Finally, students will also learn to ask and answer questions of jurisdiction and institutional competence: who is responsible for decisionmaking in a given area, what legal (and non-legal) tools are available, and which decisionmakers and tools are best suited to achieve particular policy ends.
Evaluation Method
60% exam, 40% class participation
Class Materials (Required)
The Hollow Hope (ISBN 978-0226312477),
Courts and Kids (978-0226706177)
The Allure of Order (978-0190231453)
The Schoolhouse Gate (978-1101871652)
Class Materials (Suggested)
Required primary legal sources will be posted on course website
Class Notes
Prof. Meredith McBride
Tel: 312-480-8694
Email: mmcbride@goldmanismail.com
Class Attributes
Constitutional Law or Procedure an element
Public Interest
Enrollment Requirements
Enrollment Requirements: MSL Students are not eligible to enroll