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2010 Course Descriptions |
WCL JD and LLM students please review course registration procedures as the system is slightly different than other programs at WCL.
2011 Courses
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Monday 6/20
9:00 am - 12 noon
Gender and Judging, Prof. Mary Clark
12:15 pm - 1:45 pm
Opening Luncheon hosted by the Program on Law & Government
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Federal Civil Rights Enforcement: Latest Developments, Prof. Bill Yeomans
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Current Issues Relating to Marriage for Same-Sex Couples, Shannon Minter
Tuesday 6/21
9:00 am - 12 noon
Redistricting and the Voting Rights Act: Trends & New Issues, J. Gerald Hebert
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Current Issues in Counterterrorism Law, Prof. Dan Marcus
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
The Rulemaking Process and the Effect of the Election and the Internet, Neil Eisner
Wednesday 6/22
9:00 am - 12 noon
Developments in Antitrust Law & Policy, Bill Kolasky
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Lunch Debate: Is the Health Law Constitutional
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Campaign Finance Law: Challenges & Opportunities in the 2012 Election Cycle, Tara Malloy
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Joint reception with Health Law & Politcy Institute
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Administrative Adjudication: Different Agency Approaches, John Vittone
Thursday 6/23
9:00 am - 12 noon
The View from the 112th Congress, Prof. Bill Yeomans
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
The Roberts Court: An Assessment, Mark Tushnet
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Congressional Investigations, Howard Sklamberg
Friday 6/24
9:00 am - 12 noon
Consumer Protection in an Independent Agency: the View from the FTC, David Vladeck
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Federal Budget-Cutting: Cut the Fat But Not My Steak, Christopher Caple
Monday 6/27
9:00 am - 12 noon
Securities Regulation in a Dodd-Frank World, Linda Chatman Thomsen
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Regulating Derivatives, Michael Greenberger
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Supreme Court Advocacy in the Roberts Court, David Frederick
Tuesday 6/28
9:00 am - 12 noon
Too Big to Jail? Criminal Enforcement of Securities Law, Judith Kozlowski
12:!5 pm - 1:45 pm
Lunch Speaker: Kenneth Feinberg, BP Spill Fund administrator, “Unconventional Responses to Unique Tragedies: Tailoring the Law to Meet the Challenges”
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Local Enforcement of Immigration Law, Prof. Jayesh Rathod
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Banking Regulation After Dodd-Frank, John Collins
Wednesday 6/29
9:00 am - 12 noon
The New Fed Post Dodd-Frank, Michael Silva
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
9/11 and Immigration Policy: Ten Years Later, Prof. Jayesh Rathod
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Supreme Court: A Round-Up of the 2010-2011 Term & A Look Ahead, Profs. Steve Vladeck & Steve Wermiel
Thursday 6/30
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Immigrants in the Workplace, Prof. Jayesh Rathod
5:45 pm
Week Two Closing Reception
*Courses subject to change
Courses for Academic Credit - Transcript Listing
While students enrolling for academic credit will be able to pick from a variety of three-hour blocks, academic registration and transcripts will use the following course names and numbers to report academic credits earned:
LAW 872: Regulatory Law and Policy: Financial Regulatory Reform - Considers business/financial regulation as a way to address market failures such as the recent financial crisis, problems with complex financial instruments, and excessive executive pay. The course will emphasize the shifting landscape of financial regulation reform.
LAW 707: Advanced Constitutional Law - Selected problems in constitutional law. Includes topics on the Roberts Court, the Obama approach to executive power, the relationship between Congress and the Justice Department, and other issues.
LAW 881: Advanced Problems in Administrative Law and Regulatory Policy - Focuses on advanced doctrinal issues and developments in administrative law and regulatory rule making.
