Admin Law in the Federal Gov't Ext Sem (LAW-769-001)
Lubbers
Meets: 04:00 PM - 05:50 PM (M) - Room 527
Enrolled: 8 / Limit: 15
Notices
Corequisite: LAW-899, Supervised Externship NOTE: CLASS WILL MEET IN SMALL GROUPS FOR AN EXTRA HOUR EVERY OTHER WEEK. TIME TBD. Registering for your field placement credits is a separate process. Students must first register for a seminar and then go to www.wcl.american.edu/externship to submit a Request for Approval, which generates the necessary forms. Students with concerns about placement approval should speak with a member of the Externship Staff. Students are not registered for field credits until they submit the signed add/drop form to the registrar.
Description
Administrative Law in the Federal Government is a three-credit, one semester, graded course in which students enroll while engaged in fieldwork for additional academic credit at a federal government agency. The primary purpose of this course is to enrich and provide an academic context for your externship through an overview of a wide range of administrative law topics and through reflective study of your fieldwork experience. The course will cover issues such as agency adjudication ALJs, rulemaking and e-rulemaking, judicial review, enforcement, regulatory reform, the role of offices of general counsel, ADR, FOIA, government ethics, and Congressional relations. The focus of the seminar will be how these substantive areas are relevant at your agency. Writing assignments will include weekly journal and research assignments. Seminar meetings will be supplemented by individual or small group meetings.
Textbooks and Other Materials
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No Textbook--only Xeroxed materials.
First Class Readings
Please read the Introduction to the Course, and the Schedule of Classes and Assignments. Please read these items with particular care—they offer instructions and information about course requirements. We will also discuss setting learning goals for the fieldwork experience, and for communicating with supervisors about goals and supervision. Finally, we will discuss placement selection and obligations of confidentiality to placement organizations.
Syllabus
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Microsoft Word (DOC)