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9.00 Credits
This is a semester long externship that gives students who are interested public policy, public service, and careers in the public sector an opportunity to study federal policymaking firsthand, under the direction of Duke Law faculty, and practitioners. The program has three components: a semester long externship placement in a congressional or policymaking office; a weekly course, and a substantial research paper. The program is open to second- and third year students. Instructors: Kaufman, and Schroeder
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9.00 Credits
This is a semester-long externship engaging federal regulatory reform, with particular (though not exclusive) emphasis on financial services regulation, under the supervision of under the direction of Duke Law faculty, and practitioners. Students will reside in D.C. for the fall semester, and will engage in substantial supervised externship projects at various agencies, and organizations in D.C. Students will also undertake a substantial written research project. An integral component of the experience will include a seminar on current, and prospective reforms in federal regulation. Instructors. Baxter, and Cox
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1.00 - 5.00 Credits
This course is open to students participating in the Duke Law in DC program. This course will provide an educational focal point for the externs that will enable them to reflect upon their externships experiences, and place them in a larger perspective. It also educates the externs about important legal, and environmental elements that shape, and provide context for the policy making process at the federal level, and to provide externs with tools to evaluate critically important features of the federal policy making process. Instructors: Kaufman, and Schroeder
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2.00 - 5.00 Credits
This course is designed to provide a historical, public policy, and theoretical context for the externs that will enable them to reflect upon their externships experiences, and place them in a larger perspective; to educate the externs about important legal, and environmental elements that shape, and provide context for the policy making process, and to synthesize the students¿ job related experiences, and their in-class educational experiences through the preparation of an end of term paper analyzing their job related experiences in light of perspectives gained through the classroom element, and also through presentation of a case study during the course of the in-class experience. Instructors: Baxter and Cox
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1.00 - 2.00 Credits
This "course plus" is an extension of Law 753, Law and Literature: Race and Gender and must be taken concurrently with that course. Students write a paper that extends the themes of the course, under supervision of the instructor. Instructor: Staff
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3.00 Credits
This seminar will consider international and comparative law issues surrounding the construction and demolition of housing in East Jerusalem. In addition to a weekly class session, students in the seminar will spend their spring break in Israel assessing the legal issues in context. 3 credits. Instructor: M. Bradley
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12.00 Credits
Course used to generate tuition for students enrolled in JD/DESS program
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0.00 Credits
This is only to make the system charge a $100 fee for the students this would apply to.
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2.00 Credits
This course surveys the most common types of alternative dispute resolution processes: negotiation, mediation, arbitration, and court-annexed and governmental-agency ADR -all of which have gained wide-spread use as alternatives to traditional litigation. The survey encompasses three perspectives; the advocate's perspective in choosing the most appropriate ADR process in light of the different advantages and disadvantages of the various processes; the third-party neutral's perspective in facilitating or fashioning a just resolution of the parties' dispute; and the policy maker's perspective in utilizing ADR as a more efficient and cost effective substitute for traditional adjudication. Instructor: McGovern
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2.00 Credits
This course focuses on the fundamental issues in elder law. The topics range from broad ethical issues (representation, capacity) to an examination of specific laws and practices to assist clients in planning for retirement, possible incapacity, and death. Tax rules governing trusts and estates play important roles in such planning; we will draw on relevant tax laws as needed. Specific topics covered include: special needs trusts and other planning tools for incapacity; guardianships; wills and trusts; Medicare and Medicaid; health care decision-making; long-term care; and social security/income support. Trusts and Estates and Health, Law, and Policy are useful (but not required) prerequisites. Instructor: Lukens
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