Harrison Institute for Public Law Georgetown Law Syllabus for the Public Policy Clinic: 2016-2017 August 16, 2016 v1 – Canvas Academic Home Page – Books Required books Eugene Bardach, A Practical Guide for Policy Analysis. 4th ed., CQ Press, 2011. Available at: Tom Goldstein and Jethro K. Lieberman, The Lawyer’s Guide to Writing Well. 2nd ed., University of California Press, 2002. Available at: Recommended books Paul Brest and Linda Hamilton Krieger, Problem Solving, Decision Making, and Professional Judgment A Guide for Lawyers and Policymakers. Oxford University – Press, 2010 Available at: Veda Charrow, Myra Erhardt and Robert Charrow, Clear and Effective Legal Writing. 4th ed., Wolters Kluwer, 2007. Max Atkinson, Lend Me Your Ears. Random House UK, 2004. Robin Williams, The Non-Designer’s Design Book Design and Typographic Principles – for the Visual Novice. Peachpit Press, 1994. Fall Seminars Orientation August 25-26 – Role of policy lawyer Role definitions, a summary of sociological concepts. Chai Feldblum The Art of Legislative Lawyering. Read parts I and II. – Clinic operations The policy clinic’s program design. The Law Center’s policy on confidentiality. Student schedule form. Strategy and project planning Richard Neumann, On Strategy, part I (law review article, excerpts). In particular, consider his observations on page 3 that a superior strategist identifies a decisive event and then maps backwards a sequence of activities that will achieve the desired outcome. Feel free to read just the text rather than the extensive footnotes unless you are interested in illustrations from the history of baseball or civil rights litigation.
Harrison Institute for Public Law Georgetown Law Syllabus for the Public Policy Clinic: 2016-2017 August 16, 2016 – v1 Canvas – Academic Home Page Books Required books Eugene Bardach, A Practical Guide for Policy Analysis. 4th ed., CQ Press, 2011. Available at: Tom Goldstein and Jethro K. Lieberman, The Lawyer’s Guide to Writing Well. 2nd ed., University of California Press, 2002. Available at: Recommended books Paul Brest and Linda Hamilton Krieger, Problem Solving, Decision Making, and Professional Judgment – A Guide for Lawyers and Policymakers. Oxford University Press, 2010 Available at: Veda Charrow, Myra Erhardt and Robert Charrow, Clear and Effective Legal Writing. 4th ed., Wolters Kluwer, 2007. Max Atkinson, Lend Me Your Ears. Random House UK, 2004. Robin Williams, The Non-Designer’s Design Book – Design and Typographic Principles for the Visual Novice. Peachpit Press, 1994. Fall Seminars Orientation – August 25-26 Role of policy lawyer Role definitions, a summary of sociological concepts. Chai Feldblum – The Art of Legislative Lawyering. Read parts I and II. Clinic operations The policy clinic’s program design. The Law Center’s policy on confidentiality. Student schedule form. Strategy and project planning Richard Neumann, On Strategy, part I (law review article, excerpts). In particular, consider his observations on page 3 that a superior strategist identifies a decisive event and then maps backwards a sequence of activities that will achieve the desired outcome. Feel free to read just the text rather than the extensive footnotes unless you are interested in illustrations from the history of baseball or civil rights litigation.
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