Litigation and Public Policy Short Course

1 credits · Law School

In this course we will discuss issues involved in litigating challenges to government policies, mostly using case examples from the instructor's time in the San Francisco City Attorney's Office and on the bench in the Northern District of California. Topics will include injunctive relief (including nationwide injunctions); the interaction between litigation and the legislative/rulemaking process; who can (and who should) sue on public policy questions; how to navigate the fuzzy dividing line between lawyer and policymaker when giving legal advice to elected officials; and the overall role of the courts in addressing significant public policy concerns. Enrollment limited. Pass/Fail. [1]