Class meetings: Thursdays, 2-5 in room 4-231
Click on the individual weeks below to see the overview and the assignments for each class, including the assignment to be completed as preparation before the class. These typically include writing assignments that will be due on the Monday before class, e.g., the September 8 week's link includes an assigment that is due on Monday, September 8. Dates without links do not have their assignments posted yet.
| Week of class | Topic | Preparation |
|---|---|---|
| Sept. 1 | First class: Course overview and introduction; policy making and the structure of law; seminal First Amendment cases; briefing a case. | Pre-semester assignment due Wednesday, September 3 |
| Sept. 11 | The Internet meets the US Constitution: Reno v. ACLU. | Writing assignment due Monday, September 8 |
| Sept. 18 | Foundations of Fourth Amendment law | Writing assignment due Monday, September 15 |
| Sept. 25 | Fourth Amendment law, continued: Stored data and datamining. | Writing assignment due Monday, September 22 |
| Oct. 2 | Moot court on transactional records | Prepare to play your role in the Court proceedings. |
| Oct. 9 | Privacy policy and privacy technology. | Paper proposal due on Oct. 6. Look here for more info. |
| Oct. 16 | Information transparency and accountability | Do research on the plan for your paper, due Oct. 20 |
| Oct. 23 | Midterm.
To prepare, read the essay and study. | Detailed paper plan due on Oct. 20. Look here for more info. |
| Oct. 30 | Congressional hearing. | Prepare for your role in the hearing. |
| Nov. 6 | Basics of copyright law | Paper extended abstract plan due on Nov. 3. Look
here for more info. Short oral presentation in class. |
| Nov. 13 | Paper appointments (change of plan) | No assigment |
| Nov. 20 | Roots of Broadcast Regulation in the US | Find a news article on the FCC. Work on your paper. |
| Nov. 27 | Thanksgiving vacation | Paper complete draft due on Nov. 24. No extensions. Look here for more info. |
| Wrapping up | Short reading assignment for today | |
| Final papers due December 10. | ||