Sample Schedule
Each week your schedule will be different. Following is an example of what a week in the Public Law Program might look like:
Monday 9:30 am
Lecture on Tort Reform and the "Litigation Crisis"
Monday 12:30 pm
Travel with class to the DC office of the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence to discuss gun control
Tuesday 10:30 am
Class visit to prominent DC law firm--Mayer Brown, Rowe & Maw--to discuss litigating a case before the Supreme Court
Tuesday 2:30 pm
Class discussion on civil rights and affirmative action law
Wednesday 9:30 am
Travel to the Federal Election Commission headquarters to meet with Commissioner Bradley Smith on campaign finance reform
Wednesday 5:30pm
Elective on main campus or Research Project*
Thursday
Internship
Friday
Internship
* You may choose an elective class from any AU course offering that fits into your schedule or you may elect to conduct a research project.
Speakers
Recent speakers include:
- Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- Victor Schwartz, Washington, D.C. attorney
- Representative Jo Ann Emerson (R-Mo.)
- Lyle Denniston, veteran Supreme Court legal correspondent
- Julian Bond, Chairman of the NAACP
- Class observation of United States District Court proceedings and meeting with the presiding judge, Royce C. Lamberth
Internships:
- American Bar Association
- US Department of Justice – Law & Policy Section
- Office of Attorney General for DC
- Peoples' Law Resource Center
- US Dept. of Health and Human Services – Office of Inspector General
- Steptoe and Johnson (Law Offices)
- National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
- Migrant Legal Action Program
- Judicial Watch, Inc.
- National Center for Exploited and Missing Children
- DC Law Students in Court
- Environmental Law Institute
- Air Force Office of Special Investigations
- Federal Judicial Center
- Americans United for Separation of Church and State
- Environmental Protection Agency – Criminal Enforcement
- Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
- National Legal Center for the Public Interest
- Administrative Office of the US Courts
- US Supreme Court
The Issues
- The Role of the Federal Government
- Money and Elections
- Interest Groups and Lobbyists
- Elections
- The First Amendment Congress Executive Branch
- The Federal Court System and Due
- Process Sexual Harassment
- Abortion and
- Privacy Affirmative
- Action Separation of Church and
- State in Education Policy
- Freedom of Speech: the Internet and Cinema Obscenity and Pornography
