Fall 2010

Class meetings: Mondays, 7-10PM in room 32-124

Course Calendar

Class	Topic	Preparation
Sept. 13	First class: Course overview and introduction; policy making and the structure of law; seminal First Amendment cases; briefing a case.	Writing assignment due Thursday, September 9
Sept. 20	The Internet meets the US Constitution: Reno v. ACLU.	Writing assignment due Thursday, September 16
Sept. 27	Foundations of Fourth Amendment law	Writing assignment due Thursday, September 23
	September 30: Term paper proposal due. See schedule of milestones here When you submit your proposal, sign up here for an individual meeting to discuss your paper.
Oct. 4	Fourth Amendment law, continued: Stored data and datamining.	Writing assignment, due Thursday, September 30, (term paper proposal)
Oct. 11	Individual meetings on papers (sign up here).	Writing assignment, due Thursday, October 14, (term paper detailed plan)
	October 14: Detailed plan for paper due. See schedule of milestones here
Moot court	Detailed paper plan is due on Oct. 14. You will also need to prepare for your individual role in the October 18 moot court.
Oct. 25	Midterm in class
	October 28: Extended abstract for paper due. See schedule of milestones here
Nov. 1	Privacy and information accountability	There are readings to prepare for class.
Nov. 8	Mock Congressional hearing on the Best Practices Act	No writing assignment for this class, but you need to read up on the bill and the hearings this summer, and you need to prepare your role. Click here for assignment
Nov. 15	Basics of copyright law	There is no writing assignment, but there is a lot of reading to do.
Nov. 22	Copyright and the internet	Reading assignment. Paper due on Nov. 24
	November 24: Complete draft of paper due today. See schedule of milestones here THERE WILL BE NO EXTENSIONS
Nov. 29	Global Internet Censorship
Dec. 6	Congressional hearing on the FTC Consumer Privacy report	Read (skim) the FTC report to prepare for your role.
	Final papers due December 10.