309.01 Children and the Law

This seminar is derived from the three-credit Children and the Law course.  Where the latter is a broad survey of the law governing decision making for children and the relationship between parents and the state that arises in that context, this seminar focuses in on the three areas of the law that tend to generate the most cultural and legal controversy: education, religion, and maltreatment.  Students will be required to prepare memoranda throughout the semester on related topics including home schooling, curriculum reform, vaccination law, proxy consents to medical treatment and research, corporal punishment, and the Fourth Amendment’s special needs administrative search exception.  The course can be used to satisfy the upper-level writing requirement.  There are no prerequisites.  However, because the subject matter builds on the foundations of constitutional law, property, and torts, it will be useful to have taken these classes.

Spring 2018

Course Number Course Credits Evaluation Method Instructor
309.01
2
Reflective Writing
Research and/or analytical paper(s), 10-15 pages
Doriane Coleman
Sakai site: https://sakai.duke.edu/portal/site/LAW.309.01.Sp18
Email list: LAW.309.01.Sp18@sakai.duke.edu
Course
Degree Requirements
JD SRWP, option
JD elective
IntlLLM-SJD-EXC elective
Course Requirements - Public Interest
PIPS elective
Course Areas of Practice
Civil Litigation: Practice and Procedure
Constitutional Law and Civil Rights
Family Law