First Week Reading Assignments

First Readings for Fall 2024

This may not be an exclusive listing of all faculty members’ first assignment and class meeting notices. If you do not see a class that you are in listed below, it may be necessary to check with the faculty member.

Dates for Fall 2024

  •  The form for submitting assignments will be activated on Thursday, August 1, 2024.
    • Assignments will begin to be posted Thursday, August 1, 2024.
  • The form for submitting assignments will be deactivated on Wednesday, September 11, 2024.
    • Assignments will be removed on Wednesday, September 11, 2024.

Constitutional Equality Law (LAWS 660 §001)

Instructor Name(s)

Lane-Steele

Textbook Information

  1. Farber, et al., Cases and Materials on Constitutional Law: Themes for the Constitution’s Third Century (6th Edition)
  2. 2023 Supplement to Cases and Materials on Constitutional Law: Themes for the Constitution’s Third Century

General Assignment Information

For our first class please read:

(1) The following pages from the Farber textbook; and

  • 94 – 98 (Brown v. Board)
  • 99 –101 (notes 1-3)
  • Problem 2-1 (pp. 151– 158)

(2) “Theories of Constitutional Interpretation,” which is on our Blackboard page, under Non-Casebook Readings. It is also attached here.

Download Additional Materials

Theories-of-Constitutional-Interpretation-Excerpt.pdf