First Week Reading Assignments

First Readings for Spring 2025

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 Spring 2025

  •  The form for submitting assignments will be activated on Monday, December 9, 2024.
    • Assignments will begin to be posted Monday, December 9, 2024.
  • The form for submitting assignments will be deactivated on Monday, February 3, 2025.
    • Assignments will be removed on Monday, February 3, 2025.

CHAMPS Clinic (LAWS 741 §001)

Instructor Name(s)

Suski, Emily

Textbook Information

Deborah Epstein, et al., The Clinic Seminar (West, 2014)

The book is available for purchase at the bookstore and is also available in the library

General Assignment Information

Assignment for Orientation on January 10, 2025 and the First Class on January 14, 2025:

For Orientation on 1/10/25: 
Read: * CHAMPS Clinic Manual (on TWEN) (for Introduction to Clinic)

* Epstein et al., The Clinic Seminar, pp. 3-11 (for Introduction toClinic); 70-90 and 413-426 (for Introduction to Lawyer-Client Relationship); 749-755 (for Boundaries).

* Binder et al., pp. 4-8 (#2 A-E) (on TWEN) (for Introduction to Lawyer-Client Relationship); 80-92, 98-110, 169-170, 273-284 (for Introduction to Interviewing)

* Lawton & Sandel, Investing in Legal Prevention (on TWEN) (forIntroduction to MLPs)
*Villarosa, Why Black Mothers & Babies Are In a Life-or-Death Crisis, (on TWEN) (for Introduction to MLPs)

* S.C. Bar Rules of Professional ConductRules 1.1, 1.3, 1.4, 1.6-1.10

Assignment:
i. Complete the student schedule form (on TWEN) and email it to me by orientation or bring it with you to orientation. When doing so, please insert all your time commitments (class, student organization meetings, jobs, etc.). I will treat any open times as times available for your supervision meeting.

ii. Complete the student conflicts form (on TWEN). Note any updated information, and if none, note that. Email me the completed form by orientation or bring it with you to orientation.

iii. Complete the ethics modules in the Spring 2024 Clinic Orientation Course on Blackboard by Tuesday, 1/9, at 9 am an email me when you have completed the modules.

iv. Complete the Collaboration Spectrum Sheet in the text (pp. 427-434) and review it with your partner prior to your first supervision meeting. Together develop concrete strategies for addressing any differences you discover. Bring the results of the Collaboration Spectrum Sheet and your concrete ideas for addressing differences to your first supervision meeting and be prepared to discuss them.

For Class on 1/14/25:

Read: 

* 20 C.F.R §§ 416.202, 416.906, 416.904, 416.924a of SSI Regs (“Selected SSI Regulations” on TWEN)

* Holden, Children’s SSI Disability Benefits (on TWEN)

* Clearinghouse Review, How to Make Fair Hearings More Fair (on

TWEN)

*Jason DeParle, The Coronavirus Generation (on TWEN)

 

Syllabus

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