Poverty Law II, Spring Semester 2009

University of St. Thomas Law School

Professors Bogucki and McDonough

Week

 Monday 4:00-5:20 pm

Classes and Preparation

Monday 5:35-6:55 pm

Classes and Preparation

1

January 12


Overview of the Class:

Professors Bogucki and McDonough

January 12


Juvenile Law Introduction: Overview of Options for Youth

PowerPoint slides provided the day of class

Professor Bogucki

What I Wish I’d Learned in Law School Pp.3-10

2

January 19


Martin Luther King Holiday

January 19


Martin Luther King Holiday

3

January 26


Housing: Chronology of Issues in the Landlord-Tenant Relationship

Professor McDonough

Tenants’ Rights in Minnesota

January 26


Juvenile Law: Mandatory Reporting

Professor Bogucki Minn. Stat. 626.556 et seq.

Powerpoint slides and group exercises provided the day of class

What I Wish I’d Learned in Law School Pp.13-60


4

February 2


Juvenile Law: Bases for Chips, Private Chips, 72 Hour Holds, Types of Abuse and Neglect

Professor Bogucki

Minn. Stat. 260C.et. Seq.,

 Please Focus on Minn. Stat. 260C.007, Subd 6

PowerPoint slides, group exercises provided the day of class

Chips petition posted on web page

What I Wish I’d Learned in Law School Pp. 69-90

February 2


Poverty Law Book Club

Professor Bogucki

Economic Justice for All

Pastoral Letter on Catholic Social Teaching and the

U.S. Economy

Please come with at least three discussion questions and your favorite passage.


5

February 9


Migrant Workers Law

Patricia Perez-Jenkins and Ana Maria Gomez Gomez, Attorneys at Law, Migrant Legal Services


February 9


Housing Law: Public and Subsidized Housing Evictions

Professor McDonough

McDonough, Residential Unlawful Detainer Defense,

I.G;

VI.D.11, E.1.h, E.10.d, E.12, F.4, F.10, G.4.a., G.10, G.16.d-e;

Answer Form A3-8.


6

February 16


Government Benefits for Immigrants

Guest Speaker: Laura Melnick, Staff Attorney, Southern Regional Minnesota Legal Services


February 16


Indian Child Welfare Laws

Katalina Jiménez, Staff Attorney, Youth Law Project

Legal Aid Society of Minneapolis

7

February 23


Juvenile Law: Role of the Professionals: Judge, Lawyers, Guardian Ad Litem, Child Protection Workers, and Professional Responsibility Issues in Representing Children

Professor Bogucki


February 23


Juvenile Law: Bases for Chips, Private Chips, 72 Hour Holds, Types of Abuse and Neglect continued

Professor Bogucki

Minn. Stat. 260C Et. Seq.

What I Wish I’d Learned in Law School Pp. 97-145


8

March 2


Juvenile Law: Chips, Dispositions, Case Plans, Permanency Planning, and Financial Implications of Permanency Planning

Professor Bogucki



March 2


Juvenile Law: Order for Protection, Delegation of Parental Authority, and Other Options for Youth

Professor Bogucki

Minn. Stat. 518B Et. Seq.

Minn. Stat. Ch. 524.5-211


9

March 9


Wrongful Adoption

Professor Bogucki

Cases to Be Assigned


March 9


Pro Bono Work in Private Practice

Kate DeVries Smith, Attorney at Law

Pauly, DeVries Smith and Deffner L.L.C

http://pdsdlaw.com


Research Paper # 1 Handed Out


10

March 16


Managing Stress: Poverty Law Book Club

Professor Bogucki

The Truth About Burnout


Research Paper # 1 Due


March 16


Housing Law: Criminal Activity Claims in Private and Subsidized Housing

Professor McDonough

McDonough, "Wait a Minute: Slowing Down Minnesota Criminal Activity Eviction Cases to Find the Truth," (National Edition)

and Answer Forms A3-8.


11

March 23


No Class- Spring Break


March 23


No Class- Spring Break


12

March 30


Consumer Law:

Predatory Lending and Home Ownership Scams

Mark Ireland

Attorney at Law

Foreclosure Relief Law Project

http://hppinc.org/


March 30


Development of Services for Persons

With Developmental Disabilities

Luther Granquist, Attorney at Law, and

Anita Schermer, Advocate


Research Paper # 2 Handed Out


13

April 6


Tax Issues for Low Income Persons

Christina Cook, Attorney at Law, Legal Aid Society of Minneapolis, Inc.


Research Paper # 2 Due


April 6


Juvenile Law: Poverty Law Book Club

Professor Bogucki

Keith Richards, Tender Mercies: Inside the World of a Child Abuse Investigator


14

April 13


No Class-Easter Break


April 13


No Class-Easter Break


14

April 20


Special Education Law

Amy Goetz, Attorney at Law, School Law Center

http://schoollawcenter.com/about.html


April 20


Last Class

Class Party

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