© Poverty Law and Lawrence R. McDonough, Brianna Boone, Meghan Scully, and Monica Bogucki (except where other authors are noted)
Permission granted for pro bono representation.
Use for other purposes, including educational purposes, is by written permission only from Lawrence R. McDonough, Brianna Boone, Meghan Scully, or Monica Bogucki (except where other authors are noted).
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Poverty Law is offered at the University of Minnesota School of Law, and formerly at the University of St. Thomas School of Law.
Poverty Law I: Housing and Government Benefits Law
Poverty Law I covers the most common law poverty law issues which face private attorneys doing pro bono work for the poor, government attorneys advising state and local agencies offering poverty programs, and legal services attorneys. Private attorneys doing pro bono work are by far the largest group of attorneys which provide legal services to the poor, so their education gives them a real advantage in understanding the area, as well as encouragement to take on work that is supported by the bar throughout the country. The focus is on landlord-tenant and government benefits law, as well as personalizing life in poverty. The course uses a mixture of teaching techniques to allow for different learning styles of students. This class satisfies the Experiential Learning requirement for students under the Clinic/Simulation category.
Poverty Law II: Public and Subsidized Housing, Due Process in Government Benefits Programs, Domestic Violence, and Homelessness
Poverty Law II moves beyond basic poverty law to cover more specialized areas of poverty law often not covered in any detail in traditional law school courses, including public and subsidized housing, due process in government benefits programs, domestic violence, and homelessness. The course uses a mixture of teaching techniques to allow for different learning styles of students. This class satisfies the Experiential Learning requirement for students under the Clinic/Simulation category.
Lawrence McDonough (he/him/his)
Senior Fellow, National Housing Law Project
Policy Attorney, HOME Line
651-398-8053 (cell phone)
Brianna Boone (she/her/hers)
Assistant Director of Litigation and Advocacy
Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services
651-894-6942
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© Poverty Law and Lawrence R. McDonough, Brianna Boone, Meghan Scully, and Monica Bogucki (except where other authors are noted)
Permission granted for pro bono representation.
Use for other purposes, including educational purposes, is by written permission only from Lawrence R. McDonough, Brianna Boone, Meghan Scully, or Monica Bogucki (except where other authors are noted).
