Poverty Law I, Spring Semester 2014

University of St. Thomas Law School, Professors Bogucki and McDonough

Room 235
Week	Monday 4:00-5:20 pm

Classes and Preparation	Monday 5:35-6:55 pm

Classes and Preparation
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Jan. 13	Why Study and Practice Poverty Law and Where to Find it

Professors Bogucki and McDonough

Handout

Our primary statutory materials for the Welfare sessions are from

Minn. Stat. 256J. et. seq.

https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/?id=256J&view=chapter

Skim for today

Housing Law Links

Welfare

Poverty Law Exercises

Complete Combined Application Form in Class

Poverty Law Manual for the New Lawyer

1. Public Benefits Beyond the Usual Suspects

2. Representing the Whole Client

Other Reading

http://povertylaw.homestead.com/Reading1.html

Understanding More about Poverty

Circle of Poverty

Combined Application Form

MFIP and GA Hypothetical
2

Jan. 20	Martin Luther King Holiday

No class

3

Jan. 27	Cancelled

Cancelled

4

Feb. 3	Welfare

Overview of Income Maintenance Programs

Professor Bogucki

Poverty Law Manual for the New Lawyer

1. An Introduction to the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families Program

2. An Introduction to the Old Age Survivors, and Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income	Starting Your Own Firm and Doing Public Interest Work

Emily Cooper

Attorney at Law

Cooper and Reid, LLC

http://cooperandreid.com/

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Feb. 10	Consumer Law

Jeremy Carvell

Staff Attorney, Consumer Unit

Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid

Welfare

MFIP Assets

Professor Bogucki

Minn. Stat. §§ 256J.08, 256J.20

https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/?id=256J&view=chapter
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Feb. 17	Housing

Chronology of Issues in the Landlord-Tenant Relationship

Professor McDonough

Tenants' Rights in Minnesota	Consumer Law

Protection of Minnesota's Most Vulnerable Adults

Sean B	. Burke, Attorney at Law

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Feb. 24	Welfare

MFIP Income

Professor Bogucki

Minn. Stat. §§ 256J.08, 256J.21, 256J.33-256J.42

https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/?id=256J&view=chapter	Welfare

MFIP Application and Hearings and Appeals

Due Process Exercise

Professor Bogucki

Goldberg v. Kelly, 397 U.S. 254 (1970);

Minn. Stat. §§ 256.045 and 256.0451, 13.04;

Poverty Law Manual for the New Lawyer

1. Administrative Hearing Practice and Procedures,

2. Effective Administrative Representation, A Judge's View
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Mar. 3	Elder Law

Genevieve Gaboriault

Supervising Attorney, Seniors Unit

Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid

Slide Show	Welfare

Homeless Shelters

Welfare General Assistance and Other Income Maintenance Programs Issues for Single Adults and Couples without Children

Professor Bogucki

General Assistance Categorical Eligibility Exercises (Handout)

Read the following items on the website for the National Coalition for the Homeless www.nationalhomeless.org

Employment and Homelessness-fact sheet

Domestic Violence and Homelessness-fact sheet

People Need Health Care

Criminalization of Homelessness

Homeless Youth

Homeless Families with Children

Homelessness Among Elderly Persons

5 year Time Limit

Emergency Assistance Programs MFIP Emergency Assistance (MFIP-EA), Emergency General Assistance (EGA), and Minnesota Supplemental Aid Emergency Assistance (MSA-EA)

Professor Bogucki

Minn. Stat. § 256D.46; Minn. Rules 9500.1261
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Mar. 10	Housing Discrimination

Mawerdi Hamid

Staff Attorney. Housing Discrimination Law Project

Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid

Slide Show

Welfare

MFIP Sanctions

Ellen Smart

Staff Attorney, Benefits Unit

Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid

Slide Show

Read the MFIP Sanctions section of the Legal Services MFIP Manual.

Paper #1 Assigned
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Mar. 17	Government Benefits for Immigrants

Laura Melnick

Staff Attorney, Benefits Unit

Southern Regional Minnesota Legal Services

Slide Show

Outline

Paper #1 Due	Housing

Eviction Overview; Service and Precondition Defenses

Professor McDonough

McDonough, Residential Eviction Defense in Minnesota, Chapters I - VI, § D and Form A1

Read Form A1 on the above topics and skim the sections from Residential Eviction Defense in Minnesota
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Mar. 24	Spring Break, No Class
12

Mar. 31	Poverty Law Book Club

Professors Bogucki and McDonough

Fire in the Ashes

Nickel and Dimed	Housing

Eviction Rent

Professor McDonough

McDonough, Residential Eviction Defense in Minnesota, Chapter VI. §§E-G (except public and subsidized housing, and mobile home parks) and Form A1

Read Form A1 on the above topics and skim the sections from Residential Eviction Defense in Minnesota
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Apr. 7	Housing

Eviction Notice and Breach Defenses

Professor McDonough

McDonough, Residential Eviction Defense in Minnesota, Chapter VI. §§F-G (except public and subsidized housing, and mobile home parks) and Form A1

Read Form A1 on the above topics and skim the sections from Residential Eviction Defense in Minnesota	Housing Law

Eviction Relief, Expungement and Security Deposits

Professor McDonough

McDonough, Residential Eviction Defense in Minnesota, Chapter VII-VIII and Form A1 § H

Read Form A1 on the above topics and skim the sections from Residential Eviction Defense in Minnesota

Expungement Slide Show

Residential Eviction Defense in Minnesota,

Chapter VIII, § E.5.

Security Deposits in Minnesota

Paper #2 Assigned
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Apr. 14	Pro Bono Work in Private Practice

Kate DeVries Smith, Attorney at Law

Pauly, DeVries Smith and Deffner L.L.C

http://pdsdlaw.com

Paper #2 due	Feedback and Class Pot Luck Party
15

Apr. 21	Easter Break, No Class
16

Tues

Apr. 22	No Class