THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON
School of Law
Fall Semester 2015
Course, Casebook, and Assignment Listing Classes begin August 31, 2015
9200:637-001 Lee Employment Discrimination
Casebook(s):

Req: Rutherglen & Donohue, Employment Discrimination, 3rd ed., Foundation Press
#9781609300739
Assignment:

For the first week we will cover Chapter 1, pp. 1-50.
9200:684-805 Lee Sem: Social Justice Lawyering
Casebook(s):

Req: Mahoney, et. al, Social Justice: Professionals, Communities and Law, 2nd West
#9780314926982
Req: ***Stevenson, Bryan, Just Mercy (paperback 2013)
Assignment:

Professor Joann Sahl's reading assignment:
**Marie Claire Tran-Leung, When Discretion Means Denial: A National Perspective on Criminal Records Barriers to Federally Subsidized Housing, Shriver Center Report, February 2015, available at:
http://povertylaw.org/sites/default/files/images//publications/WDMD-final.pdf

Professor Lee's assignment:

For the first class meeting on Thursday, 8/27, please read: the Introduction from the Mahoney text, pp. 1-6; and 2) Quigley, "Letter to a Law Student interested in Social Justice", which can be found at https://law.duke.edu/curriculum/pdf/interested_social_justice.pdf
**NOTE:

This class is being co-taught by Professor Lee and Professor Joann Sahl.

***(Starbucks has just decided to feature the Stevenson book, and will donate $3 for every book purchased at a participating Starbucks to the Equal Justice Initiative. This is not an endorsement of Starbucks)