Civil Rights Enforcement Clinic – 7117

Fall 2014
* Multi-semester course
Ana Voss
Bahram Samie ’09
Gregory Brooker ’85

The Civil Rights Enforcement Clinic offers 2L and 3L students the opportunity to enforce the civil rights laws of the United States by assisting in the investigation and litigation of cases in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota in Minneapolis.

Classroom instruction will focus on the Civil Rights Act, the Fair Housing Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Equal Educational Opportunities Act, the Uniformed Service Members Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, and the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr., Hate Crimes Prevention Act, along with segments on statutory interpretation and federal investigation techniques and procedure. Following the initial class instruction, students will be assigned pending federal civil rights investigations and cases. They will work closely with Assistant U.S. Attorneys, investigators, and paralegals on investigation tactics, evidence gathering, pleading drafting, deposition preparation, document review, legal research, litigation strategy, and settlement negotiations in each of the pending matters to which they are assigned.

In order to work on pending cases and investigations at a U.S. attorney’s office, all students must receive a federal security clearance by undergoing a security clearance check by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) required of all Assistant U.S Attorneys and non-legal staff working at and volunteering for the U.S. Department of Justice. Students MUST BE a United States citizen to be eligible for this clinic; dual citizenship or residence outside of the U.S. for a significant period of time may complicate the security clearance process. Students will be registered for this clinic once they have received security clearance.

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Fall 2021

Gregory Brooker ’85
Bahram Samie ’09
Ana Voss