PA 5122 is also offered in Spring 2023
PA 5122 is also offered in Spring 2022
Spring 2020 | PA 5122 Section 001: Law and Public Affairs (65449)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
UMTC, West Bank
Hubert H Humphrey Center 25
- Enrollment Status:
Open (16 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Overview of evolution of American legal system. Role of courts, legislatures, and political actors in changing law. How law is used to change public policy. prereq: Grad or instr consent
- Class Notes:
- Devin Driscoll spent nearly a decade working for progressive candidates and issues. A veteran of both Obama campaigns, Devin served as Rhode Island state director for the 2012 reelect. He later managed a governor's race and was senior advisor to Congressman David Cicilline's campaign. Devin spent the bulk of 2013 working on marriage-equality campaigns across the country, first as communications director for Rhode Islanders United for Marriage, and then as northeast regional director of President Obama's nonprofit, Organizing for Action. After trading in the campaign trail for law school, Devin was elected editor-in-chief of Minnesota Law Review. He also served as president of both the Asylum Law Project, a student-led immigration service project, and the law-student chapter of the Federal Bar Association. He has been a judicial law clerk for Justice David L. Lillehaug of the Minnesota Supreme Court and Chief Judge John R. Tunheim of the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota. Devin holds a bachelor's degree from Providence College, a Master of Public Policy degree from the Humphrey School, and a Juris Doctor from the University of Minnesota Law School. He lives in Saint Paul with his wife, Katie, and son, Jack. http://classinfo.umn.edu/?drisc118+PA5122+Spring2020
- Class Description:
- Overview of evolution of American legal system. Role of courts, legislatures, and political actors in changing law. How law is used to change public policy.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65449/1203
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 5 November 2019
ClassInfo Links - Spring 2020 Public Affairs Classes Taught by Devin Driscoll