HOUSING DISCRIMINATION

SPRING 2015 COURSE PAGE

 

 

Professor Marc Fajer

Law Library Room G280

mfajer@law.miami.edu

Office Hours:

- Tuesday 10:00-11:45 a.m.

- Wednesday 2:30-4:15 p.m.

& by Appointment

 

 

Assistant: Tina Sutton

Law Library Room G287

305-284-4241

tsutton@law.miami.edu

 

 

 

BASIC COURSE REQUIREMENTS

20% of Grade = Class Participation

So Helpful to Be Present Most of the Time

But No Separate Attendance Requirement

80% of Grade = Take Home Final Exam

(2 Questions with Page Limits)

Available from Registrar Wed 3/4 @ 2:00

Uploaded Answers Due Thurs 3/12 @ 2:00

Review Session Slides

Questions About the Technical Operation of the Exam Software or About Downloading and Uploading the Test Should be Addressed to the Registrar.

No Questions About the Test or Slides Were Submitted.

Good Luck with the Test!!!

 

 

 

 

 

MATERIALS

Syllabus (Complete)

Course Materials Unit I (pages 1-26)

Course Materials Unit II (pages 27-71)

Course Materials Unit III (pages 72-126)

Course Materials Unit IV (Parts A & B) (pages 127-74)

Course Materials Unit IV (Parts C & D) & Unit V (pages 175-211)

Impact Handout #1

Statutory Supplement: Preliminary

Handout (1/26)

Handout (2/16)

 

 

 

.EXAM PREPARATION HEADQUARTERS .

 

Draft Instructions for Final Exam

Sample Statutory Drafting Exam Questions

    Statutory Drafting Exam Questions:  Comments & Best Student Answers

Sample Issue-Spotting Exam Questions

  Issue-Spotting Exam Questions:  Comments & Best Student Answers

Link to Podcast of Fajer Exam-Taking Workshop (11/14)

Link to Power Point Slides from Fajer Exam-Taking Workshop (11/14)

 

Review Memos

Numbers in Parentheses with no Prefix Refer to Pages in Course Materials

Numbers in Parentheses Preceded by R Refer to Pages in the Review Memos

 

REVIEW INFORMATION MEMO #1 (Chapters 1 & 2)

• Discussion Questions 3-5 (26) (Write-Up of Disability Group Discussions and Written Assignments from Prior Classes) (R2-23)
• Review Problem 2A (34-35) (Professor’s Comments & Best Student Answers) (R24-28)
• Review Problem 2B (55-56):  Part of Sample Issue-Spotting Question 3V; Best Answers Available on Course Page
• Review Problem 3C (71): Sample Only: No Models or Write-Ups

 

REVIEW INFORMATION MEMO #2 (Chapter 3)

 

• Information on Discriminatory Intent & Votes by Government Boards or Councils (Supplement to DQs 21-22 (83) & Rev. Problem 3A) (R30-33)
• Write-Up of Group Discussions from 2015 & Prior Classes of Discussion Questions 36 (105) and 42 (124) Related to Differences between Employment & Housing  (R34-39)
• Lawyering Exercise (113-14): (Write-Up of 2015 Group Discussions & Evidence Assignment from Prior Classes) (R39-46)
• Review Problem 3A (124-26): Sample Issue-Spotting Question 3S; My Comments & Best Student Answers Available on Course Page

 

REVIEW INFORMATION MEMO #3 (Chapter 4)

• Information Related to Discussion Question 44 (142) (Online Services and Liability for Roommate Searches Generally) (R48-50)
• Lawyering Exercise #2 (143) (Write-Up of Advertising Assignment from Prior Classes) (R50-56)
• Review Problem 4A (144):  Sample Drafting Question 2G; My Comments & Best Student Answers Available on Course Page
• Review Problem 4B (145-47): Sample Issue-Spotting Question 3P; My Comments & Best Student Answers Available on Course Page
• Disparate Impact Information Including DQs 56 (163) and 59 (170) and Write-Up of Group Discussions from Prior Classes (R57-66)
• Write-Up of Discussion Question 72 (188) on Legislative History (R67-68)