COURSE NUMBER & NAME: 489 Social Welfare/Poverty Law Seminar

 CREDIT HOURS: Two (2). REQUIRED: no ELECTIVE: yes

PREREQUISITES (Required): Satisfactory completion of 1st year.

PREREQUISITES (Advised): NONE.

WHEN OFFERED: Spring semester.

SUBSTANTIVE COVERAGE AND OBJECTIVES OF COURSE:

The course will explore such topics as the rhetoric and reality of welfare reform, approaches to dependency government benefits that come with various "strings" attached, the special considerations associated with redistribution in a federal system, the law's role with respect to family choices made by the poor, and the ways in which the law structures access to such resources as education, housing, and health care.  The design features of existing and proposed policy instruments will be evaluated from a variety of theoretical perspectives. 

RELATION TO BAR EXAM SUBJECTS:

Not a bar subject.