Building Urban Communities
- Class number: 12997
- Term: Spring 2013
- Instructor: McGrath,Barbara S.
Offers students the opportunity to represent nonprofit groups engaged in innovative housing, education and community development projects in Hartford and Waterbury. Students work under the supervision of faculty/attorneys at the Connecticut Urban Legal Initiative ('CULI'), located on the Law School campus. The course involves a weekly two hour seminar, regular conferences with CULI attorneys and direct work with clients. Seminars involve theoretical and practical application of various state and federal statutes to actual client matters, off-campus client meetings and guest lecturers. CULI seeks to instill and understanding of urban development dynamics and transactional lawyering skills- equally valuable for students who expect to serve both nonprofit and for profit clients. The semester culminates in a substantial paper describing the student's project, results gained for clients and applicable law. Typical CULI projects have involved (i) organizing nonprofit corporations and filing their applications for recognition under IRS 501(c)(3); (ii) renovating a block of 19th century buildings in south Hartford, and (iii) serving as counsel to a community group in crisis, providing a wide range of advice on contract, real estate, corporate structure and other legal issues.
Course Schedule
- Date: Wednesday 1:30-3:30PM
- Location: KT 201
Course Information
- Catalog number-Section number: 7898-01
- Course Type: Practicum
- Prerequisites: None
- Credits (min/max): 3/3
- Notes: This course is actually 4 credits. It has been temporarily set at 3 credits to allow for registration during the student's first enrollment appointment.
- Subjects:
- Course mailing list
Enrollment
- Enrollment status: Open
- Current enrollment/capacity: 4/10
- Reserve population/capacity: 0/0
- Waitlist enrollment/capacity: 0/50
Grading
- Grade basis: Pass/Fail
- Satisifies Writing Requirement: No
- Exam type: NO EXAM
