Duke Law's new D.C. Summer Institute offers short courses taught by Duke Law faculty on topics of broad interest to college students and professionals working in D.C., such as constitutional and regulatory law, the legislative process, and the legal framework in which public policy is formulated and implemented. Courses will be offered during two, two-week sessions (July 8-18 and July 22-August 1, 2013) and will be held at the close of the workday, each evening from Monday to Thursday, at Duke's offices in DC, at 1201 New York Ave., NW, Suite 1110, near Metro Center.
Constitutional, statutory, and regulatory law provide the legal and policy frameworks for the work that many people are engaged in, particularly those who work in Washington, D.C. Duke Law's D.C. Summer Institute on Law and Policy is designed to address the educational interests and needs of students and professionals who seek to better understand and operate within these frameworks. Undergraduate students who are considering a career in law or policy, or young professionals who work in regulatory or policy-making fields will particularly benefit from these targeted courses, as well as anyone interested in how the law shapes policy and regulation in the United States.
Two courses will introduce participants to U.S. constitutional law; the first will analyze the American constitutional structure, and the second will examine select constitutional rights. Others will focus on such timely subjects as health care law and the impact of the Affordable Care Act, environmental law and hydraulic fracturing, national security law and foreign policy, business law and financial regulation, legislation and statutory interpretation, and federal policymaking. The program is open to rising college juniors and seniors, graduate and professional students, lawyers, legislative aides, federal agency employees, nongovernmental analysts, journalists, and others.
