Haven't done it for a few years, but here is link to my syllabus. Basically, I do a fast survey of issues in the first few weeks, help students pick topics, then have students do 2 presentations -- a presentation of their paper with a power point in the last weeks and a topical "presentation" based mostly on the book plus updating with news articles on the topic -- nationally and internationally.
http://iipsj.com/SDJ/LnR/index.htm -- Prof. Steven D. Jamar vox: 202-806-8017 Director of International Programs, Institute for Intellectual Property and Social Justice http://iipsj.org Howard University School of Law fax: 202-806-8567 http://iipsj.com/SDJ/ A word is dead When it is said, Some say. I say it just Begins to live That day. Emily Dickinson 1872 On Jan 28, 2013, at 10:19 AM, Christopher Lund <l...@wayne.edu> wrote: > In the fall, I’ll be teaching a seminar on the First Amendment’s Religion > Clauses. I’ve taught the general subject matter as a class before, but never > as a seminar. I was hoping to get a peek at what other folks do with their > church-and-state seminars. And so I would be most appreciative for any > syllabi that list-members could send me. Off-list responses probably make > the most sense. > > (And if you’re wondering about the differences between a seminar and a class, > I don’t have an airtight distinction. My gut is that classes tend to involve > casebooks, meet more often, and have an exam at the end, while seminars tend > to involve reading that is more academic in nature, meet once a week, and > have written papers at the end. But I’ve never been entirely clear about > this.) > > Thanks in advance both to the folks who respond and to everyone else for > putting up with my request. > > Best, > Chris > > ___________________________ > Christopher C. Lund > Assistant Professor of Law > Wayne State University Law School > 471 West Palmer St. > Detroit, MI 48202 > l...@wayne.edu > (313) 577-4046 (phone) > (313) 577-9016 (fax) > Website—http://law.wayne.edu/profile/christopher.lund/ > Papers—http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=363402 > > > _______________________________________________ > To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see > http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw > > Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as > private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; > people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) > forward the messages to others.
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