First assignments

Professor J. Kirkwood

As background for the introductory lecture, read pages 1-15.

Professor J. Kirkwood

As background for the first two classes, read pages 3-12, 25-37 and Appendix B.

Professor Park

For our first class, please read the syllabus (posted on Canvas) and pages 1 - 14 of Berger, Mitchell, Clark; Pretrial Advocacy: Planning, Analysis, and Strategy (Sixth Ed.). I look forward to meeting you.

Professor Siegel

Welcome back! The canvas site and a full syllabus will be up soon.

• For Tuesday, please read pp.682-711.
• For Thursday, please read pp. 711-724, 728-731. (Note: The material in this reading and, even more so in our discussion, involve extraordinary acts of cruelty, violence, and systemic oppression.)

Professors Rouse and Samuel

Read the following pages from the assigned textbook:

• 3-9 (Section A)
• 23-24 (Section B.2)

Professor Hayes

Watch the first half of the following documentary: The Internet’s Own Boy: the Story of Aaron Swartz (2014).

Please note film addresses suicide and other difficult material.

Professor Oppenheim

• Read pages 3-5 of the textbook.
• Also read this report: How Americans View Their Jobs

Professor Soskins

January 8

• Read: bottom of page 4 to the top of 24, 285-286
• Skim: the rest of chapter 1

January 10

• Read: 35-37, 48-52, 70-81, 695-698
• Skim: the rest of chapters 2, 4, 11

Professor Kayam

Reading before First Class:

• Abernethy, Amy et al. “The Promise of Digital Health: Then, Now, and the Future.” NAM perspectives vol. 2022 10.31478/202206e. 27 Jun. 2022, doi:10.31478/202206e.
• The Office of Civil Rights' summaries of the HIPAA Privacy Rule, Security Rule, and the role of Business Associates.
• Letter from Congress on Project Nightingale and Google's response.