Course Links

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Links to our Course PPT Slides

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Plain English for Lawyers

 

Case Law

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• Dep't of Justice v. Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, 489 U.S. 749 (1989)

• Overview & Truitt v. Dep't of State

• Overview & Department of Defense v. FLRA

• ACLU v. Dep't of Defense

 

FOIA Request Resources

 

• Overview & Assignment

• Rubric

• FOI request tracking spreadsheet

• shared file for responsive records

• The DOJ's Guide to FOIA

• Access to Government Information In the United States: A Primer

• Environmental Information: FOIA Overview & Tips (Skim)

• The EPA Has Backed Off Enforcement Under Trump, The Conversation, July 9, 2019

• A Sheep in the Closet: The Erosion of Enforcement at the EPA,  

• Krista Yee, A Period of Consequences: Global Warming Legislation, Cooperative Federalism, and the Fight between the EPA and the State of California, 32 Environs: Envtl. L. & Pol'y J. 183 (2008)

• Radiolab Podcast: Neither Confirm nor Deny (June 4, 2019)

 

FOIA Litigation Project Materials

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• "Proper FOIA Requests" overview in DOJ Guide

• Reasonably Described Records in FOIA Wiki

• Our shared spreadsheet of primary and secondary authorities

• Our Case File

• Preparing to Negotiate with the FOIA Officer

• Judge Stephen J. Dwyer, et al., How to Write, Edit, and Review Persuasive Briefs (2008)

• Sample Memorandum of Law

• Defendant's Memorandum of Law in support of their motion for summary judgment

• MEMO INSTRUCTIONS AND RUBRIC