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    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

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