Stephen J. Schnably
Professor of Law

 

• Courses
  • Fall 2023
    • U.S. Constitutional Law I(T)
    • Property (B)
  • Spring 2024
    • The Criminalization of Homelessness: Causes, Policy, and Practical Lawyering
• Supervising Papers
• Contact Information, Faculty Assistant & Office Hours

U.S. Constitutional Law I (Law 017T) (Fall 2023)
Course Description:	An introduction to constitutional interpretation and to the structural provisions of the constitution.
Semester:	Fall 2023
Credits:	4
Meeting Times:	Tuesday and Thursday at 3:30-5:20 pm
Meeting Room:	F108
Syllabus and Course Requirements:	Course Web Page

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Property (B) (Law 014B) (Fall 2023)
Course Description:	The course is an introduction to the basic concepts of property law, focusing on the role of possession in allocating the various rights and responsibilities connected with real property. It deals with a variety of specifc topics, including possession and ownership of land, adverse possession, the sale of land, trespass, concurrent interests, landlord and tenant, and eminent domain. It aims to give students skills in legal analysis and argumentation; an introduction to statutory analysis; and an understanding of the relationship between law and social policy.
Semester:	Fall 2023
Credits:	4
Meeting Times:	Tuesday, Thursday, Friday at 11:00 am - 12:20 pm.
Meeting Room:	TBA
Syllabus and Course Requirements:	Course Web Page

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The Criminalization of Homelessness: Causes, Policy, and Practical Lawyering (Spring 2023)
Course Description:	This seminar will explore the criminalization of homelessness—policies in which local governments use systematic arrests of homeless people for relatively minor misdemeanors to drive them out of core urban areas. The seminar will have three major aims. The first is to examine the large-scale economic and social trends in inequality that contribute to homelessness, and the range of policy responses aimed at preventing or alleviating it. The second is to explore the contributions that civil rights litigation can make to supporting constructive policy responses, as well as the limits of litigation as an agent of social change. The third is to gain a practical lawyering sense of how social impact litigation is conducted. For this we will use case studies, including legal challenges to food sharing bans and encampment sweeps, and negotiation and enforcement of consent decrees governing arrests of homeless individuals and protection of their property in Miami and elsewhere. Paper topics will be chosen by the students, but must be approved by the instructor.
Semester:	Spring 2024
Credits:	2 (seminar)
Pass/Fail Option:	No
Meeting Times:	TBA
Meeting Room:	TBA
Syllabus and Course Requirements:

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