In order to receive disability-related academic accommodations students must first register with the Center for Student Disability Services. Students who have a documented disability or suspect they may have a disability are invited to set up an appointment with the Office of Student Disability Services. If you have already registered with the Center for Student Disability Services please provide your professor with the course accommodation form and discuss your specific accommodation with him/her.
The faculty and administration support an environment free from cheating and plagiarism. Each student is responsible for being aware of what constitutes cheating and plagiarism and for avoiding both, with consequences to be determined by the professor and College/CUNY rules.
Required judicial decisions, one per unit, and other hyperlinked primary legal sources (see Syllabus, below), are easily accessed via the internet. Reading should be the “Opinion of the Court” or plurality decision as described in class (concurrences and dissents optional reading). Instruction in finding these documents will be given great attention during the early weeks of the course.
The following recommended texts may be helpful, but are not required (Prior editions of these books will be adequate but specific material may be outdated):
American Public Education Law Primer by 
(1) Active, informed participation and close reading of one case per unit from any of those listed on the syllabus (+ or – final exam grade; 3-absence limit without penalty) This includes regular questions and other contributions to class discussion.
(2) Final exam
