Events

42 U.S.C. § 1983 is the statute that allows citizens to enforce the United States Constitution and certain federal laws when they are violated by state and local actors. But its application is full of thorny issues, including the forms of relief available, state immunity conferred by the 11th Amendment, the currently hotly debated issue of qualified immunity, which federal statutes are enforceable through § 1983, municipal liability, attorneys’ fees questions, ethical concerns, and other issues. This seminar explores all of these issues, including the most recent pronouncements from the United States Supreme Court, and is designed to give the practitioner a detailed and current overview of § 1983 litigation. The six-hour seminar also includes one hour of ethics credit.