Week 1
The Authority and the Culture of the Role of the Attorney General
Syllabus: The Role of the State Attorney General
This first chapter explores the both the legal authority and the culture that pervades offices of Attorneys General. The first assignment is to watch “AG 101 Video” that verbally explains the entire scope what is attorneys general do and how their offices are organized.
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- Walter Mondale, The Good Fight (2010) (Chapter 1, Edited)
- Attorney General Ellison asks court to remove trustees of Otto Bremer Trust, Statement, August 12, 2020 (Supplemental Reading)
- Judge orders three trustees of Otto Bremer Trust back to school, but does not remove them, Twin Cities Pioneer Press, November 16, 2020 (Supplemental Reading)
- Wilson, Paul E., A Time to Lose, Representing Kansas in Brown v. Board
- State v. Lead Industries Ass'n: 951 A.2d 428 2008-07-01
- Memorandum of Former members of the New Hampshire Attorney General Office on HB 89, Docket No. 2011-0319, May 23, 2011
- State of the Statehouse: Zoeller leaves attorney general role with legacy in public health By Maureen Hayden | CNHI State Reporter | INDIANAPOLIS Dec 25, 2016
- Richard P. Ieyoub: Theodore Esienberg, State Attorney General Actions, the Tobacco Litigation, and the Doctrine of ParensPatrie, 74 Tul. L. Rev. 1859 (2000)
- Shevin, ex. rel.Florida v. Exxon Corp.: 526 F.2d 266 1976-01-22