Public Benefits Law

This course offers two elements: the first section surveys the main sources of law that define welfare programs; the second examines Social Security Disability Law and practice. Welfare law is constantly in the news. Each year, Congress threatens to dismantle the whole system, yet it remains. Whether you are pro or con, this course will challenge your assumptions about welfare law. Social security disability insurance practice is a lucrative and rewarding area of emphasis. This portion of the course uses a lawyer’s practice manual for a text, supplemented by case law. The result is a practical approach to the area which builds on the concepts developed in the previous section.