SECTION 1983 LITIGATION SUBSCRIPTION SERIES

About the Subscription
Karen Blum, Associate Dean and Professor of Law at Suffolk University Law School is the author of this subscription series which contains two outlines—Government Liability and Qualified Immunity. While Professor Blum does not intend her summaries to replace traditional treatises in the area of Section 1983 Litigation, they will keep you apprised of the latest case law developments in some of the most litigated issues under Section 1983. In this rapidly evolving area of the law, with complex questions creating Circuit splits and variations, it is critical for both plaintiffs' and defendants' attorneys to be as current as possible on the law in their own Circuits.

Overview of Section 1983 Litigation (Currently over 1,000 pages) includes:

• Basic Principles of Section 1983 Litigation
• Issues Surrounding Heck v. Humphrey and Wallace v. Kato
• Individual vs. Official Capacity Suits
• Supervisory Liability after Ashcroft v. Iqbal
• Theories of Municipal Liability
• Official Policies and Customs
• Failure to Train, Supervise, Disciplineand Single-Incident Liability after Connick v. Thompson
• Attribution of Decisions or Acts of Final Policymakers
• Post-DeShaney DevelopmentsincludingState-Created Danger Cases
• Procedural Due Process Claims ; Post-Zinermon Cases; Post-Sandin Cases

Qualified Immunity Outline (currently over 1400 pages) includes

• Latest Cases on Absolute Immunity
• Private Actors and Qualified Immunity
• Basic Principles of Qualified Immunity
• Post-Pearson Developments
• Pleading Requirements After Iqbal
• Applicability of Iqbal to Affirmative Defenses
• State-of-Mind and Qualified Immunity
• Discovery Problems
• What Law Controls the Clearly Established Law Inquiry?
• Defining the Contours of the Right
• Role of the Judge and Role of the Jury in Disposition of Qualified Immunity
• Qualified Immunity and Fourth Amendment Claims
• Availability, Timing, and Frequency of Interlocutory Appeals

ABOUT KAREN BLUM
Karen Blum has been teaching at Suffolk University Law School since 1974. She teaches in the areas of Civil Procedure, Federal Courts, Civil Rights and Police Misconduct Litigation. She received her J.D. from Suffolk Law and an LL. M. from Harvard. Professor Blum is a regular faculty participant in § 1983 Civil Rights Programs and Institutes around the country. In addition, she serves as a faculty member for workshops sponsored by the Federal Judicial Center for Federal Judges and Federal Magistrate Judges. She is co-author, with Michael Avery and David Rudovsky, of the treatise Police Misconduct: Law and Litigation (West 2011-2012).

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The subscription is sent electronically in PDF files every three months (four times a year). To order using a credit card, please click here ; if you would like to send a check, please send it to the address below, check payable to Suffolk University.

Peniey McClary
Advanced Legal Studies
Suffolk University Law School
120 Tremont Street, Suite 120, Boston, MA 02108-4977
617.305.1655 | pmcclary@suffolk.edu | www.law.suffolk.edu/als