This course uses actual cases, from the instructor's own files, to teach the various non-trial aspects of public interest litigation. No research is required or permitted: students are given the necessary documents and they are provided the relevant authorities to do the assignment. There is one problem for each of the twelve weeks, and each student will be given two of these assignments during the semester. A majority of the problems involve the writing of a brief, and each student will have one such assignment. The other assignments include the writing of a complaint (and some additional papers), the settlement of a case, and an oral argument (there is only one argument and no one will be required to do it). In addition, each student will be assigned to write a memo analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of the work of the student with the main assignment for four classes. Although the focus of the course is on public interest litigation, students who are interested in litigation generally should also find the course useful.