You Will Receive a Copy of an Advertisement That Actually Ran in a Published Magazine

Written Assignment III (Mandatory):

Counseling a Client on an Advertisement

Due: WednhesdayMarch 19(11:00a.m.)

For this assignment, you will be providing advice to a client about a housing advertisement. For this assignment, you will work in assigned teams of three students, listed below. Your submission should be 4-6 double-spaced typed pages long. For general instructions for all assignments, see Information Memo #1. Directions specific to this assignment are provided below.

Because this assignment involves coordination of work over spring break, the coordinators must make initial contact with the other teammates by Tuesday March 4 and, by the beginning of class on Friday, March 7, must arrange some meeting and/or distribution of the workload.

OnFebruary 29, you will receive a copy of an advertisement that actually ran in a magazine. Assume that the client has submitted the ad for review by your law firm prior to publishing it in several South Florida and national magazines. Assume also that the local Fair Housing agency has been actively prosecuting advertising cases. Although your focus should be on counseling the client, assume that you are writing for a partner in the firm and not directly addressing your client. Your submissions can be in the form of annotated lists, outlines, narrative paragraphs, or any combination of these. Your work product will have two separate parts, each of which should be clearly labeled:

(A) What potential liability problems do you see under §3604(c)? Identify any protected characteristics that you think might be the basis for a §3604(c) claim against your client. For each, explain why the advertisement might be a problem, pointing out all specific details that might be relevant.

(B) What suggestions would you make to help decrease the client’s exposure? Identify possible changes to the advertisement the client might make. Explain the purpose of each change. Keep in mind that the client’s goal is to market housing to relatively wealthy buyers who want a lifestyle that is more urban, more sporting, more prestigious, and more private than a typical suburban house.

In grading the submissions I will reward:

(i) clear presentation;

(ii) attention to detail;

(iii) understanding the relevant legal tests;

(iv) awareness of and adherence to the client’s goals; and

(v) creative solutions.

TEAMS FOR ASSIGNMENT III

Name of Coordinator in Bold

Abrams, Erik

Kilgore, Aileen

Rodriguez, Jose

Abramson, Carly

Kligler, David

Rosenbaum, David

Amar, Hari

Kubicz, PJ

Rossknecht, Luke

Aoraha, John

Langton, Sean

Salamone, Kim

Arango-Chaffin, Angela

Lea, Kate

Schwarz, Daniel

Bakalova, Sofya

Leahey, Bobby

Silva, Peter

Blankstein, Dee

Lobel, Sarah

Sullivan, Patrick

Booher, Sam

Occhiogrosso, Gianna

Tamborra, Elizabeth

Branscum, Chris

Ortiz, Mel

Theobald, John

Bricken, Hilary

Parrott, Kim

Thurswell, Lindsey

Brown, David

Peles, Netali

Vesey, Adam

Brumby, Charlie

Phillips, Chris

Weinger, Stacey

Cavalcanto, Todd

Pike, Betsy

Whittler, Erica

Clementi, Chris

Reese, Michael

Zheng, Lily

Coppolecchia, Liz

Haas, Kevin

Mastro, Kyle

Daghbandan, Nema

Hanks, Taylor

Mastrucci, Michael

DeLaRosa, Miguel

Hart, Thom

McSweeney, Jaime

Elizée, Patricia

Isrow, Jordan

Meanley, Brian

Glazer-Esh, Esther

Janowitz, Allison

Nechvatal, Jennifer

Goldblatt, Brett

Johnson, Joline

Nicholson, William

Gonzalez, Louis

Kessler, David

OBrien, Russ