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Leadership and Public Policy - Policy |
LPPP 5540 | Applied Policy Clinics |
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| Advocacy and Lobbying Clinic |
Spring 2020 16464 | 001 | WKS (2 Units) | Closed | 11 / 10 | Brooke Lehmann | Fr 2:00pm - 4:30pm | The Rotunda Room 150 |
| Working along side the instructor, this course provides a hands-on opportunity for students to work on federal legislation in real time. Through the use of the instructors clients, students will have the chance to help craft legislative strategies, develop the tools required for successful federal advocacy and learn how our law making process actually works in today's political environment. Previous clinics have enabled students to have direct communication with Members of Congress as well as their staff, and in some cases, travel to D.C. for Hill related events. |
| Fiscal Policy Clinic |
Spring 2020 16465 | 002 | WKS (2 Units) | Open | 8 / 10 | Galen Fountain | Fr 2:00pm - 4:30pm | The Rotunda Room 152 |
| This clinic will examine procedures and policies in connection with federal budget and appropriations and will allow students first-hand experience in how spending decisions are made and the implications they hold for public policy. In addition to core materials on these subjects, students will also work, in real time, with federal Executive Department budget offices and Congressional Appropriations Committees. |
| Public Interest Data Lab |
Spring 2020 16466 | 003 | WKS (2 Units) | Permission | 12 / 10 | Michele Claibourn | Mo 3:30pm - 6:00pm | The Rotunda Room 150 |
| Our spring 2020 client is the Charlottesville Department of Social Services, completing work on racial disproportionality and disparity in child welfare. |
| Saving Lives with Data 2: Children |
| The Role of Predictive Analytics |
Spring 2020 19606 | 004 | WKS (2 Units) | Open | 8 / 10 | David Leblang+1 | Fr 2:00pm - 4:30pm | Rouss Hall 403 |
| Executing an effective response to a humanitarian crisis requires that humanitarian responders have the necessary personnel, finances, and equipment. A critical component of readiness is the ability to forecast—to anticipate and predict—when and where the next crisis will occur. Students will gain experience using data science in the policy arena by designing a predictive model for humanitarian crises; they will identify data, build statistical tools, and develop decision-theoretic foundations. |