Project The Court of Claims and the Rule of Law Program Clarence E. Dammon Dean Term Academic Year 2024 Status Accepted Research Area political science, law Description The United States Court of (Federal) Claims is a little-studied but crucially important federal court. Its primary duty is to resolve money and contract claims made against the national government. In doing so, however, it plays an important role in implementing federal policy; for this reason, it is a frequent site of litigation against government policies. People sue the government in the Court of Federal Claims for a huge variety of reasons, including enforcement of Indigenous peoples’ rights under treaties, reparations for wrongful criminal convictions, natural disaster mitigation actions, management of water rights, enforcement of intellectual property rights (e.g., patent and copyright), and much more. Supervisor Logan R Strother Mentor Type of work required Reading and coding cases, working on an independent research project within the lab. Websites https://cla.purdue.edu/academic/polsci/research/labs/court-of-claims-lab/index.html Qualifications 3.7 GPA, ability to work in a team, experience reading and coding legal texts Credit Hours 0 Weekly Hours 6 (estimated)