Fall 2025

Examines how stereotypes and prejudice undermine equal justice under the law but also how creative word work and art can promote racial justice.

Sources and structure of law; history of Bill of Rights emphasizing effect on criminal justice system; limits of law in solving problems in American society.

Examination of the rules and realities of American politics, and the role politics plays in American life and culture.

Examines the social, political, legal and psychological forces that created the most punitive democracy in history. Materials include documentaries, journalistic investigations, NGO reports.

Provides a comprehensive analysis of the criminal justice system and an overview of the fundamentals of substantive criminal law.

Examine how governments and corporations confront information privacy conflicts. Analyze various perspectives on information privacy laws and their place in society.

Introduces the U.S. legal system and its relationship to basic principles of the rule of law. Examines lawmaking institutions, judicial processes and contemporary legal issues.

Examines current immigration law in America, the normative debates over immigration policies and the role the government plays in expanding or limiting immigration rights.

Introduces students to the basic aspects of the legal profession.

Examines law and the legal system from different disciplinary perspectives. It explores how various disciplines provide different insights to the legal regime.

Examines topics such as children's suggestibility, decision-making, and risk and resiliency all as they apply to legal settings.

The main concepts and topics in American law, in the historical, economic and cultural contexts in which they have developed.

Examination of the philosophic and political concepts that underpin international influence, while learning how this structure impacts the modern incentives and interests of international actors.

Focuses on the role artificial intelligence plays in a variety of aspects of the law through humanities-based approaches like ethics, linguistics, sociological and economics approaches.

Examines key legal principles governing the entertainment industry by exploring legal challenges faced by professionals in music, film, sports, gaming and other areas of entertainment.

An exploration of core aspects of the US legal system (property, contracts, torts, criminal law, civil procedure) from the perspective of basic economics theory.

Studies the rise of cybercrimes and cybersecurity measures in recent years and their impact on society. Topics include cyberattacks, digital forensics, information privacy and others.

Explores issues of responsibility and credibility. Intentional and unintentional behavior. Clinical biases. Topics include witness credibility, confessions, cults, hostages, battered persons, and repressed memories.

Introduces legal and social ideas and issues surrounding regulatory law - how and why regulations are developed, along with the accountability and enforcement of regulations.

Introduces students to the basics of legal writing and research, with a focus on legal scholarship and law review-type journal articles.

A cumulative experience demonstrating a student's depth of knowledge in applying research and writing skills on examining the legal system.

Intensive experience with a law-related non-profit organization, or public agency.