In each meeting, a leading scholar will present a current research paper using the methodology of law and social science.
Initially, Critical Race Theory (CRT) emerged as an offshoot of Critical Legal Studies in the late 1970s and early 1980s to address how "race" is socially constructed and manipulated in …
This course explores the international law of migration, with a focus on refugee law. It examines how the international treaty system governs and shapes states' treatment of temporary workers, refugees, …
This course will examine how law and policy have shaped the provision of education inside prisons, review social science research regarding their effectiveness, and discuss contemporary debates taking place in …
Recent political and administrative changes have led to rapid and dramatic shifts in the types of humanitarian protection available to migrants seeking safety outside of their countries of origin. This …
This is the first half of a year-long course. In this course, selected students will track current developments in U.S. practice related to international law, foreign relations, and national security …
This is the second half of a year-long course. In this course, selected students will track current developments in U.S. practice related to international law, foreign relations, and national security …
This course will examine the nature of gender-based violence and the U.S. legal system's response to it. Students will consider the theory underlying criminal and civil justice responses to GBV, …
This skills simulation seminar will focus on selected topics that pose contentious policy challenges for law enforcement, including crafting and implementing effective crime control strategies, implementing investigative practices that are …
This seminar will explore current issues in the law of federal courts. Topics may include standing, political questions, non-Article III adjudication, qualified immunity, habeas corpus, stare decisis, and judicial rhetoric.
This class will explore key issues in criminal justice reform with the goal of understanding problems and evaluating potential solutions. Students will learn how to read social science literature to …
ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) issues have become a major focus of institutional investors. This class will examine the law and economics of ESG factors in investing by reviewing recent …
This class will examine how the topic of corruption is addressed in several different legal domains including criminal law (bribery, extortion, fraud, and deprivation of honest services, etc.), election law, …
This course invites students to inquire into the relationship between places and law specific to those places. It will explore not only how law is tailored to particular physical, social, …
This seminar will study implementation and enforcement of the Clean Water Act and its implications for environmental protection more generally. We will cover various provisions of the statute as well …
As America moves into the twenty-first century one basic legal controversy continues to claim center stage: what is race? This class examines the three prevailing concepts of race currently used …
The contemporary debate over the proper role of a federal judge under the Constitution turns, in large measure, on what it is we think an Article III judge is doing …
This seminar analyzes current issues surrounding the First Amendment freedom of religion. It covers historical, philosophical, and judicial background, current issues in free exercise and establishment clause doctrine, including government …
This seminar will study philosophical writings about the nature of human rights, then turn to contemporary challenges facing international human rights in an era of skepticism and push back.
This seminar will use juvenile justice as a case study of challenges in "restating the law" in an area of the law that is largely statutory, in transition, and properly …