Undergraduate Program

Program Description

Legal Studies is designed for students who seek to employ various academic perspectives and methodologies to study legal issues, and to use the conceptual framework of the law to illuminate empirical and theoretical concerns in the social sciences and humanities. It is not a "pre-law" program. Legal Studies conceives of law broadly to include the study of legal institutions, legal actors, and legal processes. Law, broadly conceived, is a social institution that provides an excellent lens through which students may learn about and critically examine a variety of themes central to other disciplines, shedding light on both the understanding of law as well as debates central to those disciplines. Legal Studies emphasizes the reciprocal relationships between law and society to examine the social environment.

Yearly Planner, 2013-2014

Course #		Title	Professor
FALL
101-6	Law and the Civil Rights Movement		Grisinger
376	Race, Politics, and the Law		Schoenfeld
398-1	Advanced Research Seminar		Grisinger
WINTER
206	Law and Society		Nielsen
318-1	Legal and Constitutional History of the United States (to 1850)		Grisinger
376	Law, Politics, and the American Revolution		Stearns
376	TBA		Stearns
394	American Lawyers: Demystifying the Profession		Harper
394	Foundations of Legal Thought		Epstein
394	Human Rights and US Refugee Law		Schiller
398-2	Advanced Research Seminar		Grisinger
SPRING
206	Law and Society		Schoenfeld
318-2	Legal and Constitutional History of the United States (since 1850)		Grisinger
305	Law and Social Policy		Schoenfeld
310	Gender & the Law		Weinberg
376	TBA		Stearns

Upcoming Events

Legal Studies Graduation Reception
June 21, 2013 • 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Office Hours:

By appointment

Professor Grisinger's Summer Quarter Office Hours:

By appointment

Contact Information

Lauren Stuhldreher
Program Assistant

Laura Beth Nielsen
Program Director

Joanna Grisinger

Director of Undergraduate Studies