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, 2011-2012

Course Number Title Professor
FALL
376 Legal History of the American Colonies and Constitution Grisinger
376 Trial Advocacy Fisz
394 Gimme Shelter: Public Housing in Chicago Bazer
394 Federal Indian Law Low
398-1 Advanced Research Seminar Grisinger
WINTER
332 Constitutional Law I Grisinger
376 Law, Gender, and Sexuality Kosbie
394 American Lawyers: Demystifying the Profession Harper
394 Human Rights and US Refugee Law Schiller
398-2 Advanced Research Seminar Grisinger
SPRING
333 Constitutional Law II Grisinger
376 Gender and the Law Grisinger
394 Robert’s Supreme Court Bazer

Upcoming Events

Law in Motion: Legal Studies Lecture Series
February 23, 20124:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Office Hours: Week of 1/30

Monday 1:30pm-5:00pm

Tuesday: 1:30pm-5:30pm

Wednesday: 10:00am-1:15pm

Thursday: 11:00am-1:15pm

Contact Information

Lauren Stuhldreher
Program Assistant

Laura Beth Nielsen
Program Director

Joanna Grisinger

Senior Continuing Lecturer

Legal Studies Photos

October 12, 2011