To be awarded the specialization in Human Rights, a student must obtain a B- (2.7) grade average in courses taken for this specialization, and earn a minimum of ten units of credit from at least four courses within the specialization.Detailed course descriptions are linked in the listings below. Prospective students should bear in mind that, due to curriculum scheduling and faculty availability, not every class listed is taught each year. This is most often true in the case of seminar courses. A sufficient number of courses will be available to enable those students who choose to specialize to satisfy the specialization requirements.
LL.M. Specialization in Human Rights
Curriculum
- Required Course
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Group A
(At least one two-credit course is required)
LAW 298International Criminal Law
LAW 383Political Asylum and Refugee Law
LAW 465Prospects for International Justice
LAW 566Laws of War (International Humanitarian Law)
LAW 584Human Rights and Sexual Politics
LAW 657Contemporary Issues Facing the International Criminal Court
LAW 717International Human Rights Clinic
LAW 793Human Rights in Action: Collaborative Grassroots Lawyering
LAW 794Human Rights Litigation Clinic
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Group B
(Sum of Required, Group A, and Group B courses must equal at least 4 courses and 10 units)
LAW 201Constitutional Law II
LAW 202Criminal Procedure: Investigations
LAW 214Civil Rights
LAW 260Labor Law I
LAW 261Employment Law
LAW 263Employment Discrimination Law
LAW 266Critical Race Theory
LAW 267Federal Indian Law
LAW 269National Security Law
LAW 270Public International Law
LAW 329Women and the Law
LAW 331Immigration Law
LAW 332Immigrants' Rights
LAW 376Law and Dissent
LAW 389Prison Law and Policy
LAW 429Capital Punishment in America
LAW 468China and the International Legal Order
LAW 507Labor Law and Social Policy
LAW 509Indigenous Peoples, Sustainability, and Climate Change
LAW 537Low-Wage Workers
LAW 589Strategies for Successful Human Rights Advocacy
LAW 614Global Perspectives on Criminal Procedure
LAW 616Theories of International Law
LAW 619Environmental Justice Law
LAW 625Community Lawyering and Low Wage Worker Organizing
LAW 629Topics in Post-Conviction Law & Policy
LAW 636Chinese Law & Legal Institutions
LAW 645Race Conscious Remedies
LAW 653Advanced Critical Race Theory
LAW 668The 8th Amendment Punishments Clause
LAW 690Race, Social Psychology, and the Legal Process
LAW 697Gun Control
LAW 708Civil Rights and Police Accountability Clinic
LAW 728Tribal Legal Development Clinic
LAW 773Immigrants' Rights Policy Clinic
LAW 941Law of the US - Mexico Border
LAW 951Human Rights Challenge
LAW 956Legal Holocaust in Hitler's Europe
LAW 957Hard Cases Make Bad (Human Rights) Law
