To be awarded the specialization in Critical Race Studies, students must maintain a B- (2.7) grade average in courses taken for 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 Critical Race Studies
Curriculum
- Required Courses
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Group A
(At least one course is required)
LAW 267Federal Indian Law
LAW 273International Human Rights Law
LAW 301Art and Cultural Property Law
LAW 553Intersectionalities: Theorizing Multiple Discrimination, Identity and Power
LAW 645Race Conscious Remedies
LAW 653Advanced Critical Race Theory
LAW 717International Human Rights Clinic
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Group B
(Sum of courses from Groups A and B must equal at least two)
LAW 202Criminal Procedure: Investigations
LAW 212Federal Courts
LAW 260Labor Law I
LAW 261Employment Law
LAW 263Employment Discrimination Law
LAW 270Public International Law
LAW 282Education Law & Policy
LAW 316Disability Law
LAW 317Family Law
LAW 318Law, Gender, and Sexuality
LAW 321Legislation and Regulation
LAW 329Women and the Law
LAW 331Immigration Law
LAW 335Religious Legal Systems: Jewish Law
LAW 363Tax - Exempt Organizations
LAW 376Law and Dissent
LAW 389Prison Law and Policy
LAW 541Problem Solving in the Public Interest
LAW 566Laws of War & the War(s) on Terror
LAW 584Human Rights and Sexual Politics
LAW 603Noncitizens in the Criminal Legal System
LAW 625Community Lawyering and Low Wage Worker Organizing
LAW 383Political Asylum and Refugee Law
LAW 655Feminist Legal Theory
LAW 669Law and Psychology: Wrongful Convictions
LAW 670The Sociology of Law
LAW 671Comparative Education: Law and Policy
LAW 675HIV/AIDS Law and Public Policy
LAW 708Civil Rights and Police Accountability Clinic
LAW 712Street Law--Youth & Education
LAW 715Criminal Defense Clinic
LAW 720Criminal Trial Advocacy
LAW 728Tribal Legal Development Clinic
LAW 730Veterans Justice Clinic: Poverty, Homelessness & Criminalization
LAW 739Community Economic Development Clinic
LAW 772Workers, Law, and Organizing Clinic
LAW 773Immigrants' Rights Policy Clinic
LAW 792Immigrant Family Legal Clinic
LAW 793Human Rights in Action: Collaborative Grassroots Lawyering
LAW 835Pay or Stay: An Exploration of the Bail System in America
LAW 908Suing the Police
LAW 926Rebellious Lawyering
LAW 941Law of the US - Mexico Border
LAW 952Re-envisioning the Lawyer’s Role: Trauma Informed Lawyering and Restorative/ Transformative Justice
