UCLA Law LL.M. Specialization in Critical Race Studies

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.

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LL.M. Specialization in Critical Race Studies

Curriculum

Civil Rights

Critical Race Theory

Federal Indian Law

International Human Rights Law

Federal Indian Law II

Immigration Law

Islamic Jurisprudence

Indigenous Peoples in International Law

Regional Human Rights Protection: The Inter-American System

Critical Issues in Human Rights

Reparations for Black Americans: What, Why and How?

Place, Race, and Power

Recentering International Law: Black Traditions, TWAIL and Other Critical Perspectives

Data, Policy & Legal Responses to the Attacks on Critical Race Theory

Race Conscious Remedies

Critical Race Studies Scholarship Workshop

Latinx People and the Law

Philosophy of Migration Law

Tribal Legal Development Clinic

Criminal Procedure: Investigations

Labor Law & Collective Action

Employment Law

Employment Discrimination Law

Public International Law

Education Law & Policy

Art and Cultural Property Law

American Legal History

Disability Law

Family Law

Law, Gender, and Sexuality

Public Benefits Law and Anti-Poverty Policy

Nonprofit Law and Policy

Law and Dissent

Political Asylum and Refugee Law

Prison Law and Policy

Preventive Detention

Liberty & Equality: LGBTQ & Reproductive Rights

Financial Punishment

Problem Solving in the Public Interest

Capital Punishment in America

Law and Gender: Equality, Rights, Citizenship

Housing Law and Policy

Race, Racism, and Law

Borders, Punishment, and Control

Rights, Secrecy, and the Limits of Public Interest Litigation After 9/11

Transnational Litigation in U.S. Courts

Criminal Procedure: Policing Poverty

The Philosophy of Prisons and Punishment

The Role of Public Interest Lawyering in Policy and Organizing Campaigns

Low-Wage Workers

Race, Sexuality, and the Law

Laws of War (International Humanitarian Law)

Preventive Detention

The American Civil Justice Crisis

Environmental Justice Law

Feminist Legal Theory

Comparative Education: Law and Policy

Street Law--Youth & Education

Veterans Justice Clinic

Housing Justice Clinic

Immigrants' Rights Policy Clinic

Pretrial Justice Clinic

Immigrant Family Legal Clinic

Civil Rights Litigation Practicum

Law of the US - Mexico Border

Re-envisioning the Lawyer’s Role: Trauma Informed Lawyering and Restorative/ Transformative Justice

Rick Hasen is a featured guest on NPR's 'Fresh Air,' where he discusses an array of threats to the integrity of the midterm election

Rick Hasen appears on CNN to talk about the dispute between the federal government and California election officials over noncitizen voting

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