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WISCONSIN JOURNAL OF LAW, GENDER, AND SOCIETY

LAW 896
Course Description

A student-published journal dedicated to examining the intersection of law and society. The journal publishes cutting-edge scholarship that explores how law shapes, and is shaped by, issues of gender, race, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, and other intersecting identities.

Prerequisites

Declared in Law JD

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average
Not Reported

No change from Historical

Completion Rate
100%

0.2% from Historical

A Rate
Not Reported

No change from Historical

Class Size
43

31.72% from Historical

Cumulative Grade Distribution

Instructors (2026 Summr)

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