Special Topics in Legal Studies
Special seminars in Legal Studies for opportunities like short international courses and the summer forum.
Summary
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2019: 3.39 GPA, 71.4% A/AB (n=14 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.86 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.71 GPA, 91.7% A/AB (n=24 letter grades).
What you’ll be able to do
Analyze how social, political, and cultural phenomena shape law and legal systems.
Analyze the social, political, and cultural impacts of law at the societal and individual levels.
Assess how legal ideas and ideologies have changed over time and have shaped law and legal systems.
Find, interpret, and utilize resources relevant to law and society.
Analyze information, write clearly and persuasively, and construct original arguments.
Analyze research methods, engage critically with scholarly literature, and assess debates among scholars and others who have shaped understandings of this topic and field.
Source: UW Guide
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Student experience
the class
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2019: 3.39 GPA, 71.4% A/AB (n=14 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.86 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.71 GPA, 91.7% A/AB (n=24 letter grades).
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Topics
- International seminars, summer forums, and other special opportunities.
- Social, political, and cultural phenomena shaping law and legal systems.
- Evolution of legal ideas and ideologies over time.
Skills
- Analyze how social, political, and cultural phenomena shape law and its impacts.
- Assess how legal ideas and ideologies change over time.
- Find, interpret, and utilize resources relevant to law and society.
- Write clearly and persuasively while constructing original arguments.
- Engage critically with scholarly literature and assess academic debates.
Grades
Latest available · Spring 2026— not enough history to project Spring 2027.
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