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Examines the functioning, organization, and roles within the U.S. criminal justice system.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Historical reviews of Alyssa Mugavero: Reviewers report that the TA leads discussions poorly, goes in circles, and fails to stay on track, making the learning process difficult.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026This course surveys American legal history from English background through the Civil War, focusing on the origins of modern civil and constitutional rights.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Historical reviews of Richard Keyser: The course requires intense weekly reading, note-taking, and preparation for timed essay exams and take-home papers.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025Explores the development of Jewish law from antiquity to modernity, focusing on business practices and ethics.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
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Fall 2023–Fall 2025Examines ethnicity, race, and justice with a specific emphasis on US Latinx/e peoples.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Assignments and exams are straightforward, but grading relies heavily on article evaluations with unclear criteria, and the fast lecture pace complicates note-taking.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2024Explores the intersection of gender, crime, and justice, examining female experiences and theoretical implications within the criminal justice system.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Students describe the course as extremely difficult with tough grading, though one reviewer found exams manageable if they read and took notes.
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Spring 2022–Fall 2025CIVIL RIGHTS: POLICING, PRISONS, VOTING, HOUSING, EMPLOYMENT explores civil rights, discrimination, and legal constraints on government remediation.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026LEGALST 400 explores issues linking social science perspectives to law and legal institutions.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
The course features an extensive workload with three exams and an 8-10 page paper, which some students found graded harshly despite reasonable exam formats.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026Examines the legal and social development and implications of laws governing sexual behavior and gender.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Students must prepare for potentially very harsh grading by her graders, despite the instructor's engaging lectures.
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Spring 2025–Spring 2026TRUTH AND CRIME examines the true crime genre in the US, exploring its narrative and legal dimensions.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
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Fall 2024–Fall 2025Examines the development of prisons from antiquity to the present in the US and Europe, focusing on marginalized populations and carceral tactics.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
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Spring 2025–Spring 2026SOCIOLOGY OF LAW examines the social origins, processes, and effects of law and legal institutions.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Historical reviews of Alfonso Morales: Reviewers reported excessive reading and writing requirements initially, though the actual workload was reduced by reading only three books.
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Spring 2022–Fall 2025LAW IN ACTION reviews the interaction of law with public policy by studying legal approaches to significant issues.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026A field observation course combining placements in criminal justice agencies with seminars to apply sociological theories to real-world processes.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026Examines legal issues, policy decisions, and constitutional issues in US public education.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026LAW, POLITICS AND SOCIETY introduces the legal process, exploring law's concepts, problems, reasoning, and the function of courts.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
The workload includes one easy paper and straightforward tests, with slides posted online and no required lecture attendance, though reading the book is helpful.
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Spring 2023–Spring 2025Explores the interaction between the criminal justice system and disability, including disability rights laws and criminal justice reform.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
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Fall 2023–Spring 2026LEGALST 699 is a directed study course in legal studies.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026