Race and the Law - LAWB 6245

Credits Hours: 2

This course will examine the use of the law to eradicate, and also perpetuate, racial injustice in the United States from the inception and rise of slavery during the colonial period to the present. The goals of the course are to achieve an understanding of the role of law in its racial context, especially with regard to the use of legal institutions and law in the creation and maintenance of systems of racial injustice. At the same time, we will examine the potential and limits of the use of law (especially litigation) as a tool for social change.

Required: Elective
Bar Exam Tested: No
Fulfills these Designated Graduation Requirements: Policy and Perspectives Requirement Upper Level Writing Requirement
Practice Area: Civil Rights Public Interest Law