Global Law & Society (GLS) Requirement Complete three courses (9-12 credits) for the Global Law & Society area of requirement and choose one of the options below. Courses in this area may overlap with the work done above. The Global Law & Society list can be found on the department`s website (see course listings) The law studies program offers a major at Weinberg College, but is open to Northwestern students in all schools. Conditions offered: First 6-week session of summer 2022, second 6-week session of summer 2021, second 6-week session of summer 2020 We will examine the nature and function of law and legal systems. What is the nature of legal authority? Where does it come from? Why do we obey Him? Where does the law come from? How are laws made? How do judges argue? We will also focus on law and conflict resolution: How do people bring cases to court? How do judges decide cases? Are there alternatives to the court process? After all, a traditional view of law is that it is a timeless set of principles, but society is constantly changing. So how does the law change? How do the courts respond to social change? To what extent can the courts bring about social change? The readings come from various fields: philosophy, history, legal opinions and scientific articles. Law, Politics and Society: Read More [+] Please note: While some courses may appear in more than one core subject group and/or perspective, a single course only meets one (and only) requirement. Classes are not counted twice. The Berkeley Legal Studies Association strives to create a community of individuals interested in law. Some events per semester include LSAT workshops with popular test preparation companies, lunches with law professors, speaker panels, and The Living Catalogue. BLSA hopes that students will join the club and enjoy the friendly and intellectual environment they stand for. Please visit BLSA on Facebook: www.facebook.com/berkeleylegalstudies/ Terms and Conditions: Fall 2020, Spring 2017 Scientific advances promise great gains in social good, but whether these advances herald a better or worse world depends on how the scientific evidence is applied.
The application of scientific knowledge in the service of humanity is a challenge and requires an informed and conscious method. Through lectures, discussions, case studies and fieldwork, students gain an understanding of the international human rights framework, the historical and social context of contemporary human rights violations, knowledge about the role of race, gender and technology in structural inequality, opportunities to work across disciplines on real-world design challenges and experience in needs assessment and design for specific needs, selected human rights applications. Human Rights and Technology: Read More [+] Note that double-counting rules may change when you switch from major to minor. Check these rules on Weinberg`s website. To declare the law major, students must complete three (3) prerequisite courses with grades of C or better. Students may be exempt from COMM-A by their placement score in English and QR-A by their placement score in mathematics. Provide an education in the humanities: The major will continue to have a liberal arts orientation. Students learn to analyze and understand legal rules and legal institutions, but from a broader perspective than is typically the case in traditional law schools. LEGALST 199 Supervised Independent Study and Research is open to officially registered seniors in legal studies with a GPA of 3.0 and a cumulative GPA of 3.0 in upper division courses for the major.
To enroll, the student must first develop a research topic and then find a member of the Faculty of Law who is willing to serve as a supervisor. The student must have already taken at least one of the faculty member`s courses in the field in which they wish to conduct research. The student must provide the faculty member with a written proposal describing the scope and duration of the research project. A general guideline is 1 credit unit per 10 pages of text in the final research paper, up to a maximum of 4 units.