LGLS 4100U – Law, Justice and Education

The course provides students with an overview of institutional forms and ideological rationales for legal education in a variety of social contexts. From professional training for lawyers to public legal education initiatives, the course examines a range of theories and practices of legal education. The course offers students historical background and the opportunity to engage a range of critical perspectives on the relationships that law, justice, and education bear to one another. Students have the opportunity to demonstrate their powers of critical self-reflection, while designing, executing, and assessing workshops for students in first year Foundations of Legal Studies.
Credit hours: 3
Lecture hours: 3
Prerequisite(s): LGLS 2940U and LGLS 2200U and 4th year standing in FSSH
Experiential learning: Yes