Syllabi

The Consortium maintains an archive of syllabi for undergraduate Law & Society courses. 

Interested in posting your own syllabus? Email us at [email protected].

Online & ​Asynchronous Courses

• The Legal Profession, taught by Sida Liu at the University of Toronto, Mississauga
• Human Rights and Wrongs, taught by Jamie Rowen at University of Massachusetts

Introductory Courses

• ​Introduction to Law, Politics, and Society taught by Renee Cramer at Drake University
• Introduction to Legal Studies taught by Paul Collins at University of Massachusetts, Amherst (2019)
• Law and Society taught by Amélie Barras at York University
• Law, Politics, and Society taught by Jinee Lokaneeta at Drew University
• Law in the Liberal Arts: Elements of Law taught by Keith J. Bybee at Syracuse University
• Law & Society taught by Monica Williams at Weber State University (2019)
• Law, Justice, and Society taught by Jinee Lokaneeta at Drew University (2019)
• LJC 2000 Core Course taught by Kevin Uhalde at Ohio University (2017) 
• Law and Society taught by Joanna Grisinger at Northwestern University (2018) 
• Law and Society taught by Jonathon Chausovsky (2017) 
• Law & Society taught by Christine Harrington (2017) 

Methods Courses

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Thesis/Capstone Courses

• Advanced Research Seminar taught by Joanna Grisinger at Northwestern University (2018)
• Capstone in Law & Society taught by Shannon Portillo at the University of Kansas (2018) 

Topical Courses

• The Charter of Rights and Freedoms taught by Mark Davidson at York University
• Critical Concepts in Law, Politics, and Society taught by Renee Cramer at Drake University
• Critical Race and Feminist Legal Theory taught by Renee Cramer at Drake University
• Contemporary American Indian Law and Politics taught by Renee Cramer at Drake University
• Economic Analysis of Law taught by Mark Davidson at York University
• Judges and Judging taught by Paul Collins at University of Massachusetts, Amherst (2018)
• Law and the Civil Rights Movement taught by Joanna Grisinger at Northwestern University
• The Mohawk Consortium College-in-Prison Program taught by Doran Larson at Hamilton College
• Popular Trials taught by Richard Weisman at York University
• The Promise (?) of Equal Protection taught by Renee Cramer at Drake University
• Punishment & Corrections taught by Danielle S. Rudes at George Mason University (2019)
• Gender In Law taught by Christine B. Harrington at New York University (2019)
• Torture: Pain, Body, and Truth taught by Jinee Lokaneeta at Drew University (2019)
• Law and Colonialism taught by Jennifer Fredette at Ohio University (2019)
• Roman Law & Society taught by Kevin Uhalde at Ohio University (2019)
• American Whiteness: Privileges, Terrors, Power taught by Vince Jungkunz at Ohio University (2019) 
• Critical Race Theory taught by Vince Jungkunz at Ohio University (2019)
• Legal Theory and Social Problems taught by Vince Jungkunz at Ohio University (2013)
• The Politics of Race taught by Vince Jungkunz at Oho University (2016) 
• The Politics of Rights taught by Vince Jungkunz at Ohio University (2014)
• The Politics of Visibility taught by Vince Jungkunz at Ohio University 
• Race, Violence, and Human Security taught by Vince Jungkunz at Ohio University (2019)
• Punishment and Society taught by Nicole Kaufman at Ohio University 
• Contemporary American Indian Law and Politics taught by Renee Ann Cramer at Drake University (2019)
• Data, Prediction, and Law taught by Jon Marshall at Berkeley University (2019) 
• Foundations of Legal Studies taught by Jon Mashall at Berkeley University (2019)
• Law & Society in Asia taught by Jon Marshall at Berkeley University (2019) 
• Law and Social Activism taught by Paul Collins at University of Massachusetts, Amherst (2017) ​
• Lawyers and Judges in the British Empire  taught by Mitra Sharafi (2008)
• Law and Colonialism taught by Mitra Sharafi (2013)
• History of Forensic Science taught by Mitra Sharafi (2020)
• Legal Pluralism taught by Mitra Sharafi (2020) 

Other Syllabi Resources

• #TheKashmirSyllabus: This interdisciplinary resource for critical teaching and learning on Kashmir moves beyond state-centered scholarship to focus on the modern state, occupation, nationalism, sovereignty, militarization, social movements, resistance, human rights, international law, and self-determination.
  
• UC Berkeley Course Syllabi
• Triangle Legal History Seminar's Legal History on the Web - Links to a number of legal history syllabi.
• TRAILS (Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology) [membership required] - "TRAILS is an online, modular (by topic and type of teaching tool) and searchable database that reflects a major innovation in the creation and dissemination of peer-reviewed teaching resources."
• American Anthropological Association’s Teaching Materials Exchange - links to syllabi volunteered by AAA members.
• The Association for Political and Legal Anthropology (a section of the AAA) has a list of syllabi in Political and Legal Anthropology.
• National Poverty Center at the University of Michigan Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy - "Reading lists and syllabi from university courses on issues of poverty, including work, family, health and other topics; research methodology and program evaluation; and related topics."
• Law and Literature: A Basic Bibliography
• The blog Ratio Juris contains links to a number of useful bibliographies in areas including American Indian Law;  Animal Ethics, Rights, and Law; Constitutionalism; Criminal Law, Punishment, and Prisons; Human Rights; and many others. (A full list of topics is available here.)
• #CharlestonSyllabus - readings on race and racial violence in American history.
• #campusspeechsyllabus - readings on campus speech and campus protest in American history.