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Workshop: Legal Scholarship
LAWS 78711
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This workshop may be taken for a full year on only in the fall quarter. It is open to all students, JSDs and LLMs are welcome. Both versions count as 1 seminar.
Students registered for the full year are required to either write a paper of publishable quality or revise a previously written paper for publication. The goal is to prepare students for the academic job market. Special attention is paid to topic selection, how to approach working on an original (not synthetic) project, and presentation skills. Students enrolled for the year will be expected to conduct themselves as they would if they were junior faculty members at a top law school, reading and commenting on the work of their peers. Optional lunches to discuss writing will be held throughout the year in the same format as the Faculty Round Table. The goal is to create a learning community that will provide students with the type of scholarly atmosphere the faculty here enjoys. There will be meetings on average every other week during Winter and Spring Quarters.
The fall quarter only option is designed for several audiences: (1) students who want to decide if an academic career is for them; (2) students who wish to improve their skills as a public speaker; (3) students who want to improve their skills of critique while reading papers from a wide variety of subject areas; (4) and students who simply enjoy arguing about the law. Each week a young scholar present works-in-progress and students play the role of the faculty in a faculty workshop. The class and the professor then provide feedback and suggestions to the presenter on aspects of both presentation style and the substance of the paper.
The FALL ONLY version is graded on the basis of short reactions papers and class participation. The full year version may fulfill the WP or the SRP. May be taken concurrently with any other class or workshop.
During Winter, the workshop is expected to meet the first four Mondays of the quarter; during Spring, the last four Mondays of the quarter.
Spring 2013
Lisa Bernstein
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Workshop: Public Law and Legal Theory
LAWS 63402
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Working from a variety of methodological orientations, the workshop examines questions arising at the intersections of public law, legal theory, and interdisciplinary work in law and the social sciences, with an emphasis on criminal law, legal history, and politics. Sessions are devoted to the presentation and discussion of papers by faculty members from other institutions.
Students must enroll for the entire year and will receive one pass/fail credit.
Students are required to read the papers, attend the workshop, ask questions, and to submit one reaction paper per quarter on a paper of their choosing.
Spring 2013
Bernard E. Harcourt, Alison LaCroix, Nicholas Stephanopoulos, Laura Weinrib
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Workshop: Public Law and Legal Theory
LAWS 63402
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a, m
Working from a variety of methodological orientations, the workshop examines questions arising at the intersections of public law, legal theory, and interdisciplinary work in law and the social sciences, with an emphasis on criminal law, legal history, and politics. Sessions are devoted to the presentation and discussion of papers by faculty members from other institutions.
Students must enroll for the entire year and will receive one pass/fail credit.
Students are required to read the papers, attend the workshop, ask questions, and to submit one reaction paper per quarter on a paper of their choosing.
Winter 2013
Bernard E. Harcourt, Alison LaCroix, Nicholas Stephanopoulos, Laura Weinrib
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Workshop: Public Law and Legal Theory
LAWS 63402
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a, m, x
Working from a variety of methodological orientations, the workshop examines questions arising at the intersections of public law, legal theory, and interdisciplinary work in law and the social sciences, with an emphasis on criminal law, legal history, and politics. Sessions are devoted to the presentation and discussion of papers by faculty members from other institutions.
Students must enroll for the entire year and will receive one pass/fail credit.
Students are required to read the papers, attend the workshop, ask questions, and to submit one reaction paper per quarter on a paper of their choosing.
Autumn 2012
Bernard E. Harcourt, Alison LaCroix, Nicholas Stephanopoulos, Laura Weinrib
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Writing and Research in the US Legal System
LAWS 79903
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m, x
In this seminar, international LLM students learn research and writing skills essential to the practice of US law. Students learn how to use these skills to win arguments, persuade clients and sharpen their own thinking. We discuss and practice the major principles of legal writing in plain English – no jargon, no legalese. The class functions largely as a workshop where we apply multiple research techniques and analyze the impact of various writing styles.
Students meet individually with the instructor throughout the seminar.
Regular class attendance is mandatory.
Students will meet with the instructor regularly outside of class to discuss writing and research techniques. Students will generate multiple drafts for each writing assignment.
Students must complete all assignments before the take-home examination, which determines the student’s grade.
This course is open only to LLM students and satisfies the legal research and writing prerequisite for the New York Bar exam.
Spring 2013
Elizabeth Duquette
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Writing and Research in the US Legal System
LAWS 79903
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m, x
In this seminar, international LLM students learn research and writing skills essential to the practice of US law. Students learn how to use these skills to win arguments, persuade clients and sharpen their own thinking. We discuss and practice the major principles of legal writing in plain English – no jargon, no legalese. The class functions largely as a workshop where we apply multiple research techniques and analyze the impact of various writing styles.
Students meet individually with the instructor throughout the seminar.
Regular class attendance is mandatory.
Students will meet with the instructor regularly outside of class to discuss writing and research techniques. Students will generate multiple drafts for each writing assignment.
Students must complete all assignments before the take-home examination, which determines the student’s grade.
This course is open only to LLM students and satisfies the legal research and writing prerequisite for the New York Bar exam.
Winter 2013
Elizabeth Duquette
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Young Center Immigrant Child Advocacy Clinic
LAWS 65013
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The Young Center Immigrant Child Advocacy Clinic combines international human rights, immigration and children's rights law. Students in the Young Center clinic serve as Child Advocate (similar to a guardian ad litem) for unaccompanied immigrant children detained in Chicago. Unaccompanied immigrant children come to the U.S. from all corners of the world, on their own. They are apprehended—typically at the U.S./Mexico border, or through an internal enforcement action—then detained and placed in deportation proceedings. Pursuant to federal law, the Young Center is appointed as Child Advocate for the most vulnerable of these children.
Students in the Young Center Clinic are assigned to work one-on-one with children at Chicago-area detention facilities. Each student meets weekly with the child and advocates for the best interests of the child with federal officials, immigration judges and asylum officers, under the supervision of Young Center attorneys. In addition to serving as Child Advocate, clinic students have the opportunity to engage in legislative and public policy advocacy regarding human rights protections for immigrant children in removal proceedings. The Young Center Clinic admits both second-year and third-year law students.
Students who enroll in the clinic must:
1. Speak Spanish, Mandarin, Hindi, Gujarati, Punjabi or Arabic (each year the Young Center admits a few students who speak other languages or only English);
2. Participate in a 2-day orientation on Friday, September 28 and Saturday, September 29;
3. Participate in a 2-hour weekly seminar during the Fall Quarter;
4. Participate in bi-weekly brown bag lunch meetings during the Winter and Spring Quarters;
5. Commit to at least 2, but no more than 3, quarters in the clinic.
For more information about the Young Center, visit: www.TheYoungCenter.org or contact Maria Woltjen at mwoltjen@uchicago.edu or 773-702-0349 or Elizabeth Frankel at efrankel@law.uchicago.edu or 773-702-9587.
Spring 2013
Elizabeth Frankel, Maria Woltjen, Jajah Wu
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Young Center Immigrant Child Advocacy Clinic
LAWS 65013
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a, s, w, x
The Young Center Immigrant Child Advocacy Clinic combines international human rights, immigration and children's rights law. Students in the Young Center clinic serve as Child Advocate (similar to a guardian ad litem) for unaccompanied immigrant children detained in Chicago. Unaccompanied immigrant children come to the U.S. from all corners of the world, on their own. They are apprehended—typically at the U.S./Mexico border, or through an internal enforcement action—then detained and placed in deportation proceedings. Pursuant to federal law, the Young Center is appointed as Child Advocate for the most vulnerable of these children.
Students in the Young Center Clinic are assigned to work one-on-one with children at Chicago-area detention facilities. Each student meets weekly with the child and advocates for the best interests of the child with federal officials, immigration judges and asylum officers, under the supervision of Young Center attorneys. In addition to serving as Child Advocate, clinic students have the opportunity to engage in legislative and public policy advocacy regarding human rights protections for immigrant children in removal proceedings. The Young Center Clinic admits both second-year and third-year law students.
Students who enroll in the clinic must:
1. Speak Spanish, Mandarin, Hindi, Gujarati, Punjabi or Arabic (each year the Young Center admits a few students who speak other languages or only English);
2. Participate in a 2-day orientation on Friday, September 28 and Saturday, September 29;
3. Participate in a 2-hour weekly seminar during the Fall Quarter;
4. Participate in bi-weekly brown bag lunch meetings during the Winter and Spring Quarters;
5. Commit to at least 2, but no more than 3, quarters in the clinic.
For more information about the Young Center, visit: www.TheYoungCenter.org or contact Maria Woltjen at mwoltjen@uchicago.edu or 773-702-0349 or Elizabeth Frankel at efrankel@law.uchicago.edu or 773-702-9587.
Winter 2013
Elizabeth Frankel, Maria Woltjen, Kristin Greer Love
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Young Center Immigrant Child Advocacy Clinic
LAWS 65013
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a, s, w, x
The Young Center Immigrant Child Advocacy Clinic combines international human rights, immigration and children's rights law. Students in the Young Center clinic serve as Child Advocate (similar to a guardian ad litem) for unaccompanied immigrant children detained in Chicago. Unaccompanied immigrant children come to the U.S. from all corners of the world, on their own. They are apprehended—typically at the U.S./Mexico border, or through an internal enforcement action—then detained and placed in deportation proceedings. Pursuant to federal law, the Young Center is appointed as Child Advocate for the most vulnerable of these children.
Students in the Young Center Clinic are assigned to work one-on-one with children at Chicago-area detention facilities. Each student meets weekly with the child and advocates for the best interests of the child with federal officials, immigration judges and asylum officers, under the supervision of Young Center attorneys. In addition to serving as Child Advocate, clinic students have the opportunity to engage in legislative and public policy advocacy regarding human rights protections for immigrant children in removal proceedings. The Young Center Clinic admits both second-year and third-year law students.
Students who enroll in the clinic must:
1. Speak Spanish, Mandarin, Hindi, Gujarati, Punjabi or Arabic (each year the Young Center admits a few students who speak other languages or only English);
2. Participate in a 2-day orientation on Friday, September 28 and Saturday, September 29;
3. Participate in a 2-hour weekly seminar during the Fall Quarter;
4. Participate in bi-weekly brown bag lunch meetings during the Winter and Spring Quarters;
5. Commit to at least 2, but no more than 3, quarters in the clinic.
For more information about the Young Center, visit: www.TheYoungCenter.org or contact Maria Woltjen at mwoltjen@uchicago.edu or 773-702-0349 or Elizabeth Frankel at efrankel@law.uchicago.edu or 773-702-9587.
Autumn 2012
Elizabeth Frankel, Maria Woltjen, Kristin Greer Love
