Calendar

Spring Semester 2021

Week 1

Chapter 1: An Introduction to Law and Society

  • Chapter 1 Quiz

  • Discussion Board 1

Week 2

Chapter 2: Theories of Law and Justice

  • Chapter 2 Quiz

  • Discussion Board 2

Week 3

Chapter 3: The Structure and Function of the Courts

Supreme Court Website: https://www.supremecourt.gov/

  • Chapter 3 Quiz

  • Discussion Board 3

  • Homework 1: Supreme Court Justices

Week 4

Chapter 4: The Legal Profession

Duncan Kennedy, Kennedy, Legal Education as a Training for Hierarchy

  • Chapter 4 Quiz

  • Discussion Board 4

  • Homework 2: Legal Education

Week 5

Exam 1: Chapters 1 - 4

Week 6

Chapter 5: Access to Justice and Legal Ethics

ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct

ASA Code of Ethics

  • Chapter 5 Quiz

  • Discussion Board 5

Week 7

Chapter 6: Dispute Resolution

  • Chapter 6 Quiz

  • Discussion Board 6

  • Group Exercise: Negotiation

Week 8

Chapter 7: Criminal Courts

  • Chapter 7 Quiz

  • Discussion Board 7

Week 9

Chapter 8: Juries

ABA Resolution 111

  • Chapter 8 Quiz

  • Discussion Board 8

  • Group Exercise: Juries

  • Homework 3: The Death Penalty

Week 10

Exam 2: Chapters 5 - 8

Week 11

Chapter 9: Law and Social Control

  • Chapter 9 Quiz

  • Discussion Board 9

Week 12

Chapter 10: The Law and Social Change

  • Chapter 10 Quiz

  • Discussion Board 10

Week 13

Chapter 11: Law and Racial and Ethnic Inequality

Hava Villaverde, Racism and the Insanity Defense

  • Chapter 11 Quiz

  • Discussion Board 11

  • Homework 4: Inequality

Week 14

Chapter 12: Privacy and Surveillance

Mihnea Mirea et al., The Not so Dark Side of the Darknet

  • Chapter 12 Quiz

  • Discussion Board 12

  • Homework 5: The Darknet

Week 15

Exam 3: Chapters 9 - 12