Social Justice Lawyering

2 credits · Law School

Working for social justice is an important part of the professional obligations of all lawyers, and for many law students, their initial motivation for pursuing a legal education. This course introduces students to ways in which lawyers committed to social justice engage with communities, individual clients, social and political causes, and legal systems to effect social change; examines types of lawyers working toward social justice, ways in which lawyers help shape claims in social justice cases, and how lawyers use skills and training to engage in political struggles and movements to achieve social justice for the communities, causes, or individual clients that they represent.