Supervised Instruction: Law, Gender and Justice

3 units

Each semester, a team of three or four selected law students teach under law faculty supervision a three-credit undergraduate course in Law, Gender & Justice, listed in the Department of Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies in the College of Arts & Sciences. Responsibilities for each team and its members include selecting a book for the course, planning coverage for the semester, developing a syllabus, preparing for and teaching a three-hour class each week, constructing and grading a midterm and final exam, being accessible to the undergraduate students, working with the faculty supervisor (in meetings and class visits), and writing a final memorandum about the experience. Interested students apply during spring of the preceding academic year, and faculty members select the instructors from the many applicants. Taking this course does not preclude taking a clinic or externship during the same semester, but students should be sensitive to the time commitments that teaching entails. The law student instructors each receive three credits (graded Pass/No Pass) toward the J.D., but these credits do not count toward the 67 required Law Classroom Units.