Civil Rights Enforcement Colloquium

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This two-credit seminar on civil rights enforcement is designed to engage students in the myriad ways in which civil rights (broadly defined) are defined and enforced in America. The colloquium-style course will feature weekly presentations of works by leading scholars of civil rights, legal history, federal courts, state and local government law and other, similar fields. Following these presentations, students will be expected to engage with the speaker and with each other in in discussion of the presented work. Prerequisite: Law 120. Recommended prerequisite: Law 232, 334, 342, and 343.