Practicum on Racial Bias and the Law

Catalog description

What role does race and bias play in creating, maintaining, and magnifying inequalities in how the law is made, applied, and enforced? In this course, we will examine how racialized perceptions, experiences, and affordances can become entrenched in our customs and institutions in ways that perpetuate racial inequality. This course is offered as a practicum through the Stanford Center for Racial Justice. Two weekly class meetings will focus on two components of the course: (1) exploring race and bias through social psychology research and empirical data analysis; and (2) examining racial justice law and policy through the U.S. Constitution, court cases, legislation, and legal analysis. In both components, students will contribute to research that informs real-world decision-making. Limited enrollment by permission only. Apply here: https://forms.gle/MHo1C4NvLv1VPNb96