This writing and research course provides students with the opportunity to develop their uses of language, rhetorical devices, and other techniques to persuade others.
Pre-Trial Advocacy
This course gives students the opportunity to develop pre-trial litigation skills.
Pro Bono Scholars Program
Students in the Program spend their final semester engaged in full-time representation of those individuals who cannot afford legal representation—gaining valuable lawyering skills while assisting those in need.
Refugee and Asylum Law
This course covers the regulations, statutes, international treaties, and case law related to refugee and asylum law.
Religious Freedom and Gender: International Standards and Best Practices in Times of Political Polarization
This upper-level seminar course explores the interplay between religious freedom and gender in different contexts: bioethics, family and marriage, conscientious objection, LGBTQ+ rights, employment, religious and anti-religious speech, and security issues.
Sexuality and the Law
This course examines the struggle for equal participation in society by sexual minorities.
State and Local Legislation: Substance, Process, and Politics
This course teaches the principles involved in drafting legislation and regulations and incorporating policymaking into drafting.
The Art of Cross-Examination
This experiential course will teach students the fundamentals of cross-examination and introduce
them to the purpose and context of cross-examination in trials.
them to the purpose and context of cross-examination in trials.
Transitional/Global Justice Network
This course involves the management of an International Law website and the underlying research and writing activities to further the goals of the Transitional/Global Justice Network.
Trial Advocacy
This course provides focused study and practical training in the overall skill of conducting a jury trial.