Event Title

Concurrent Session 4A. Historical, Contemporary, and Skills Approaches to Social Justice Teaching

Location

Room 302

Start Date

6-10-2012 10:10 AM

End Date

6-10-2012 11:10 AM

Description

The panelists describe three ways in which they teach social justice. Mary Nicol Bowman and Ada Shen-Jaffe will discuss their first year elective, "Lawyering for a Just and Humane World," which provides active learning opportunities for interviewing and negotiation, creative problem-solving, leadership capacities of justice work, reflection, strategic and systems thinking, policy advocacy, multi-forum lawyering, and cross-difference interaction and understanding. Bill Quigley & Davida Finger will discuss ways in which students and faculty have created syllabi to explore ways for law students to engage with social justice learning. In the courses, students learn how lawyers can make the world more just. They tell their own social justice stories and their experiences in law school. Florence Wagman Roisman will discuss a course she's taught for many years. It's entitled either "The Civil Rights Movement" or "Law and Social Change" and provides essential background for anyone undertaking social justice work today.

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Concurrent Session 4A. Historical, Contemporary, and Skills Approaches to Social Justice Teaching

Room 302

The panelists describe three ways in which they teach social justice. Mary Nicol Bowman and Ada Shen-Jaffe will discuss their first year elective, "Lawyering for a Just and Humane World," which provides active learning opportunities for interviewing and negotiation, creative problem-solving, leadership capacities of justice work, reflection, strategic and systems thinking, policy advocacy, multi-forum lawyering, and cross-difference interaction and understanding. Bill Quigley & Davida Finger will discuss ways in which students and faculty have created syllabi to explore ways for law students to engage with social justice learning. In the courses, students learn how lawyers can make the world more just. They tell their own social justice stories and their experiences in law school. Florence Wagman Roisman will discuss a course she's taught for many years. It's entitled either "The Civil Rights Movement" or "Law and Social Change" and provides essential background for anyone undertaking social justice work today.