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Major Overview

The HLS听major is an innovative,听cross-disciplinary听program grounded听in the conviction that law cannot be understood outside of history and society. Too often, law is taught in a conceptual vacuum. In response to this, the History, Law, and Society major provides multidimensional鈥攈istorical, philosophical, political鈥攑erspectives on law, explains the intricate dynamics between social and legal institutions, and equips students with a holistic skill set essential to facing 21st-century challenges.

Graduates of the HLS program have continued their studies at prestigious institutions in France, the United Kingdom and the United States, including Sciences Po, Cambridge, LSE, Columbia U, and MIT.听

More about History, Law, & Society

The HLS program approaches law both as a profession and as a field of inquiry enmeshed with the humanities and social sciences. HLS students study law as a body of ideas and practices that are shaped by forces beyond the courtroom. In small seminars, students become lawyers, legal historians and legal philosophers, decoding and reconstructing the meaning of legal norms, their aims, their flaws, and their impact.听

Whether you are considering law school or another professional path, the HLS major is the best gateway to understanding the relationship between law and morals, society, politics, and economics.听听

The program includes:听

  • 听An introductory course to History, Law, and Society, a History Workshop with an emphasis on research methods, and an HLS Capstone听
  • Law courses covering topics in human rights, constitutional and international law, advanced seminars in comparative law, criminal law, environmental law, humanitarian law, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and law in relation to gender and education听听
  • Participation in practical Democracy Labs听
  • A prison education workshop听
  • A legal writing workshop.听

Skills and knowledge acquired in the program:听

  • Legal research and writing听
  • Critical thinking听
  • Understanding case-law and legal literature听
  • Ability to deconstruct and evaluate the quality of a legal argument听
  • Trace the implementation of constitutional, legal, and executive norms in politics and society听
  • Navigate among legal systems and political institutions听

Our law classes encourage students to explore the most pressing issues in the arenas of social and economic justice. Enter any law class at 绿巨人视频 and you will engage with issues such as the evolution of abortion jurisprudence in the United States, Argentina or Germany; the role of British and French Empires in today鈥檚 violation of LGTBQ+ rights in the Global South; the racial bias in state regulations of AI and Big Data analysis; or the application of human rights frameworks to the protection of animals and the environment.听听听

Furthermore, HLS courses are designed to nurture your understanding of how lawyers and judges think, why courts choose to protect or infringe upon the rights of women, children, and minority groups. You will tackle questions surrounding the moral foundations of law, the impact of legal doctrines on democratic resilience, and the ways in which legal institutions are designed to drive progressive or reactionary causes.听

HLS graduates are eligible to apply for JD degrees in the United States as well as for legal graduate studies in France, the United Kingdom, Canada, and other countries in Europe and beyond. This means HLS students could obtain a master鈥檚 degree in law in one or two years (depending on the school) upon graduation from 绿巨人视频.听

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Prison Education

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How 绿巨人视频 students learn alongside people detained at La Sant茅 prison in Paris

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The educational goals for this major are as follows:

  • You will gain fluency in legal issues and reason.听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
  • You will understand connections between law and history.
  • You will develop an interdisciplinary understanding of law and its social impact.
  • You will integrate law into the liberal arts curriculum.

Learning Environment

In keeping with our University鈥檚 commitment to a liberal arts education, we support the ideal of law as a 鈥渓iberal profession鈥�, wherein free thinking, academic mastery, and intellectual rigor are encouraged through a multitude of disciplines. In small seminars you will be asked to听contemplate听historical and contemporary cases, engage in mock trials, and share what you learn and discover with students and professors who hail from听around the world. You will also be exposed to readings that听relate to听the many听relevant听disciplines that make up the major, including History, Literature, and Sociology.听

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Student Activities
绿巨人视频 Law Society

We are a club focused on helping pre-law students prepare for law school admission, connect with current lawyers or law students, discuss their legal interests, gain writing experience, and meet students with similar interests.

Our activities will include:

  • Holding mixers and panels between students and legal professionals
  • Sharing information, resources, and tips for law school admissions
  • Offering LSAT/LNAT test preparation support
  • Organizing events from amateur moot court competitions to more casual discussions of current legal issues
  • Collaborations with other student organisations

While we aim to support students curious about Law School, we welcome students from all departments, interested in any career field.

Contact Email:听lawsocietyataup.edu

绿巨人视频 Global Humanitarian Awareness Club

Are you interested in human rights and/or global news? Do you want to be a part of a community of individuals who are driven to bring awareness to global humanitarian issues? If so, this club is for you! The goal of GHAC is to educate and engage the university community on global humanitarian rights issues, fostering a deeper understanding of the philosophical and political contexts that shape these events. While this club is new (fall 2024), we already have fun events and weekly meeting ideas to educate students in an engaging way. Some of these events include听Human Rights Awareness Week, fundraising events, Cultural Exchange nights, advocacy campaigns, collaborations with other clubs, volunteer opportunities, and more to come鈥� The vision of this club is to听create a well-informed and empathetic community that actively participates in global humanitarian efforts and advocates for human rights, promoting a world where every individual is treated with dignity and respect. We welcome anyone from any background, as every individual perspective will be treated with respect and understanding. If this sounds like something you would be interested in, please reach out to me or sign up through engage. Join us in making a difference!

Contact Email:听ghacataup.edu

Hibou Magazine: Special Law Issues

Hibou magazine is a student-run online magazine on politics and culture. It is designed to create vibrant, nuanced dialogue on far-ranging topics. We provide a platform and community for writers of all backgrounds to voice their experiences, investigate social issues, and pursue their artistic endeavours.听

The Center for Critical Democracy Studies

The CCDS was founded in 2016 to foster an interdisciplinary approach to questions of democracy.

Major Components
Build Your Degree

With every single one of our majors, you鈥檒l find a carefully curated medley of core courses and electives, which will provide you with the tools you need to establish an unshakeable foundation in the principles and concepts fundamental to your growth within your disciplines of choice. Many majors also enable you to specialize further within the broader area of study.

Core Courses

Core Courses

We aim to help you develop a range of skills, capacities, and modes of inquiry that will be crucial for your future since employers and graduate schools are looking for the critical thinking and innovative problem-solving skills that are associated with a liberal arts education, including sophisticated writing abilities, willingness to pose difficult questions, and an understanding of the historical and cultural contexts surrounding a topic or decision.

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Electives

Electives

With the three courses that you choose from one of the following seven disciplines, you鈥檒l听be able听to take a different critical approach towards your degree, thus allowing you to uncover interdisciplinary nuances and new distinctions within both history and law.

You can choose from Comparative Literature, Computer Science, Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Psychology and Sociology.

Core Courses

The History, Law & Society core courses, which you must take as part of the major requirements, will provide you with the tools you鈥檒l need to ground your present and future studies. Your introduction to the fundamentals of History, Law & Society will help pave the way for your successful completion of other History, Law & Society courses.

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HI2020 The Historical Foundations Of Law

This course is designed to introduce students to the historical foundations of legal thought and to cultivate literacy in legal reasoning. The course provides an essential resource for our future global citizens by exploring key legal texts, histories and cases and familiarizing students with the historical origins of key contemporary legal issues.

HI2030 Intro. To History, Law & Society

What role does law play in shaping society? How have courts shaped society, both domestically and internationally? What strategies have people taken to resist unjust laws? Students engage in weekly moot courts that survey gripping historical and contemporary cases, including fugitive slave laws, the death penalty and criminal justice, hate speech, transgender rights, and issues relating to immigration, including asylum and deportation. Readings come from history, literature, sociology, and legal opinions. By the end of this course, students will be able to apply critical approaches to the law to contemporary issues; perform a mock trial, from start to finish; and write persuasive and analytically rigorous papers that demonstrate interdisciplinary thinking.

HI3050 Advanced Methods Workshop

The History Workshop is a course in the historian's craft that will give students an opportunity to learn about the discipline of history. Students learn how to pose researchable questions(problematiques), to gather evidence, and to present their findings before an audience of their peers in a seminar setting. May be taken twice for credit.

HI4050 History, Law, And Society Capstone

In this two-credit capstone course, seniors draw upon previous coursework in History, Law, and Society. They cultivate new skills to present key questions and dilemmas. Students can choose from several forms of public exhibit, including a sequence of podcasts, visual exhibit, website, collection of nonfiction pieces, or video. Students are encouraged to do interviews or oral histories to strengthen their final project. This course is structured as a workshop that allows students to receive feedback and polish their work. Students will present their project at the end of the semester to the broader 绿巨人视频 community. Prerequisites: Senior standing, HI/LW 2030, HI/LW 2020.