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Gender Law - 2254

Gender Law
Class Term:
Spring Term 2024-2025
Catalog Number:
5120
Professor(s):

Professor

Deborah Brake

Professor

Susan Frietsche
Type:
Lecture
Credits:
3 (3 Contact, 0 Field)
Graduation Requirements:
"W" Writing
Priority:
Limited Enrollment - 3rd Year Priority
Full Year Course:
No
Category:
Standard Courses

Grading Details

Final grades in the course will be based on class participation (25%) and written assignments (75%). There are three writing assignments required for this course, consisting of three different types of legal writing (e.g., legislative testimony, litigation/brief-writing, and legal memorandum). One of the three assignments must be revised, based on faculty feedback, and resubmitted as the final writing assignment (in lieu of a final exam). One of the three writing assignments must be “workshopped” in class, which will count toward the student’s grade for class participation

Description

This course will study various perspectives on theory and doctrine relating to gender in a number of different substantive areas of law. The course objectives are to: (1) integrate theory and practice in the study of law; (2) better understand how law both reflects and shapes understandings of gender in society; and (3) develop students’ writing and analytical skills in addressing practical legal problems in areas relevant to gender and the law. The course is organized around several theoretical models of gender and feminism rather than by traditional subject matter categories. Within this framework, we will examine a number of different subject matter areas of law, including employment, education, athletics, work/family conflicts, the legal profession, sexual harassment, domestic violence, and the regulation of gender identity.

Gender Law