Policy Analysis Track
Required Courses
Students must complete the following two courses:
- Administrative Law
- Legislation
Distribution Requirement
Students must complete at least six courses (18 credits), including at least one course from three of the following categories:
Individual Rights
- American Indian Law
- Civil Rights Litigation
- Constitutional Criminal Procedure
- Disability Law
- Employment Discrimination
- Fair Housing: Policies, Litigation and Mediation
- Fair Housing Basics
- First Amendment
- Fourteenth Amendment
- Free Speech on Campus
- Global Freedom of Expression and the Press
- Health and Human Rights
- Human Trafficking
- Ideas of the First Amendment
- Law and Social Change
- Law of Racial and Social Justice Movements
- Prisoners' Rights
- Poverty Law
- Race, Social Science, and the Law
- Refugees and Asylum
- Religion and the Law
- Reproductive Health and Justice Seminar
- Sexual Orientation and the Law
- Violence Reduction and Transformational Change in Justice Systems
- Women, Children, and Human Rights
Government and Political Processes
- Basic Federal Income Tax
- Chicago's Gun Violence Epidemic
- Clean Energy
- Election Law
- Environmental Law
- Food and Drug Law
- Food Policy and Regulation
- Health Care Law and Policy
- Immigration Law
- International Human Rights Law: Differing Perspectives
- Land Use and Other Urban Issues
- Law and Education
- Policing Chicago's Communities
- Refugees and Asylum
- State and Local Government
- State and Local Taxation
- Telecommunications and Internet Policy
International and Comparative Law
- Colloquium: Human Rights
- International Environmental Law
- International Human Rights
- International Law
- Nation Building: International Human Rights in Transitional Societies
Law and Social Science
- American Legal History
- Classical Athenian Law
- Crime and Criminology
- Economics Analyses of Law
- Feminist Jurisprudence
- Law and Social Change
Research Requirement
Students must complete a substantial research and writing project within the Concentration. This requirement may be satisfied by completing an approved Senior Research Project (LAWSTUDY 690) or a seminar or course (approved as part of the concentration) with the Research Writing attribute.