Policy Analysis Track

Required Courses

Students must complete the following two courses:

  1. Administrative Law
  2. 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.