Course Details

Clinic: Movement Lawyering

In this clinic, students will get first-hand experience working within social justice movements and in executing legal and policy strategies aimed at redressing some of the most pressing, urgent issues of our time-namely over-policing and mass imprisonment. Students will work directly with community-based, racial justice focused collectives involved in organizing for a more just Chicago and advocating for alternative, non-carceral approaches to community safety. Representative matters include: enforcement of a federal court order aimed at transforming the Chicago Police Department, litigation filed on behalf of Black transgender woman challenging abusive prison conditions, policy projects aimed at developing community-led approaches to public safety and police accountability.

Catalog Number: LITARB 746

Additional Course Information: Experiential Learning, Professional Writing

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Course History

Spring 2024
Title: Clinic: Movement Lawyering
Faculty: Bedi, Sheila (courses | profile)
Section: 1     Credits: 4.0
Capacity: 10     Actual: 10

Fall 2023
Title: Clinic: Movement Lawyering
Faculty: Bedi, Sheila (courses | profile)
Section: 1     Credits: 4.0
Capacity: 10     Actual: 10

Spring 2023
Title: Clinic: Community Justice and Civil Rights Litigation
Faculty: Bedi, Sheila (courses | profile)
Section: 1     Credits: 4.0
Capacity: 10     Actual: 10

Fall 2022
Title: Clinic: Community Justice and Civil Rights Litigation
Faculty: Bedi, Sheila (courses | profile)
Section: 1     Credits: 4.0
Capacity: 8     Actual: 8

Spring 2022
Title: Clinic: Community Justice and Civil Rights Litigation
Faculty: Bedi, Sheila (courses | profile)
Section: 1     Credits: 4.0
Capacity: 10     Actual: 10

Fall 2021
Title: Clinic: Community Justice and Civil Rights Litigation
Faculty: Bedi, Sheila (courses | profile)
Section: 1     Credits: 4.0
Capacity: 8     Actual: 8