Law and Justice
Students work with faculty advisors to devise self-designed majors. Coursework in the major builds upon students’ experiences in the general education curriculum while providing students with pathways to deepen their knowledge or further develop their passion in a particular area of study.
Law and Justice
The American Bar Association does not recommend any undergraduate majors or group of courses to prepare for a legal education. Students are admitted to law school from almost every academic discipline. You may choose to study subjects that are considered to be traditional preparation for law school, such as history, English, philosophy, political science, economics, or you may focus your undergraduate studies in areas as diverse as anthropology, art, music, or science. Whatever major you select, you are encouraged to pursue an area of study that interests and challenges you, while taking advantage of opportunities to develop your research and writing skills. Taking a broad range of difficult courses from demanding instructors is excellent preparation for legal education. A sound legal education will build upon and further refine the skills, values, and knowledge that you already possess.
— Visit American Bar Association
Designing Your Major
Students interested in preparing for law school are advised to take a wide range of courses and choose Cooperative Education field experiences that would help them to develop their skills, values, knowledge in the areas of problem-solving, critical reading, writing and editing, oral communication and listening, research, organization and management, public service and promotion of justice, relationship-building and collaboration, and exposure to the law.
Some Options in the Curriculum
Anthropology
- ANTH 110: Culture Conflict
- ANTH 230: Anthropology of Human Rights
English Composition
- ENG 105: English Composition
- ENG 251: Expository Writing I
- ENG 351: Advanced Expository Writing
History
- HIST 105: The World Beyond: Cultural Imagination, Exchanges, and History
- HIST 210: African American History, from the Colonial Period to the Present
- HIST 220: U. S. History I, from the Colonial Period to 1877
- HIST 221: U. S. History II, 1877 to the Present
- HIST 225: World History I, to 1500
- HIST 226: World History II, from 1500 to the Present
- HIST 250: The Construction of Race and Ethnicity in North America
Literature
- LIT 101: Close and Critical
- LIT 130: Literature and Social Justice:
Philosophy
- PHIL 110: Law and Justice in the Western Tradition
- PHIL 120: Formal Logic
- PHIL 210: Comparative Philosophy
- PHIL 221: Environmental Ethics and Political Theory
- PHIL 225: Critical Thinking
- PHIL 332: Modern Philosophy
Mathematics
- MATH 102: Explorations in Mathematics and Quantitative Reasoning
- MATH 105: Introduction to Statistics
- MATH 205: Intermediate Statistics
- MATH 151: Precalculus
Political Economy
- PECO 105: Foundations of Political Economy
- PECO 110: Principles of Economics
- PECO 175: U. S. Foreign Policy: The American Empire
- PECO 210: U. S. Political System
- PECO 220: Intermediate Micro and Macroeconomic Theory
- PECO 270: Political Economic Theory
- PECO 280: Capitalism I: Globalization and Development
- PECO 285: Capitalism II: Capital in the Digital Age
- PECO 320: Labor Economics
- PECO 350: Public Policy
- PECO 360: Comparative Political Economy
- PECO 375: International Relations
- PECO 390: Special Topics in Political Economy: Introduction to American Law
Psychology
- PSYC 105: General Psychology
- PSYC 110: Foundations of Social Psychology
- PSYC 330: Cross-Cultural Psychology
Cooperative Education Field Placements
In the past, students have participated in Co-ops around the country and abroad. Here are a few examples:
- Chris Chavers ’22 worked in communications and development at the Transgender Law Center in Oakland, CA. His work included using TLC’s social media platforms to communicate various messages incorporating their efforts for the survival of trans lives and magnifying the voices of trans people of color.
- As multidisciplinary intern at RAICES (Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services), located in Houston, Texas, Kensy Zelaya Sabillon ’22 worked directly with attorneys and legal assistants, as well as engaged in outreach to the Houston community
- Anna Samake ’19 worked as an executive intern for Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI), a nonprofit organization dedicated to the education and engagement of African American and black immigrant communities in order to help them organize and advocate for racial, social. She assisted Opal Tometi, director of BAJI, in meetings and research, working closely on a new project called, “Migration within African countries.”
- For her third Co-op, Michelle Fujii ’18 went to Nagasaki, Japan. She volunteered as a Foreign Affairs Aide at Nagasaki University’s Research Center for Nuclear Weapons Abolition (RECNA), is a research center that works toward realizing a world without nuclear weapons, through academic research, policy recommendations, and information dissemination. Her work included translating documents both ways between English and Japanese, helping with other English-related activities, and assisting RECNA in hosting events and conferences.
Faculty
Recent News
Professor Jennifer Grubbs Authors Book Ecoliberation
Assistant Professor of Anthropology and the Prison Justice Initiative convener at Antioch, Dr. Jennifer D. Grubbs, has just announced the release of her new book “Ecoliberation: Reimagining Resistance and the Green Scare” to be published by McGill-Queen’s University Press in June 2021.
Ka’Dae Brockington ’21 Presenting at GLCA e-Conference
Ka’Dae Brockington ’21 (Biomedical Anthropology major with a focus on American Jurisprudence, Physical and Biological Anthropology) will be presenting in the GLCA Women’s & Gender Studies e-conference. His work on ‘Determining Access: Social and Physical Barriers for Marginalized College Students’ will be part of a Wellness & Health Equity panel from 9 am to 10 am.
Gabby Loomis-Amrhein ’17 Debut Book Release
Gabby Loomis-Amrhein ’17 has had her first book, evening primroses, a book of poetry, published by Recenter Press.
Catalina Alvarez and Liz Flyntz ’02 Leading Spring Guest Workshop
April 7 – May 5, 2021, Assistant Professor of Media Arts Catalina Jordan Alvarez and Liz Flyntz ’02 (artist, curator, writer and digital experience designer) will be leading a guest workshop, “The Collaboration Agreement: Designing for Creative Conflict and Consent” at The School of Making Thinking, which will consist of five workshop sessions taught on Wednesdays from 7-9pm EST.
