300

Prerequisite: LW 230 and Junior Standing; or Permission of Instructor

Improving research and writing skills for students preparing to go to law school. Identifying strategies for legal research and preparing legal documents such as case briefs, legal memoranda, pleadings and motions. Students taking this course have a significant advantage in law school.

Prerequisite: LWPS 230 or Permission of Instructor

This course addresses the substantive study of criminal law, how society declares what conduct is criminal and what punishment should be imposed for such conduct. Such questions as what effect does heredity, environment, poverty, urban life, lack of education and unemployment have on the proclivity for criminal behavior will be examined.

Prerequisites: 12 credits in the major, and permission of the instructor. Reading and/or research in a selected area of law and society.

An upper-level special topics course offered at the discretion of the department. The content and methods vary with the interest of students and faculty members

Prerequisites: 15 credits in the major, an overall GPA of 2.5 and permission of the supervising instructor and the director of the Law and Criminal Justice program.

Participation and experience in law and society related settings through supervised full- or part-time work. Placements may be in a variety of settings such as: court systems, states attorneys’ offices, prisons, law enforcement agencies, advocacy organizations or government offices. Grading is on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis.