The legal field offers more opportunities than ever before. To meet the growing needs, today`s businesses and organizations are looking for qualified graduates with a broad knowledge of legal law and practice. Students are encouraged to take charge of their academic career by reading the rich information offered by the Legal Studies website. Students are also welcome to come for advice during Lauri`s walk-in office hours from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and from 1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Lauri`s office is located at the back of the first floor at 2240 Piedmont, the large house right next to the law school and just across the street from Memorial Stadium. Students should inform Lauri upon arrival, and if she is with a student, they should have a seat on the purple sofa in the lobby. Prospective students or students who cannot come should send Lauri an email with their questions to Lauri@berkeley.edu.
The typical student loan payment for an undergraduate student in UC Berkeley`s Nonprofessional General Legal Studies program is $278 per month. Terms and conditions: Summer 2011 First 6-week session Today, law plays a leading role in medicine and science. In recent years, the commitment of the law has expanded considerably. The law (legal and judicial) articulates and interprets standards of conduct. This course will explore a range of topics where law and medicine overlap with many of our most fundamental values such as the body, life, death, religion, reproduction, sexuality and family. In each area, we will include both traditional issues such as the « right to die » and more recent disputes such as physician-assisted suicide. Bioethics and Law: Read More [+] Conditions Offered: Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020 This course offers legal studies students the opportunity to learn more about conducting research in legal studies, how to write an honorary thesis proposal, and how to prepare to write an honorary thesis in the spring. Honor Seminar: Read More [+] Terms Offered: Prior to 2007 With a broad interdisciplinary approach, this course embraces the long duration of critical prison studies and challenges the shadows of normalcy that mask mass incarceration both around the world and especially in today`s United States. This course therefore examines a number of visceral and disturbing juxtapositions: « freedom » and « slavery »; « citizenship » and « submission »; « Marginalization » and « inclusion, » each explaining how narrative, political demagoguery, and racial, class, and gender inequality have created an untenable social condition. Prison: Read More [+] During their UC Berkeley bachelor`s degree, lay students in general law borrow a median amount of $15,000 in student loans.
That`s not too bad considering that the median debt burden of all non-professional bachelor`s degree holders in general law across the country is $27,000. Requirements: Junior or Senior Standing. It is recommended that students have taken at least one law or political science course dealing with American history or U.S. government before taking 176 offered terms: Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017 Contemporary moral and political philosophy is increasingly interested in how notions of self relate to different aspects of our social and political life. These questions also have an important influence on legal theory. The law is shaped by certain implicit assumptions about the nature of individuals and communities, while actively participating in the formation of individuals` identities and the structuring of collective entities such as families, businesses and communities. This course will examine some theoretical approaches to this reciprocal relationship between the law and the different social actors it governs. Law, Self and Society: Read More [+] Companies and organizations of all kinds face legal problems in their daily operations. In addition to the law firms and lawyers they rely on, there are opportunities for lawyers in many other areas of business. At Berkeley College, our career-oriented programs are focused on job readiness. Most of our majors offer specific career paths for students.
Working with professional advisory boards, these career paths recommend elective courses that complement the program`s curricula and help develop the exact job skills that employers look for when hiring graduates or promoting employees. Promote civic engagement and appreciation of the values at stake in legal matters: In keeping with the mission of a public university, the major will develop informed and engaged citizens with sufficient knowledge and background to participate in civil society institutions and law and policy development during and after their studies at Berkeley. This participation could take many forms, including interaction with civil servants, bar membership, work for legal institutions, participation in political analysis, advocacy, building social movements, organizing communities, political activism, etc. Civic engagement includes examining the relationship between law and justice and understanding how the law affects the public interest and social benefits. Faculty believe that our role as a program in a public institution should include educating students to be engaged, active and critical citizens in our society. Many law students engage in citizen participation and service during their time at Berkeley, and many pursue careers in public service. We seek to develop more opportunities for students to develop practical skills and knowledge relevant to these experiences, in addition to the broader intellectual abilities taught as part of a humanities training. Nonprofessional general law students who earn their bachelor`s degree at UC Berkeley go to jobs where they earn an average salary of $39,519 per year. This amount is greater than $35,749, which is the national median for all holders of a non-professional bachelor`s degree in general law.
The requirements for the scope of undergraduate studies provide Berkeley students with a rich and varied educational experience outside of their core program. As the foundation of an education in the humanities, extensive courses give students insight into the intellectual life of the university and introduce them to a variety of perspectives and approaches to research and science. By engaging students in new disciplines and with colleagues from other majors, the extensive experience strengthens the interdisciplinary connections and contexts that prepare Berkeley graduates to understand and solve the complex problems of their time. The courses offered by the major examine law and legality from both a humanistic and empirical perspective. Courses are divided into interdisciplinary areas that transcend disciplinary boundaries in the interest of collaborative research. Terms and Conditions: Fall 2022, Spring 2021, Fall 2019 This course focuses on the legal regulation of sexuality and the social and historical norms and frameworks that influence its intersection with gender, sex, race, disability and class. We will critically examine how the law shapes sexuality and how sexuality shapes the law. Our theme is largely constitutional and covers, among other things, the intersection of sexuality with privacy, freedom of expression, gender identity and expression, equal protection, reproduction, kinship and family formation. We will study case law, legal articles and other texts (including visual works) that critically address issues of sexuality, citizenship, nation, religion, and public and private space at home and abroad. Law and Sexuality: Read More [+] In College Fact`s recent ranking for top nonprofessional general law schools, UC Berkeley ranked No.
2. This makes it one of the richest 5% in the country in this field of study. It`s also No. 1 in California. Student Learning Outcomes: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to articulate scientific and activist theories about the regulation of law and sexuality and recognize how science, social norms, public culture, private intimacy, and legal choices affect the social world in which we live. Upon completion of this course, students will be able to critically analyze and reflect on the legal regulation of sexuality and its intersection with other identity categories such as race, ethnicity, class, nationality, religion, geography, disability, and age, among others. Upon completion of this course, students will be able to develop legal reasoning skills through the analysis of case law, law journal articles, and related texts. At the end of this course, students will be able to identify and respond to important points and arguments in scientific articles by integrating current events related to law, gender and sexuality. Upon completion of this course, students will be able to practice legal writing, research, and oral presentation skills by engaging with the Socratic teaching method. Modalities: Fall 2021, Summer 2021 First 6-week session, Fall 2020 We will examine the profound role of law and legal institutions in the formation and definition of minority and majority racial communities. Students will question the definition and meaning of race in American society (for example, whether race is biological, cultural, ecological, based on white supremacy, or an ever-changing social construct) and critically examine the connection between law, race, and racism in historical and modern contexts.
The course is a joint effort to learn the truths of our collective history; share the truths of our individual experiences and lives; and to determine whether we want a more just society and, if so, how we can create our own means and contributions to that endeavor.