University of Washington
Program profile
An interview with Michael McCann, the
director
of UW's program, by Consortium President Valerie Hans.
Praise for the program
"The Law, Societies, and Justice Program at the University of
Washington
offers a rich and diverse curriculum for undergraduates. Particularly
strong
features of the program include its focus on human rights, its comparative
approach, its critical perspective, and its intensive fieldwork
requirement
for completion of the major. Students at UW are enthusiastic in their
praise
of the program." Lynn
Mather, Professor of Law and Political Science,
and Director of the Baldy Center for Law & Social Policy, SUNY Buffalo
"The UW Law, Societies and Justice Program is a distinctive
contribution
to undergraduate education about law. It is distinctive in that it is
genuinely interdisciplinary. It is more than the aggregation of
different disciplinary perspectives in that it moves toward a new
synthesis. In addition, it is marked by its interest in comparative and
global perspectives. It advances knowledge by its consistent focus on
helping students think through and beyond law's complex relation to the
nation-state." Austin
Sarat, William Nelson Cromwell Professor
of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College