TEACHING RESOURCES FOR
UNDERGRADUATE CLASSES AND PROGRAMS

SYLLABI

Gateway Courses

• Introduction to Justice Studies, taught at Arizona State University
  
• Law and Society, taught by Annie Bunting and Jane McMillan at York University
  
• Law and Society, taught by David Friedrichs at the University of Scranton
  
• Introduction to Legal Studies, taught by Thomas Hilbink at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst
  
• Intro to Law and Society, taught by David Mednicoff at University of Massachusetts, Amherst
  
• Legal Process, taught by Julie Novkov at the University of Oregon
  

Legal Process/Law & Society/Justice Studies

• Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, taught by Mark Davidson at York University
  
• Social Science and the Law, taught by Valerie Hans at the University of Delaware
  
• Psychology and the Law, taught by Valerie Hans at the University of Delaware
  
• Law, Politics, and Social Change, taught by Thomas Hilbink at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst
  
• Law and Society Seminar, taught by Gail Kellough at York University
  
• Gender, Sex, and the Supreme Court, taught by Patricia McDermott at York University
  
• Courts and Justice, taught by D. Marie Provine at Arizona State University
  

Comparative, International and Global Perspectives on Law and Justice

• Information Technology and Social Justice Beyond First World Discourse, taught by Merlyna Lim at Arizona State University
  
• International Perspectives in Law and Society: Ethnographies of Rights, taught by Annie Bunting at York University
  
• Gods and Governments, taught by Thomas Hilbink at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst
  
• Explaining Terror: The Middle East and the US, taught by David Mednicoff at University of Massachusetts, Amherst
  
• Law and Society Seminar on International Human Rights, taught by Dorathy Moore at York University
  

Special Topics in Law and Justice

• Community and Social Justice, taught by H.L.T. Quan at Arizona State University
  
• The Just City, taught by Monica Varsanyi at Arizona State University
  
• The Economics of Law, Policy, and Organization, taught by Mark Davidson at York University
  
• Judging the Jury, taught by Valerie Hans at the University of Delware
  
• Popular Trials, taught by Richard Weisman at York University
  
• Law, Medicine, and Madness, taught by Kimberley White at York University
  

Identity and Diversity in Law and Justice

• Domestic Violence: Myths, Realities, and Social Change, taught by Madelaine Adelman at Arizona State University
  
• Women and the Law, taught by Lykke de la Cour at York University
  
• Aboriginal Peoples in Law and Society, taught by L. Jane McMillan at York University
  
• Social Diversity and the Law, taught by Dorathy Moore at York University
  
• Human Rights and Canadian Minorities, taught at York University
  

Criminal Justice/Criminal Process

• A Criminal Justice System, taught by Gail Kellough at York University
  
• Crime and Punishment, taught by Ben Pryor at the University of Toledo
  
• Transnational Crime and Policing, taught by James Sheptycki at York University
  
• Responsibility and Criminal Law, taught by Kimberley White at York University
  

MOOT COURTS AND MOCK TRIALS

MOCK TRIAL/MOOT COURT RESOURCES

• Captain Greg Thompson, Assistant Professor of Law, U.S. Air Force Academy, provides information on Undergraduate Mock Trial Programs. This document includes information on the American Mock Trial Association and a list of schools that participate.
  
  
• Professor John Hertel of the US Air Force Academy shares his Civil Trial Simulation, which includes a full scenario with a complex fact pattern involving nine or ten key roles that can accommodate more than 20 roles.
  
  
• Professor Hertel has also provided his Primer on Complex Simulations, required reading for instructors who want to get the most out of these exercises.
  
  
• Liana Pennington of Northeastern University's Law, Policy & Society Program provides information on the Moot Court Program at Northeastern.
  
  
• John Hertel also has an Appellate Moot Court Simulation.
  
  
• Rosanna Langer, Associate Professor, Dept. of Law and Justice, Laurentian University, explains how to use simulations to teach about dispute resolution in "Teaching Dispute Resolution with Multifaceted Case Study Materials: Restorative Justice Role Plays".
  
  

REFLECTIONS AND INNOVATIVE TEACHING IDEAS

• The US Military Academy's Department of Law (West Point) sponsored an important Law and Terrorism Conference in 2005, in which many consortium schools participated. The web site collects resources from the conference and has links to other resources concerning terrorism.


• David Mednicoff, of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, recently won the "Teaching 9-11" award from Dickinson College's Clarke Center for the Study of Contemporary Issues. His course, "Explaining Terror," provided a multidisciplinary and global investigation of terrorism for undergraduates.


• Jeff Nesteruk on being a legal scholar at an undergraduate liberal arts college
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• Want to get your students to write but don't have the time to plow through the grading? The University of Delaware has some nice ideas in this article How to Avoid the Paper Trap

UNDERGRADUATE LAW JOURNALS

• Lexicon: A Journal of Law and Society
• UCLA's Undergraduate Law Journal
• The Law and Society Journal (UCSB)

ADVISING RESOURCES FOR UNDERGRADUATES

• Dan Pinello's Advice for Getting into Law School.
• Julie Novkov's How to Get Great Letters of Recommendation. She designed this advice for undergraduates looking primarily for law school letters.
• Julie Novkov's Prospectus Writing Guidelines. Suitable to help undergraduates develop workable proposals for large-scale research projects.

WEB RESOURCES ON LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCE

• The Association of American Law Schools is the main organization of accredited law schools in the United States.
  
• For information online about law and social science, see the Law and Society Association.
  
• The American Society for Legal History also has annual scholarly meetings.
  
• See also the American Society of Criminology.

• Law and Courts is an organized section of the American Political Science Association.
• The Crime, Law, and Deviance Section of the American Sociological Association is a good research site.
• You can also check out the American Psychology-Law Society.
  
• See also the American Sociological Association Section on the Sociology of Law.
  
• There's also the Association for Political and Legal Anthropology (PoLAR).

• Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy at the State University of New York at Buffalo
  
• Center for the Study of Law and Society at the University of California at Berkeley
  
• Comparative Law and Society Studies Center at the University of Washington
  
• Law and Society Institute at New York University