social JusTice la eringWY The Social Justice Lawyering concentration prepares students to practice law “How do you integrate for underrepresented clients and communities. The concentration’s 90-plus qualifying classes are taught by more than 30 full-time UC Hastings faculty your experiences and members, augmented by adjunct faculty drawn from many of the Bay Area’s— values into your work and the nation’s—preeminent public interest lawyers. The cornerstone of the concentration is a yearlong seminar that enables students to deepen their with communities and understanding of social justice practice and forge ties with peers and faculty who share a passion for lawyering that acts on one’s values and vision of the clients? UC Hastings is world as it should be—and can become. By participating in one of UC Hast- an exciting place to dis- ings’ many public interest-oriented clinics, students gain experience in civil justice, community group advocacy, criminal practice, economic development, cover your answer to that employment law, environmental law, immigration, local government, media- tion, and refugee and human rights law. question thanks to the In addition to the rich array of academic and clinical offerings, students unrivaled opportunities have myriad opportunities to cultivate their passion for public service. Stu- to pursue social justice dents may publish a note on social justice topics in UC Hastings’ student-run scholarly publications, including the Hastings Race and Poverty Law Journal and the Hastings Women’s Law Journal. In the Public Law Research Institute here and throughout the of the Center for State and Local Government Law, students analyze legal issues while preparing reports used by California’s legislative bodies. Students Bay Area.” may also participate in the General Assistance Advocacy Project, which helps —Ascanio Piomelli, homeless clients navigate the public benefits system; the ACCESS Program, which assists unrepresented litigants in San Francisco Superior Court; and the Professor of Law UC Hastings-to-Haiti Partnership, in which students engage with Haitian law students as well as bring supplies and information on human rights issues. noteworthy courses include: •accountability in international •education Law Human rights Law seminar •employment discrimination •animal Law •environmental Law •capital Punishment seminar •Feminist Legal Theory •children and the Law •Litigation of class actions •civil rights seminar •reparation for injustice •disability Law •sexuality and the Law •domestic Violence •Wrongful convictions www.uchastings.edu / UC hastings 11
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