Concurrent Session 4A. Historical, Contemporary, and Skills Approaches to Social Justice Teaching

The panelists describe three ways in which they teach social justice. Mary Nicol Bowman and Ada Shen-Jaffe will discuss their first year elective, Lawyering for a Just and Humane World, which provides active learning opportunities for interviewing and negotiation, creative problem-solving, leadership capacities of justice work, reflection, strategic and systems thinking, policy advocacy, multi-forum lawyering, and cross-difference interaction and understanding. Bill Quigley \u26 Davida Finger will discuss ways in which students and faculty have created syllabi to explore ways for law students to engage with social justice learning. In the courses, students learn how lawyers can make the world more just. They tell their own social justice stories and their experiences in law school. Florence Wagman Roisman will discuss a course she\u27s taught for many years. It\u27s entitled either The Civil Rights Movement or Law and Social Change and provides essential background for anyone undertaking social justice work today