About CRS Specialization

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This Specialization in CRS is appropriate for law students who seek advanced study and/or practice in race and the law, critical race theory, civil rights, public policy and other legal practice areas that are likely to involve working with racial minority clients and communities or working to combat racial inequality.

The course of study (as well as extra-curricular symposia, lectures, and activities) emphasizes students' mastery of five areas:

history (centering on the Constitution but focusing as well as on a variety of other legal documents and experiences);
theory (critical race theory, jurisprudence, and also drawing on theoretical advances outside the legal academy);
comparative subordination (an understanding of the multi-racial nature of American race relations as well as how racial inequality is affected by discrimination based on gender, sexual orientation, and disability);
doctrine (case law, and statutory law, and their interpretation); and
practice (including legal practice, community service, and lawyers' use of social science inquiries and methods).

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CRS students in
New Orleans providing legal aid after Hurricane Katrina

Beyond the course requirements, students have the opportunity to engage in a wide-range of related extra-curricular activities. Program faculty encourage participating students to serve as editors on student law reviews. Program faculty and students sponsor opportunities for discussion of important policy issues in the race and law area, as well as provide students the chance to meet alumni and scholars from other disciplines and law schools working in this growing area, through informal lunch speakers and more formal symposia.

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