Fall 1996, Volume XII, Number 1 Family Law ABA Awards 7 Mini-Grants for 1996-97 by Brian Doan The Commission on College and University Legal Studies received 62 proposals for the ninth year of its mini-grant program, including ten in the special competition to develop bibliographies on the topics of "Law and Science" and "Families and Law." From these applications, the ABA made seven awards between $1,250 and $1,500 each. We are pleased to acknowledge $1,500 in contributions to the ABA's Fund for Justice and Education from The Charles Satinover Fund, specifically to support a mini-grant project in the area of women and the law (at the University of Denver; see below for project details). Awards for 1996-97 projects were made to the following colleges, universities, and individuals: Santa Clara University (Santa Clara, CA) Conflict Resolution Course A new course to introduce the concept of conflict resolution to undergraduates within an interdisciplinary program of anthropology and sociology, as well as provide an academic component to the campus' University Conflict Resolution Program to be instituted in 1996-97. Project Director: George Westermark (Anthropology) University of Baltimore (Baltimore, MD) Law, Ethics, and Women A new course to provide students with understanding of the current status of women in law and ethics and examine the way legal and ethical discourses have intersected in the construction of women's social status; will coordinate course activities with related campus events. Project Director: Lucinda Joy Peach (Legal, Ethical, and Historical Studies) University of Denver (Denver, CO) Theatre of Justice: Constructing the Female Offender A new, interdisciplinary, team-taught course that will use the arts to examine societal understandings of gender, and their impact on women's treatment by the criminal justice system. Project Directors: Jennifer Jones (Theatre) & Jennifer Karas (Social Sciences) University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI) Ethics and Legal Quick-notes/Instruction Project (EQUIP) A co-curricular project to expose students to ethical and legal guidance in the personal uses of computers and the broader role of technology in society, through programs and materials for undergraduate classrooms, workshops in university residence halls, and a campus forum on information technology, law and society. Project Director: Virginia Rezmierski (Assistant for Policy Studies to the Vice Provost for Information Technology) University of Nebraska at Omaha (Omaha, NE) Law and Technology: An Insight into the Social Ramifications of Applied Science A new course incorporating the Internet and other multimedia material to link business law and technology, focusing on intellectual property law, ethics, international law, and the impact of new technologies on law and society. Project Director: Michael J. O'Hara (Business/Law and Society) Special awards for the creation of Bibliographies on Families and Law: Alice Hearst (Smith College/Government) Families and the Law Roger J.R. Levesque (Indiana University/Criminal Justice) Adolescent Jurisprudence These two bibliographies will be published as Teaching Resource Bulletins No. 5 and 6, in the Commission's series; they should be available for purchase in the Fall of 1997. Overall, this year's selections reflected the changes taking place in student life and pedagogy, including the growing role of new technologies in education and the continuing interest in connecting classroom teaching with the larger campus community. A variety of subject matters in the humanities and social sciences were funded. Fall 1996 Issue Home | At Century's End | Philosophy & Family Law | Family Law & Policy Transracial Adoption | Transracial Adoption: Conversation | Book Review | Family Violence Teaching Gender Issues | Domestic Violence | Mini-Grant Awards Focus on Law Studies Home | Subscribe to Focus | Questions/Ordering Back Issues