| Program Name: |
Legal Studies |
| Director: |
Dr. Maria Stalzer Wyant Cuzzo |
| Program Address: |
Legal Studies
Sundquist 335
University of Wisconsin, Superior
PO Box 2000
Superior, WI 54880
715/394-8482
Fax: 715/394-8412
E-mail: mcuzzo@staff.uwsuper.edu |
| Program Type: |
Major/Minor with complementary programs in Paralegal Studies
and Mediation & Conflict Resolution |
| Program Status: |
Established in 1997 |
| Statement of Intellectual Structure: |
| “The Legal Studies curriculum focuses both on the large, complex
institutions of government and society and on the small, routine interactions that make up
our daily lives with others. For, it is in the lives of real people that the theory and
practice of law meet in politics and society. The major in Legal Studies examines the ways
law is used to settle disputes. It addresses the major justifications given over the
centuries for obeying law and honoring its requirements. It gives students the skills and
knowledge necessary to understand the way lawyers think and practice their craft. And it
relates both the theory and the practice of law to the political and social communities in
which laws, lawyers, and judges actually impact people’s rights.” |
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| Program Curricular Organization: |
Six required courses, an internship or experiential course,
at least one substantive law course, and one course in three of the following five groups:
Global Law, Legal Theory and Practice, Legal Process and Ordering, Diversity and
Multicultural Issues, and Other Law-Related Courses from similar fields. |
| Required Courses: |
Introduction to Legal Studies
Methods of Legal Research and Writing
Methods of Legal Writing and Argumentation
United States National, State, and Local Government
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Constitutional Law
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| Sample of Elective Courses: |
Criminal Law
Comparative Law & Courts
Legal Rhetoric & Argumentation
Environmental Law and Regulation
Race, Class, Law & Politics
Family Law Mediation
Legal History and Literature
Jurisprudence
Judicial Process
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| Experiential Component: |
In-field Internships, Mock Trial Competitions, Conference
Opportunities; students also have the opportunity to take supplemental coursework for a 24
credit Paralegal Certificate and Mediation & Conflict Resolution courses. |
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