ILRLR 2060

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ILRLR 2060
Writing Seminar in Law

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2023-2024.

Topics change depending on semester and instructor. Possible topics include: Topic: Socio-Legal Perspectives on Disability, Sexual Harassment Law & Policy, Law & Society.

When Offered Fall or Spring.

Permission Note Enrollment limited to: ILR sophomores or permission of the instructor.

Satisfies Requirement Satisfies the ILR sophomore writing requirement.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  • Topic: Socio-Legal Perspectives on Disability

  •  9047 ILRLR 2060   SEM 101

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    • TR Ives Hall 107
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023

    • Heinemann, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    This sophomore writing seminar engages in a critical, in-depth study of the way in which people with disabilities and the disability experience are represented in an array of interdisciplinary texts, with particular emphasis on the legal tradition and interpretations. Drawing from a variety of historical as well as contemporary texts and documents, we will explore the implications of disability in culture and policy, particularly as they impact ideas of citizenship and rights, primarily in the United States, but also globally.  We will examine the history of disability law, looking closely at a number of Supreme Court cases and decisions. We will additionally allow for an intensive focus on the development of critical thought and reasoning in both oral and written communication.
    ILR Sophomore Writing Requirement is limited to ILR sophomores or others with permission of instructor who have not satisfied their ILR Sophomore Writing Requirement. Not open to first year students.

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  • Topic: Law and Society

  • 10213 ILRLR 2060   SEM 102

  •  
    • MW Ives Hall 107
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023

    • Gleeson, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    This course examines the experiences of workers attempting to navigate the labor standards enforcement bureaucracy. We begin by reviewing the conditions of post-industrial labor in an era of declining unionization and weak federal and state protections. Next we review theories of legal consciousness and legal mobilization, which help explain the conditions under which low-wage workers learn about their rights and come forward to demand justice. We walk through claimsmaking in an array of federal and state administrative bureaucracies, including wage and hour, health and safety, and discrimination. We also look at how the immigration enforcement regime intersects with the tenets of at-will employment to grant employers wide latitude in retaliating against undocumented workers and stifling attempts at legal mobilization. We next assess how these formal protections are filtered through various institutional gatekeepers (including legal advocates and medical experts) and how organizational compliance structures such as human resources and mediation programs) have limited worker’s ability to make claims on their rights. We consider how intersecting bases of inequality (such as gender, race, and national origin) are processed by administrative bureaucracies, and how lay versus legal conceptions of workplace justice often diverge. We end by considering the fallout of workplace abuse on individuals and their families.
    ILR Sophomore Writing Requirement is limited to ILR sophomores or others with permission of instructor who have not satisfied their ILR Sophomore Writing Requirement. Not open to first year students.

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  • Topic: The Law of Care Work

  • 10264 ILRLR 2060   SEM 103

  •  
    • MW Ives Hall 107
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023

    • Zhang, Y

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    This course studies the law’s governance of care work. The care economy supplies basic needs for individuals and provides the human infrastructure for society. Care work often happens outside the traditional workplace and/or the formal labor market. Beyond the market, the family and the state also play essential roles in providing and paying for care. As a result, care work—paid, unpaid, or underpaid—raises challenging questions for and beyond employment and labor law. How does the law compensate, regulate, and evaluate care work? How does the law allocate the responsibility and costs of care? How does the relationship between the provider and receiver of care and/or the caregiver’s identities (gender/race/immigration status) affect the law’s treatment of the care work? To explore these questions, we will examine legal institutions across the bodies of employment and labor law, family law, welfare law, and immigration law. The course will predominantly focus on the United States. As a writing seminar, this course will develop the student’s analytical writing capability through a series of writing assignments designed to break down the writing process into discernable steps, culminating in a longer paper on a topic relevant to this course. This process will include writing reaction papers, composing a paper proposal, participating in the incubator and work-in-progress workshops, revising the written works, and receiving feedback from the Professor throughout the process.
    ILR Sophomore Writing Requirement is limited to ILR sophomores or others with permission of instructor who have not satisfied their ILR Sophomore Writing Requirement. Not open to first year students.