LWS 425 Colloquium for Research in Law and Society

3 hours 

This course is a research colloquium in which students initiate, develop, and present independent research in the field of Law and Society. The projects that students undertake in this course relate to the Law and Society major's theme of law and social change. Students design research projects in conjunction with the faculty instructor and regularly report on progress to the seminar. The final research paper will demonstrate familiarity with relevant literature in the subfield, competence in research, research methods, writing and analysis, and the mastery of basic concepts in the discipline.