LAW672A

040473

The majority of Americans can't afford to hire counsel when confronted with a civil legal need. As a result, they attempt to navigate the civil legal system without representation, or simply do not engage with the system at all. What are the societal implications of that system failure, and what can we do to change the status quo? How can innovation and technology unlock the promise of equal justice? In this seminar course, students will engage with various stakeholders in the community to understand: (1) what the civil legal system was designed to do; (2) the role that legal professionals have traditionally played in the civil legal system; (3) how we might reform and improve traditional service models using original, creative and disruptive problem-solving skills. Each semester, the course will focus on a particular avenue of legal service and explore what's working and what's not, with the goal of generating creative solutions. Guest participants from the community will be invited to work with students in problem identification and solution building. This is an interdisciplinary, project-based course that exposes students to design thinking, systems thinking and community-based research. Students work collaboratively as a class and with the community to produce a final project designed to create meaningful change.

ALT - Alternative Grading +/- A,B,C,D,E,S,P,F

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