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Law School Admission Council

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ProFellow helps you find competitive fellowships and funding. Explore curated listings for graduate school, research, and professional programs.

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School of Fish

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600+ Things You Can Do With A Law Degree

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600+ Things You Can Do With A Law Degree

Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship Program

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The Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Graduate Fellowship Program is a merit and needs based program that honors Thomas R. …

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Vault Career Guide to Law, Fourth Edition

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Practice Perspectives: Vault’s Guide to Legal Practice Areas, 2021 Edition

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Vault Guide to the Top Florida Law Firms, 2021 Edition

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Vault Guide to the Top Midsize Texas Law Firms, 2021 Edition

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Vault Guide to the Best Intellectual Property Boutique Law Firms, 2021 Edition

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Vault Guide to Law Jobs, Third Edition

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GRK 205 – Reading Greek Prose: Court Room Dramas, Selections from Athenian Oratory

In classical Athens there were no public prosecutors and no lawyers. Citizens took it on themselves to prosecute their political…

CSPL 316 – Human Rights Advocacy: Critical Assessment and Practical Engagement in Global Social Justice

The core animating principles and practices of human rights are under threat. Will the global human rights movement be able…

ARCP 267 – Museum Collections: Ethical Considerations and Practical Applications

Serving as a broad overview of museology, this course introduces students to the principles underlying the foundations of museum work…

ANTH 310 – Un/Settled: The Anthropology of Displacement, Migration, Borders, and Refuge

How does one account for the ever-present and growing phenomenon of displaced people on the move in a world of…

PSYC 277 / AFAM 287 – Psychology and the Law

This course will offer an introduction to the range of topics that are of concern both to psychologists and to…

GOVT 399 – Citizens, Judges, Juries: Who Decides in Democracy?

The tensions between rule by the people, rule by elites, and rule of law are at the core of democratic…

GOVT 382 – Erosion of Democracy

This seminar will explore the characteristics, causes, and consequences of “democratic backsliding” — deterioration in the quality of democracy that…

CLST 221 – Law, Politics & Order in the Ancient World

Legal texts–law codes, decrees, and edicts, juristic discussions, law court cases–help us understand the history of legal thinking and strategy,…

ECON 325 – Law and Economics

This course examines the efficacy of alternative legal arrangements using microeconomics as the basic investigative tool. The core of the…

CSPL 248 – Organizations in Society: Business Ethics

Capitalism and competitive markets are often considered the most efficient system of simultaneously maximizing private wealth and public good. In…

CSPL 235 / FGSS 236 / AFAM 235 / IDEA 235 – Activism and Theories of Change

In this course we will explore strategies and theories of change that shape social justice movements, with particular reference to…

FGSS 379 – Gendered Belonging and the Politics of Inclusion

If inclusion and belonging are tied to recognition, how do marginalized subjects establish their legibility and “right to appear”? This…

PHIL 273 – Philosophy of Law

This course will consist of four sections. We will start by understanding what law is by looking at a classic…

HIST 340 – Policing and Power

This course examines the history of policing in the United States by considering the contexts and conflicts that birthed and…

GOVT 203 – American Constitutional Law

This course examines the historical development and constitutional principles of American government including inquiries into federalism, national and state powers,…

EDST 315 – Education Law in an Age of Change

This course is an introduction to the legal processes that shape public education in the United States. This course examines…

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Princeton Carter ’20 (he/him)

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