Law and the Abolition of Modern Day Carceral Systems

This course is a seminar on law and the abolition of modern day carceral systems. The course aims to facilitate an exploration of topics such as: 1) the brutality and racist nature of the carceral system; 2) the theory and practice of abolition of that system;3) lawyering skills related to legislative/administrative advocacy and litigation in support of abolition; and 4) the prison abolition movement in the context of efforts to end other forms of racist state violence.

Fall, Spring