Juvenile Justice Seminar
Section 1, Fall 17
Schedule Information
Enrollment: 16/16
Credits: 3
Course Description
This seminar will explore the history of the juvenile courts, troubling issues within the current juvenile justice system, recent Supreme Court cases regarding juveniles, and advocacy and policy reform currently occurring at the state and national level. This seminar will also explore related topics, such as the school-to-prison-pipeline and the recent push to consider community based alternatives to incarceration.
Course Requirements
Exam Info:
Midterm Type (if any): None
Description: None
Final Type (if any): None
Description:
Written Work Product
Written Work Product: Students will be required to write a paper (10-15 pages) to be submitted via EXPO by noon on the last day of the exam period. Students wishing to augment this paper into one satisfying the Upper-Level Writing Requirement must timely submit the required paperwork to SRO -- retroactive exceptions will not be granted.
Other Work
Other Course Details
Prerequisites: None Concurrencies: None
Mutually Exclusive With: None
Laptops Allowed: Yes
First Day Attendance Required: No
Course Notes:
Graduation Requirements
*Satisfies Writing Requirement: No
**Credits For Prof. Skills Requirement: No
Satisfies Professional Ethics: No
*Yes means professor requires everyone in the course to submit a substantial research paper (which is the requirement standard in Academic Policies), so no paperwork required to be submitted to SRO. No means student must timely submit paperwork to SRO if intending to use a paper in this course to satisfy the Writing Requirement.
**Yes indicates course credits count towards UVA Law’s Prof. Skills graduation requirement, not necessarily a skills requirements for any particular state bar.
General Information
Schedule No.
117821451
117821451
Law No.
LAW9289
LAW9289
Modified Type
Seminar
Seminar
Cross Listed: No
Cross-Listed Course Mnemonic:
Concentrations: Family Law, Litigation and Procedure
Public Syllabus Link: None
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