Courses

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.