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Course Titles and/or Descriptions
- Feminist Jurisprudence—This interdisciplinary course will explore contemporary feminist theory and jurisprudence. We will consider the trajectory of feminist thought both within law and outside of it, with special focus on postmodern feminist theory, queer theory, and the interplay between psychoanalytic theory and feminist theory. The emphasis will be on feminist theory as applied to the realms of gender and sexuality.
- Sex Discrimination Law—This course seeks to integrate feminist theory with the practice of women's rights law by examining a wide range of contemporary sex discrimination issues. Beginning with the development of constitutional protection for gender discrimination, the course examines topics such as reproductive rights, educational equity, violence against women, employment discrimination, and family law, with attention to how women's rights concerns intersect with issues of race, class, and sexual orientation. Throughout the course, we discuss how litigation, public policy, and legislative strategies have and can be used to achieve feminist visions of equality.
- Sexuality and the Law Seminar—The seminar will examine three primary dynamics: the treatment of sexuality and gender in the law, the impact of evolving research and knowledge about sexuality and gender on legal developments, and the process of public interest litigation in shifting public perceptions. Students will read and discuss the constitutional and legislative developments, a number of theoretical frameworks, and particular problems related to legal representation of individuals and groups whose sexual or gender expressions do not conform to social norms
- LGBT Rights Clinic—Students will be given fieldwork placements in local nonprofit organizations which represent LGBT individuals. Substantive case work may involve sexual orientation or gender identity-based asylum claims, discrimination claims, transgender documentation issues (such as correcting gender on a birth certificate), or housing succession claims. Additionally, all students will participate in at least one legal clinic held at the LGBT Community Center by The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Law Association of Greater New York (LeGaL) of New York. A seminar focusing on the unique legal issues faced by LGBT individuals completes the students' work.
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Additional Information
OUTLaw is an organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender law students, as well as their supporters and friends.
OUTLaw is one of the largest, most respected, and most active organizations of its kind in the nation. Our mission is political,
social, educational, and familial. Our membership is diverse. OUTLaw actively promotes queer visibility on campus and acts
as a watchdog for issues arising within New York University School of Law and within the nation. Throughout the year,
OUTLaw brings speakers to campus to discuss and bring attention to issues of importance to our community.
We cosponsor
panels with the placement office that focus on the experiences of queer lawyers in the workplace and of queer students in the
job search. OUTLaw's social events bring members of the community together to create a strong network of support for queer
students at NYU School of Law.
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