UB Curriculum | UB Seminars English class with professor Carrie Bramen, in Clemens Hall. Photographer: Douglas Levere
UB Gender Courses
As a research center rather than an academic department, the Gender Institute itself does not offer courses, but we promote curricular innovation and academic courses related to women, gender, and sexuality offered by departments and schools throughout the University at Buffalo. The courses featured here highlight just a few of UB's outstanding gender-related courses.
Information about UB's BA, MA, and PhD programs in Global Gender and Sexuality Studies can be found at https://arts-sciences.buffalo.edu/global-gender-sexuality.html.
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Fall 2023
This list of courses showcases a sampling of UB's gender-related curriculum. For more information please contact the instructor.
UNDERGRADUATE
African-American Studies
AAS 312SEM - Gender Issues Cont Africa
Tue & Thur, 2:00 PM - 3:20 PM
Clemen 202
Instructor: Mopelola Ogunbowale
This seminar examines current policy frameworks and agendas such as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and public policy responses to poverty, gender inequalities in democratic participation and socioeconomic development. It further interrogates burning issues of human...
rights and the rights of the girl child
as they pertain to social practices such as female mutilation and child soldiers. It analyzes also the changing dynamics of households due to the combined effects of transnational migration, HIV/Aids and conflicts and their gender implications. It revisits opportunities for social change in the face of an increased pressure from globalization, environmental degradation, a growing retrenchment of the state, and many threats to human security.
Credits: 3
Grading: Graded (GRD)
AAS 264SEM -Black Child in America
Mon & Wed, 5:00 PM - 6:20 PM
Clemen 04
Instructor: Deborah Pierce-Tate
The black child in America has been adversely impacted by the unique history of African Americans, principally by the unusual circumstances created by slavery and institutional racism over the years. This course seeks to examine how such historical trauma has shaped the identity of this specific...
demographic. Through class readings, videos, and assignments we seek to interpret how historical trauma influences issues such as poverty, mental health, police interaction, employment, education, etc. The course does not require prior knowledge of African American Studies. This course is the same as AMS 264, and GGS 264, and course repeat rules will apply. Students should consult with their major department regarding any restrictions on their degree requirements.
Credits: 3
Grading: Graded (GRD)
AAS 460SEM - Black Women in United States History
Tue & Thur, 2:00 PM - 3:20 PM
Clemen 107
Instructor: Lillian Williams
Examines the history of black women in the United States from the slave era through the reform movements that occurred after World War II. Focuses on the range of demands placed on black women during the Gilded and Progressive eras the founding of the National Association of Colored...
Women in 1896, their participation in the women's suffrage movement, black struggles for liberation in the United States and in the African Diaspora, cultural movement, war, labor force participation, and health. Also explores black women's interaction with male-dominated groups and feminists from other racial and ethnic groups. Students will analyze black women as leaders, their leadership styles and the impact that they have made on constituents. This course is the same as HIS 468 and GGS 460, and course repeat rules will apply. Students should consult with their major department regarding any restrictions on their degree requirements.
Credits: 3
Grading: Graded (GRD)
AAS 355SEM - Race, Class, and Society
Monday, 12:30 PM - 3:10 PM
Remote
Instructor: Y. Lulat
Considers how the social divisions of race, gender, ethnicity, and class in the United States today influence the functioning of society in terms of politics, economics, culture, and so on. The course also places special emphasis on current and historical African American experiences. This...
course is the same as GGS 354 and course repeat rules will apply. Students should consult with their major department regarding any restrictions on their degree requirements.
Credits: 4
Grading: Graded (GRD)
American Studies
AMS 102LEC - The Asian American Experience
M W & F, 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Baldy 125
Instructor: TBA
The Asian American experience from the beginning of Asians' and Pacific Islanders' entry into North America in the eighteenth century to the present. Investigates this phenomenon in connection with national and transnational power relations, economic structures, and political realities. Also considers the construction of American identities in the United States and their impact on Asian American ...
...communities and individuals. Goals are to develop a historical and multi-cultural perspective on the Asian American experience, to enlarge students' capacities for analytical and critical thinking, and to achieve a better understanding of the diversity within Asian American communities and of Asian Americans' social status in North America. This course is the same as AS 110 and course repeat rules will apply. Students should consult with their major department regarding any restrictions on their degree requirements.
Credits: 3
Grading: Graded (GRD)
AMS 335LEC, ENG 387 & GGS 335- Women Writers
T & R , 2:00 PM - 3:20 PM
Fronczak454
Instructor: Sharon Beckford-Foster
This course studies writing by women across a variety of periods and genres, with focus on the historical and cultural context of women's lives. A: "Twentieth-Century Women Writers Study" treats writing of twentieth-century women, attending to its differences from and connections to earlier periods and mainstream traditions. B: "U.S. Women Writers" ...
... explores U.S. women's writing as it participates in mainstream literary and rhetorical traditions and creates its own counter-traditions. The course may include women's autobiographies, speeches, essays, letters, captivity and slave narratives, poetry, fiction and drama from a variety of periods. This course is the same as AMS 335 and GGS 335 and course repeat rules will apply.
Credits: 3
Grading: Graded (GRD)
Art History
AHI 380LEC - Image And Gender
T & R, 12:30 PM - 1:50 PM
Obrian 112
Instructor: Kari Winter
Considers the representation of gender (femininity and masculinity) in pictures, and the impact of gender on making and looking at art and media. Discusses works from several historical periods, concentrating on nineteenth- and twentieth-century art and media. Topics and issues considered are the professionalization of the artist and myths of genius; artists and models; the problems of a feminine aesthetic; the nude; and the gendered spectator. This course is the same as GGS 308, and course repeat rules will apply. Students should consult with their major department regarding any restrictions on their degree requirements.
Credits: 3
Grading: Graded (GRD)
AHI 380LEC - Image And Gender
M W & F, 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Obrian 10
Instructor: Mary Lyn Nutting
Considers the representation of gender (femininity and masculinity) in pictures, and the impact of gender on making and looking at art and media. Discusses works from several historical periods, concentrating on nineteenth- and twentieth-century art and media. Topics and issues considered are the professionalization of the artist and myths of genius; artists and models; the problems of a feminine aesthetic; the nude; and the gendered spectator. This course is the same as GGS 308, and course repeat rules will apply. Students should consult with their major department regarding any restrictions on their degree requirements.
Credits: 3
Grading: Graded (GRD)
Classics
CL 210LEC - Women in the Ancient World
M W F, 10:00AM to 10:50AM
Academ 322
Instructor: Jackie Murray
Explores status of women; roles in literature; their social and economic context; and the origins of contemporary stereotypes and prejudices.
Credits: 3
Grading: Graded (GRD)
Environmental Design
END 322DIS - Race and Place in the Built Environment
Mondays, 6:00PM to 8:40PM
Hayes 217
Instructor: Dr. Henry L Taylor
ntroduces ways historical conceptions of race and place have impacted the shape and design of our built environment. Examines critical influence of race science on civilizational narratives used to determine meaning and content of 19th century American architecture and designed environments...
Traces effects of racial discourses on domestic interpretations of African, Asian, and Latino building traditions. Reviews tools American architects and designers have used to represent social and cultural values of different racial and ethnic groups, from Victorian houses of New England towns to campus planning and design strategies of Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Challenge interpretations how past racial politics continues to shape design, structure, and character of today's built environment. Evaluates how social construction of racial identity still influences patterns of residential segregation, voting districts, land-use, and material investments in the public sphere. This course is the same as ARC 322 and course repeat rules will apply.
Credits: 3
Grading: Graded (GRD)
Environment and Sustainability
EVS 414SEM - Globalization and Gender
Thursdays, 4:10PM to 6:50PM
Clemen 102
Instructor: Barbara Wejnert
This course explores the complex relationships between globalization, well-being, and gender from a national and global, comparative perspective. It interrogates analytical and conceptual frameworks, definitions, and measurements of globalization enriched by theoretical investigations of a neoliberal world system and dependency theory to view how the complex relationships between these theories explain women's socio-economic and political position in developing and developed countries...
...The class is centered on analyses of relevant readings that form a base for a class discussion about globalization and women's experiences in globalized societies. In particular, it focuses on policies and practices that shape people's opportunities and life experiences and illustrate constraints and advancements that affect women's positions worldwide. Drawing from multiple theoretical and conceptual frameworks, this course focuses on interdisciplinary social sciences, global development, and gender.This course is the same as GGS 414 and course repeat rules will apply. Students should consult with their major department regarding any restrictions on their degree requirements.This class is dual listed with EVS 514.
Credits: 3
Grading: Graded (GRD)
Global Gender and Sexuality Studies
Information about UB's BA, MA, and PhD programs in Global Gender and Sexuality Studies can be found at https://arts-sciences.buffalo.edu/global-gender-sexuality.html.
GGS 101LEC Introduction to Gender and Women's Studies
M W F , 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM
Cooke 114
Instructor: TBA
Introduces students to basic concepts in women's studies. Covers the history of the women's movement and its relation to the rise of women's studies as a discipline. Examines and discusses a multiplicity of 'recurring themes' affecting differing women's lives; including the social construction of gender, the impact of ...
race, sexuality, reproduction, work, education, media, material condition (class), and women's agency. Discusses current controversies among feminists, and the broader political arena. Discovers how studying women's history challenges traditional notions of women and traditional notions of history.
Credits: 3
Grading: Graded (GRD)
GGS 103LEC Women's Bodies, Women's Health
M 3:00 p.m. - 3:50 p.m.; W 6:30 p.m. - 7:20 p.m.; R 4:00 p.m. - 4:50 p.m. OR F 10:00 a.m. - 10:50 a.m Various Locations**
Instructor: Kelsey Lewis, PhD
This course provides an innovative and interdisciplinary introduction to women's bodies and health. The course starts from a foundational belief in the importance of studying women's experiences of their bodies and health. The main objective is to about how gender ideologies impact scientific research and ...
practices around women's bodies, shaping women's abilities to learn about their bodies and their access to healthcare. This class is explicitly designed to both ground students in the best practices of scientific inquiry and to draw from work in the humanities and social sciences to understand how science is shaped by broader social beliefs and practices. Students will be able to use this perspective in discussions and activities that explore the role of gender, race, class, religion, and sexuality in shaping the study of women's bodies and health. The class will cover topics such as: women's health and disease, the anatomy of the female body; pregnancy and maternal health; and the need for a focus on the diversity of women's bodies and access to healthcare. This course also encourages students to examine what improvements can be made to scientific research and access to medical knowledge when it comes to women's health and care.
Credits: 3
Grading: Graded (GRD)
GGS 109LEC - Intro To Sexuality Studies
T R , 3:30 PM - 4:50 PM
Park 145
Instructor: TBA
What is sexuality? How is sex related to gender? Are sexuality and gender `natural' expressions or ones created by culture? This class will explore these questions and more. While we tend to think of men/women and homosexuality/heterosexuality as opposites, the reality is far more nuanced: ...
...a spectrum of genders and sexualities, rather than two opposing poles, which reflects a variety of cultural and historically specific meanings. This course will introduce students to a survey of those meanings (and the labels we attach to them), and to the social, cultural, religious, and legal practices that affect how they are created, understood, and policed. Beginning with the historical emergence of sexuality, we will examine the creation of the hetero/homo binary and the associated hierarchization based on sexual identity that results from the creation of these categories. We will examine the history and practices of the gay and lesbian liberation movements, the push for equality, and the impact of the AIDS crisis. Finally, students will apply the vocabulary and critical skills they have learned to an analysis of the expressions of sexuality in popular culture including literature, music, television and film.
Credits: 3
Grading: Graded (GRD)
GGS 1014LEC - Music in Society: Mus & Gender
Tue & Thur, 11:00 AM - 12:20 PM
Slee B1
Instructor: Stephanie Vander Wel
This course is designed for students who wish to explore some of the interfaces between two fundamental aspects of human culture and identity, i.e. music and gender. We will examine the ways in which music has represented, reinforced, questioned...
...challenged, and/or dismantled gender identity in repertoire ranging from twelfth-century Christian mysticism to Hip Hop at the end of the twentieth century. Specifically, the first half of the semester explores how art music of the convent, the court, the opera stage, or the concert hall has shaped and given voice to historical and political configurations of gender and sexuality and how those representations have carried over into popular music. The second half of the semester examines in more detail styles and genres of popular music that have been instrumental in addressing issues of gender and sexuality in relation to questions of race and class. This course is the same as MUS 113 and course repeat rules will apply. Students should consult with their major department regarding any restrictions on their degree requirements.
Credits: 3
Grading: Graded (GRD)
GGS 205LEC - Women In The Global System
M W F , 12:00 PM - 12:50 AM
Cooke 127A
Instructor: TBA
Explores how the current expansion of the world market is overturning the seclusion of women in traditional societies and looks at the consequences of globalization on the lives of women throughout the world. Women in developing countries share common patterns of location and differentiation within ...
the international division of labor. Examines how women are struggling to represent their identities in the midst of rapid changes in their societies. Examines why more and more women are becoming active in the international human rights movement. Looks at how women are attempting to shape the discourse of development in different regions of the world economy. Intended to develop a multidisciplinary approach to gender and more specifically, to understand how gender is constructed by political, economic, and cultural discourses in industrialized and industrializing societies, and to understand the differences between the lived experiences of women in these societies, the heterogeneous nature of women based on class, race, religion, and nationality, and how women's lives are changing in the context of the global economy.
Credits: 3
Grading: Graded (GRD)
GGS 228SEM - Intro To Feminist Theory
Tue & Thur , 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Talbert 106
Instructor: TBA
Introduces to the complexity of feminist thought and theorizing through a discussion of many of the major schools of feminist thought and past and present debates within feminist theorizing as it has developed both within the United States, and abroad. A solid grasp of the core theories, their fundamental approaches, ...
their insights into social phenomenon and the key criticisms of each, will allow the student to enter into and participate in the ongoing conversations that characterizes feminist thought. Feminist theory has always developed in tandem with feminist movements and activism. Thus, throughout the course, students will not only learn about feminist theories, but also apply the tenets of different theories to current issues and modern problems. Theories are not meant to be passive ideas unrelated to our everyday reality, but are meant to be used as tools to analyze the world around us. As a critical theory, feminist theory aims not only to produce knowledge, but also to provide a base for action. Feminist theories ask us to rethink what we mean by sex and gender, how we understand our sexuality, the roles, status, and ideals assigned to men and women in our societies and how we reward and punish individuals that question, challenge or deviate from these roles. Feminist theory engages with issues of social inequality, oppression, and sexism, and invites us to imagine strategies for creating a world where there is more equality and liberation.
Credits: 3
Grading: Graded (GRD)
GGS 241SEM - Women in Developing Countries, Socio-Economic and Political Perspectives
M W F 3:00 p.m. - 3:50 p.m
Talbert 111
Instructor: TBA
Survey of women's socio-economic and political status in developing counties. Examination of policies and practices that shape their lives, as well as discourses that construct their experiences. Analyzes women's organizing, advocacy and ...
social mobilization to engender change and equity. Introduction to a broad, interdisciplinary and international literature focusing on current and emerging issues related to women's work and globalization; poverty and inequality; displacement and environmental degradation; social practices such as female genital mutilation; and HIV/AIDS, within national, regional, and global contexts. Course will dwell on a variety of teaching material such as videos, life histories, case studies and policy documents combined with authoritative scholarly sources. The course will combine lectures and discussions, as well as creative projects to promote an interactive learning environment, and to encourage critical thinking among students in analyzing salient issues and theories pertinent to women's conditions in developing countries, and strategies to effect social change..
Credits: 3
Grading: Graded (GRD)
GGS 325SEM - Violence In Gendered World
T & R , 11:00 AM - 12:20 AM
Talbert 111
Instructor: Dr. Kari J Winter
Gendered violence emerges from cultural ideologies that intersect with other cultural formations, including economics, race, religion, law, nationalism, militarism, environmental destruction and so on. Our readings and discussions will focus on three areas: 1. ideologies of gender that rationalize and encourage...
violence against women & LGBTQ persons; cultural spectacles glorifying gendered violence 2. forms of gendered violence, including domestic violence, rape, sexual harassment, child marriage, female genital mutilation; slavery, human trafficking, labor exploitation, and the feminization of poverty and hunger; murder, including serial murders, honor killings, and genocide 3. women & LGBTQ persons as survivors, warriors, and resistors against violence as well as perpetrators of violence. This course is the same as AAS 225 and course repeat rules will apply. Students should consult with their major department regarding any restrictions on their degree requirements.
Credits: 3
Grading: Graded (GRD)
GGS 379SEM - Sex: Gender & Pop Culture
M W F, 9:00 PM - 9:50 PM
Talbert 111
Instructor: TBA
The advent of television in 1950s America, coupled with technological advances in filmmaking popularized visual culture as a primary means of both naming and interrogating the ways in which we understand the social constructions of race, sex, gender, and sexuality. Feminist perspectives are ways ofexamining how these social constructions (and expectations) are shaped by popular culture, mainly television programming and films; and thus shape our ideas about ourselves and others as "feminine" and "masculine" and "sexual" beings. We discuss...
texts on and view episodes of popular television shows such as "Sex and the City," "The L Word," "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," and "Will and Grace." We also view several short films (as time permits). We consider a number of questions including (1) how does "entertainment" act as a substitute for the transmission of social knowledge?; (2) what are the advantages and disadvantages of popular culture in the construction of contemporary American life?; (3) how does popular culture define "racialized" bodies?; and (4) how does popular culture impact the consumption of American socio-cultural values, globally? Students will demonstrate knowledge of a broader understanding of the terms "popular culture," "entertainment," "women's television," and "mediated lives." Students who successfully complete this course should be able to articulate verbal and written alternative critiques to contemporary popular culture.
Credits: 3
Grading: Graded (GRD)
GGS 439SEM & HIS 439SEM- Gender And The Cold War
M , 9:00 AM - 11:40 AM
Park 532
Instructor: Victoria W Wolcott
This course will examine how the cold war's politics and culture, including its foreign policy, shaped gender relations and sexuality in the United States. In addition to readings, we will analyze various forms of popular culture and social policy. Students will also discuss the significance of gender and the cold war for understanding contemporary American politics and culture. This course is the same as HIS 439 and course repeat rules will apply. Students should consult with their major department regarding any restrictions on their degree requirements.
Credits: 3
Grading: Graded (GRD)
History
HIS 367SEM - Women, Gender and Sexuality in Africa
Tue & Thur, 12:30 PM - 1:50 PM
Clemen 106
Instructor: Ndubueze Mbah
How do African women and men construct and reorder their lives on a daily basis? How do they negotiate their positions, ascribed gender roles and identities in familial, communal, and national spheres? What are the salient and socio-economic and political issues facing them? How do they emerge as agents of social change? Examines current policy frameworks and agendas such as the Millennium ...
Development Goals (MDGs) and public policy responses to poverty, gender inequalities in democratic participation and socioeconomic development. Interrogates human rights issues and the rights of the girl child as they pertain to social practices such as female mutilation and child soldiers. Analyzes the changing dynamics of households due to the combined effects of transnational migration, HIV/AIDS and conflicts and their gender implications. Revisits opportunities for social change in the face of an increased pressure from globalization, environmental degradation, a growing retrenchment of the state, and many threats to human security. Interposing several theoretical lenses and building on an interdisciplinary approach, this seminar analyzes the agency roles of women and men in particular African countries. The course objects are to inspire analytical and critical thinking in students, to develop research and problem solving skills, and to challenge students to integrate multiple analytic perspectives. This course is the same as GGS 350 and course repeat rules will apply. Students should consult with their major department regarding any restrictions on their degree requirements.
Credits: 3
Grading: Graded (GRD)
Indigenous Studies
IDS 306SEM - Indigenous Feminisms
T & R , 12:30 PM - 1:50 PM
Cooke 114
Instructor: Mia R. Mckie
Examines theoretical framework of Indigenous feminisms and associated debates within Indigenous communities, activist camps, and academia. Engages with nation-specific, place-based histories, philosophies, peoples, and futures emerging from rooted Indigenous feminisms. Focuses on nation-specific expressions of Indigenous feminist thinking and action.
Credits: 3
Grading: Graded (GRD)
Sociology
SOC 314LEC - Sociology Of Gender
M W F , 10:00 PM - 10:50 PM
Capen 108
Instructor: Sara DiPasquale
This course explores the social and cultural construction of gender, focusing on the ways that femininities and masculinities are constructed from infancy through adulthood in the United States. Includes how gender shapes--and is shaped by--major social institutions such as media, sports, and work, as well as other characteristics such as social class, race/ethnicity, and sexuality. This course is the same as SSC 316, and course repeat rules will apply. Students should consult with their major department regarding any restrictions on their degree requirements.
Credits: 3
Grading: Graded (GRD)
SOC 343LEC - Gender & Crime
Tue & Thur , 2:00 PM - 3:20 PM
Nsc 216
Instructor: TBA
This course explores the important and under-studied intersection between gender and crime, focusing on how gender shapes contact with the justice system as offenders, victims, and as workers in the criminal justice system. We will explore a number of issues related to gender and crime, including delinquency and offense patterns by gender (and the gender gap in official crime statistics), the gendered nature and experience of victimization, the interaction between gender and various stages of the criminal justice system, the experiences of women who work as criminal justice practitioners, and how race, class, age, and sexuality intersect with gender to create unique criminal and victimization patterns for particular groups of men and women.
Credits: 3
Grading: Graded (GRD)
Philosophy
PHI 347LEC - Feminist Philosophy
M W F , 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM
Cooke 127B
Instructor: Sarah K Vincent
Examines the degree to which fundamental concepts that lead philosophical investigation are affected by gender prejudice, and perhaps also by other cultural blinders such as those related to race or nationality.
Credits: 3
Grading: Graded (GRD)
Public Health and Health Professions
PUB 400SEM - Special Topics Public Health-Sexual Health Education
M W , 3:30 PM - 4:50 PM
Parker 104
Instructor: Elizabeth Bartelt
This course serves as an introduction to the field of sexual health education from a public health lens, focusing on the importance of addressing sexual health disparities, understanding sexual health education strategies, and learning about management of sexual health education programs. Course content will include a focus on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and similar identities; sexually transmitted infections; teenage pregnancy; and sexual assault. Students will explore additional tasks specific to sexual health education including advocacy and public health communication.
GRADUATE
Department of Global Gender and Sexuality Studies
GGS 514SEM - Globalization, Gender and Sustainability
Thur, 4:10PM - 6:50PM
Clemen 102
Instructor: Barbara Wejnert
This course explores the complex relationships between globalization, well-being, and gender from a national and global, comparative perspective. It interrogates analytical and conceptual frameworks, definitions, and measurements of globalization enriched by theoretical investigations of a neoliberal world system and dependency theory to view how the complex relationships between these theories explain women's socio-economic and political position in developing and developed countries. The class is centered on analyses of relevant readings that form a base for a class discussion about globalization and women's experiences in globalized societies. In particular, it focuses on policies and practices that shape people's opportunities and life experiences and illustrate constraints and advancements that affect women's positions worldwide. Drawing from multiple theoretical and conceptual frameworks, this course focuses on interdisciplinary social sciences, global development, and gender. This course is dual listed with GGS 414. This course is the same as EVS 514 and course repeat rules will apply. Students should consult with their major department regarding any restrictions on their degree requirements.
Credits: 3
Grading: Graded (GRD)
GGS 518SEM - Readings in Feminist Theory
Wed, 3:00 PM - 5:40 PM
Clemen 1004
Instructor: Gwynn Thomas
Feminist theories represent a complex and ever-expanding body of work that is truly interdisciplinary in its topics, themes, scope and impact. This course will familiarize students with many of the major schools of feminist thought: Liberal, Radical, Socialist, Psychoanalytic, Postmodern, Black, Chicana, Native American and Global/Transnational feminist theory. In addition to analyzing key foundational works associated with each of these schools of thought, we will also be focusing on a number of recent works that seek to engage with many of the fundamental debates that have emerged within feminist theory. These works attempt to open new areas for thought and inquiry while responding to previous criticisms.
Department of Law
LAW 896TUT - Family Violence & Women's Rights Clinic
Tue & Thur, 3:00PM to 4:30PM
Obrian 406
Instructor: Judith Olin
In the U.S., one in three women and one in four men within their lifetime has been a victim of some sort of physical violence by an intimate partner. Erie County has high rates of domestic violence and child abuse, with the highest number of intimate partner homicides in New York outside of New York City. Students are invited to join the fight towards attaining justice and safety for victims of intimate partner violence. Students will gain a holistic understanding of the complex set of laws and courts that govern...
...family violence practice in New York State and Erie County. Student attorneys will have the opportunity to conduct client and witness interviews, negotiate with opposing counsel, and argue before Judges and Court Attorney Referees. Students will conduct case specific legal research, develop case theories, collect evidence, draft and argue motions, and in some cases, may take a case to trial. Students will develop practice oriented skills such as client counseling, client interviewing, and negotiation through in class simulations. Students may deliver family violence related legal education to advocacy coalitions in Western New York. Students will gain firsthand knowledge about the multidisciplinary team approach to domestic violence cases through staffing hours at the Family Justice Center. Students will work with experts and may learn about the latest legislative reform in the field of family violence. Students may participate in legislator education sessions.
Credits: 1.00 - 6.00
Grading: Graded (GRD)