Community Action for Social and Economic Rights
Fall/Spring term, Block E
M,T 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Professor Lucie E. White
5 classroom credits LAW-32370A Fall/Spring
(3 credits Fall + 2 credits Spring)
2, 3 or 4 optional clinical credits Fall, Winter, and/or Spring Terms
This course will address theories and methods for promoting social and economic rights through community-based advocacy. It will include hands-on training in grassroots advocacy methods, such as human rights education and strategic action planning. We will situate these practices within theoretical debates about development, democracy, race, community, and power. Course requirements include weekly reflection memos, a case study, and facilitating a class session.
Students are encouraged to consider a Winter Term clinical at their case study sites. Both the course and clinical are well suited for foreign students without a US law degree.
Students who wish to enroll in this class with a clinical component must do so through clinical registration. Please refer to the Office of Clinical and Pro Bono Programs website at http://www.law.harvard.edu/academics/clinical for clinical course registration dates, drop/add deadlines, and other clinical registration information.