Diversity Syllabi 2010

This list is a collection of syllabi from North American law schools for courses related to women’s rights, gender equality, and feminism.  The lawyers and teachers who share their work here have done so in the spirit of furthering social justice education in Canadian law schools.  

Aboriginal Law

Course: Aboriginal Women and the Law

Professor: Val Napoleon

Institution: University of Alberta

Administrative Law

Course: Administrative Law

Professor: Maneesha Deckha

Institution: University of Victoria

Animals, Culture and the Law

Course: Animals, Culture and the Law

Professor: Maneesha Deckha

Institution: University of Victoria

Bioethics

Course: Bioethics, Personhood and the Law

Professor: Maneesha Deckha

Institution: University of Victoria

The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Course: Civil Liberties and the Charter

Professor: Gillian Calder

Institution: University of Victoria

Canadian Constitutional Law

Course: Constitutional Law, 2007-2008Constitutional Law, 2009-2010

Professor: Gillian Calder

Institution: University of Victoria

Criminal

Course: Criminal Law and Procedure and Legal Research and Writing, Winter 2009Criminal Law and Procedure & Legal Writing, Fall 2009,

Professor: Natasha Bakht

Institution: University of Ottawa

Course: Criminal Law

Professor: Angela Campbell

Institution: McGill University

Family Law

Course: Family Law

Professor: Susan Boyd

Institution: University of British Columbia

Course: Issues in Advanced Family Law: Family Law Reading List

Professor: Gillian Calder

Institution: University of Victoria

Course: Family Law

Professor: Angela Campbell

Institution: McGill University

Course: Persons and Family Law

Professor: Pascale Fournier

Institution: University of Ottawa

Feminist Legal Studies

Course: Analyse féministe du droit

Professor: Louise Langevin

Institution: Université laval

Course: Feminist Legal Theories

Professor: Maneesha Deckha

Institution: University of Victoria

Course: Feminist Legal Theory

Professor: Carissima Mathen

Institution: University of New Brunswick

Course: Feminist Legal Studies

Professor: Susan Boyd

Institution: University of British Columbia

Course: Law and Feminism in Canada

Professor: Lise Gotell

Institution: University of Alberta

Gender and the Law

Course: Gender and the Law

Professor: Karen Busby

Institution: University of Manitoba

International Law

Course: Human Rights (International Protection)

Professor: Penolope Simons

Institution: University of Ottawa

Course: Studies in International Law: Transnational Corporations, Human Rights and International Economic Law

Professor: Penolope Simons

Institution: University of Ottawa

Law and Social Justice

Course: Introduction to Justice

Professor: Josephine Savarese

Institution: University of Regina

Course: Law, Society and State (Law & Social Justice)

Professor: Susan Boyd

Institution: University of British Columbia

Legal Process

Course: Legal Process

Professor: Angela Fernandez

Institution: University of Toronto

Multicultural Rights

Course: Multicultural Rights in Liberal Democracies

Professor: Natasha Bakht

Institution: University of Ottawa

Professional Conduct

Course: Professional Conduct: ReadingsAssignment

Professor: Alexander

Property Law

Course: Property Law

Professor: Maneesha Deckha

Institution: University of Victoria

Restorative Justice

Course: Critical Issues in Restorative Justice

Professor: Val Napoleon

Institution: University of Alberta

Studies in Legal Theory

Course: The Adjudication of Otherness in Constitutional Liberal States

Professor: Pascale Fournier

Institution: University of Ottawa

Tax

Course: Tax Policy

Professor: Kimberly Brooks

Institution: McGill University

Tort

Course: Critique Féministe de la responsabilité extracontractuelle

Professor: Louise Langevin

Institution: Université laval

Course: Torts and Legal Writing

Professor: Heather McLeod-Kilmurray

Institution: University of Ottawa

United States Constitutional Law

Course: U.S. Constitutional Law and Comparative Civil Liberties

Professor: Carissima Mathen

Institution: University of New Brunswick

Women, Law and Family

Course: Women, Law and Family

Professor: Susan Boyd

Institution: University of British Columbia