When Justice Fails: Is It Failing Now? (JS 644)
Tuition
1160
Conference Fee
329
Days
to
Course Location
Los Angeles, CA
Course Fees
Tuition
$1160
Conference Fee
$329
During times of societal conflict and claims of national emergency, the judicial branch has often failed to secure the promise of equal justice for all. In this latest iteration of the inspirational course, faculty will help participants explore the causes and meaning of grossly unjust periods in history, such as the Japanese incarceration during World War II, and see parallels to what is happening in the United States today. Topics will include: a review of the actions of German courts before and during World War II; human rights; and the constitutional law of disfavored groups from Plessy to Obergefell. There will be a special tour of the Japanese American National Museum.
Course $1160
Conference Fee $329
During this course, you will learn to:
- Professor Robert Chang, Seattle University School of Law, will discuss the Constitutional Law of Otherness.
- Judge Erica Yew, Santa Clara County Superior Court, will explain what judges can do and not do during times of societal struggles.
- Dr. Karen Korematsu, Founder and Executive Director of the Fred T. Korematsu Institute, will discuss her father, Fred Korematsu’s, legal fight for freedom that reached, and was rejected by, the U.S. Supreme Court.
This course qualifies for The National Judicial College Certificate in Judicial Development program Administrative Law Adjudication Skills, Dispute Resolution Skills, General Jurisdiction Trial Skills, Special Court Trial Skills, and Tribal Judicial Skills disciplines.
During times of societal conflict and claims of national emergency, the judicial branch has often failed to secure the promise of equal justice for all. In this latest iteration of the inspirational course, faculty will help participants explore the causes and meaning of grossly unjust periods in history, such as the Japanese incarceration during World War II, and see parallels to what is happening in the United States today. Topics will include: a review of the actions of German courts before and during World War II; human rights; and the constitutional law of disfavored groups from Plessy to Obergefell. There will be a special tour of the Japanese American National Museum.