Minor in Law, Justice, and Society

The Center supports the Undergraduate Minor in Law, Justice, and Society, which explores issues related to law, democracy, and social justice through an interdisciplinary lens. The minor allows students to study these issues from a range of perspectives by drawing on coursework in History, Philosophy, Political Science, and Sociology.

This is a transcript-recognized undergraduate minor that must be completed in conjunction with an undergraduate degree at the University of Texas at Austin. The minor requires 18 hours of coursework, consisting of: six hours in Government, three hours in Sociology, and nine hours in eligible courses in departments across campus. This must include a minimum of 12 hours of upper-division coursework, at least half of the courses must be completed in residence, and at least one course must be from outside the student’s major. 

Students enrolled in the minor are engaged in the broader Law and Democracy community and events, with invitations to participate in the Working Group on Law and Democracy, undergraduate internships, and collaborative research opportunities with faculty and graduate students.

The minor was developed in 2017-18 by an interdisciplinary committee chaired by Raúl Madrid (Government) and including faculty members Gary Jacobsohn (Government), H. W. Perry (Government and Law), Mary Rose (Sociology), and Jeff Tulis (Government) and student representatives Luciano Barraza and David Jenkins. The minor is updated periodically to account for new classes available at UT.

For more information, please visit the Minor in Law, Justice, and Society page.