…a frame of analysis that sweeps into view systemic structures, pre-existing differential distribution of resources, and historic practices of exclusion and marginalization. Difference is acclaimed as relational or shared (no one group occupies the spot of the “different”—all are equally different) and as inevitable and desirable.
Public Interest Co-ordinator
SOCIAL
SOCIAL JUSTICE
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Three dimensions…
Social Justice
…a frame of analysis that sweeps into view systemic structures, pre-existing differential distribution of resources, and historic practices of exclusion and marginalization. It is an analysis that locates substantive equality, not merely formal equality, as a key indicator of fairness. This requires not the assimilation of differences but respect for and, indeed, celebration of difference. Difference is acclaimed as relational or shared (no one group occupies the spot of the “different”—all are equally different) and as inevitable and desirable.
Social Citizenship
…a citizenship more responsive and celebratory of difference and social situatedness, recognizing “the complex and unavoidable interdependencies that dominant contemporary human experience.” Counterpart to the citizenship norms of the neo-liberal polity and mechanism for reinvigorating social justice outcomes that emphasize equity, democracy, diversity, and redistribution for women.
Space
…citizenship and equality are realized in the spaces and physical orders of our society, more typically, for many of us, in the design and flow of the urban environment.
Tracy Wachmann
wachmann@law.ubc.ca
LAW &
JUSTICE
@UBCLAW
Social Justice Wine and Cheese Social
Speakers and Panels
Field Trips
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Director of Social Justice Specialization
The Specialization in Law and Social Justice recognizes students who focus part of their
legal studies on to the use of law to achieve social justice. The Specialization enables students to show prospective employers expertise in relevant legal fields.
Courses included in the LSJ Specialization examine law’s role in constructing and
maintaining social, economic and political inequalities as well as the potential of law to
shift inequalities rooted in the social relations of gender, race, Aboriginal status, class,
poverty, sexuality, age, disability, religion, or immigration or refugee status.
The Specialization requires that students complete 5 courses:
(a) Law 305 Law, Society and State;
(b) 3 courses from at least two clusters in the list; and,
(c) a course with a practical/community based component.
Aboriginal Law Cluster
Criminal and Penal Law Cluster
Economic Inequality Cluster
Human Rights Cluster
Immigration and Refugee Law Cluster
International, Historical, Theoretical, and Comparative Dimensions Cluster
Professor Margot Young
myoung@law.ubc.ca