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281.43 sec. 001 - Race, Gender, and Policing (Spring 2025)

Instructor: Frank Rudy Cooper  
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Units: 1
Grading Designation: Credit Only
Mode of Instruction: In-Person

Meeting:

Tu 08:00 AM - 09:50 AM
Location: Law 12
From January 14, 2025
To February 25, 2025

Course Start: January 14, 2025
Course End: February 25, 2025
Class Number: 33540

Enrollment info:
Enrolled: 9
Waitlisted: 0
Enroll Limit: 35
As of: 11/23 11:55 PM


This class on Race, Gender & Policing, will use the theoretical frameworks of Critical Race Theory, Feminism, and Masculinities Studies. The objects of inquiry will be major Criminalization doctrines, such as Void for Vagueness doctrine, Terry-Stop doctrine, and Whren Pretext doctrine.

Frank Rudy Cooper is William S. Boyd Professor of Law and Director of the Program on Race, Gender & Policing at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas William S. Boyd School of Law. He is an award-wining teacher and mentor.


Attendance at the first class is mandatory for all currently enrolled and waitlisted students; any currently enrolled or waitlisted students who are not present on the first day of class (without prior permission of the instructor) will be dropped. The instructor will continue to take attendance throughout the add/drop period and anyone who moves off the waitlist into the class must continue to attend or have prior permission of the instructor in order not to be dropped.


Requirements Satisfaction:


Units from this class count towards the J.D. Race and Law Requirement.

The Race and Law Requirement applies to the class of 2026 and beyond.


Exam Notes: (P) Final paper  
(Subject to change by faculty member only through the first two weeks of instruction)
Course Category: Social Justice and Public Interest
This course is listed in the following sub-categories:
Race and Law
Theoretical Perspectives

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